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'''NEW BORN BLUES.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was recorded by the Stripling Brothers band, from Pickins County, Alabama, in 1929.  
'''NEW BORN BLUES.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was recorded by the Stripling Brothers band, from Pickins County, Alabama, in 1929.  
[[File:stripling.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Stripling Brothers]] As with many of their 'blues' (uptempo breakdowns based on a blues chord progression) "New Born Blues" is in the key of 'C' (although it sounds in B flat, perhaps due to the recording process used).  
[[File:stripling.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Stripling Brothers band]] As with many of their country-blues melodies, "New Born Blues" is in the key of 'C' (although it sounds in B flat, perhaps due to the recording process used).  
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Vocalion 5382 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (1929).</font>
''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Document Records 8007, "The Stripling Brothers Vol. 1 1928 - 1934" (1997. Reissue compilation). Vocalion 5382 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (1929, backed with "[[Kennedy Rag]]").</font>
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See also listing at:<br>
Hear the Stripling Brothers' recording on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k7ZfITKUXc], and at Slippery Hill [http://slippery-hill.com/c/NewBornBlues.mp3]<br>
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NEW BORN BLUES. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was recorded by the Stripling Brothers band, from Pickins County, Alabama, in 1929.

The Stripling Brothers band

As with many of their country-blues melodies, "New Born Blues" is in the key of 'C' (although it sounds in B flat, perhaps due to the recording process used).



Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Document Records 8007, "The Stripling Brothers Vol. 1 1928 - 1934" (1997. Reissue compilation). Vocalion 5382 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (1929, backed with "Kennedy Rag").

See also listing at:
Hear the Stripling Brothers' recording on youtube.com [1], and at Slippery Hill [2]




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