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'''MILLER'S REEL [2].''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Similar to "[[Miller's Reel (1)]]" but set in key of G Major. The key change was popularized by eastern Kentucky fiddler [[Biography:J.P. Fraley]] (1924-2011), whose smooth bowing style and clean noting was much imitated by later 20th century "revival" fiddlers. | '''MILLER'S REEL [2].''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Similar to "[[Miller's Reel (1)]]" but set in key of G Major. The key change was popularized by eastern Kentucky fiddler [[Biography:J.P. Fraley]] [http://www.oldtimeherald.org/here+there/final-notes/j.p.fraley.html] (1924-2011), whose smooth bowing style and clean noting was much imitated by later 20th century "revival" fiddlers. | ||
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Hear the tune played by J.P. Fraley in 1982 on a field recording at the Digital Library of Appalachia [http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/Warren/id/2622/rec/19]<br> | Hear the tune played by J.P. Fraley in 1982 on a field recording at the Digital Library of Appalachia [http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/Warren/id/2622/rec/19]<br> | ||
See a video clip of Fraley playing the tune in a 1975 performance at Berea Digital Content [http://sandbox.berea.edu/specialcollections/ac-vr-001-005-01/]<br> | See a video clip of Fraley playing the tune in a 1975 performance at Berea Digital Content [http://sandbox.berea.edu/specialcollections/ac-vr-001-005-01/]<br> | ||
Hear/see Betty & Billy | Hear/see Betty & Billy Vornbrock play the tune on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFLMvW5odIA]<br> | ||
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MILLER'S REEL [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Similar to "Miller's Reel (1)" but set in key of G Major. The key change was popularized by eastern Kentucky fiddler Biography:J.P. Fraley [1] (1924-2011), whose smooth bowing style and clean noting was much imitated by later 20th century "revival" fiddlers.
Source for notated version: J.P. Fraley (Rush, eastern Ky.) via Jack Link (Seattle) [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 98.
Recorded sources: Bee Balm 302, "The Corndrinkers." Philo 1040, Jay Ungar- "Catskill Mountain Goose Chase" (1977. Learned from fiddler J.P. Fraley of Rush, Ky.). Rounder 0037, J.P. Fraley- "Wild Rose of the Mountain" (1973).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear the tune played by J.P. Fraley in 1982 on a field recording at the Digital Library of Appalachia [3]
See a video clip of Fraley playing the tune in a 1975 performance at Berea Digital Content [4]
Hear/see Betty & Billy Vornbrock play the tune on youtube.com [5]