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'''OLD COON DOG [1].''' AKA - "Coon Dog." AKA and see "[[Davy Dugger]]," "[[Engine on a Mogull]]," "[[Shoot that Turkey Buzzard]]," "[[Greasy String (1)]]," "[[Higher Up the Monkey Goes]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips). The tune is known by the "Old Coon Dog" title in eastern Kentucky and central Appalachia, according to Jeff Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes''', p. 66). Titon finds recordings under the "Old Coon Dog" title by Vincent Crawford ( | '''OLD COON DOG [1].''' AKA - "Coon Dog." AKA and see "[[Davy Dugger]]," "[[Engine on a Mogull]]," "[[Shoot that Turkey Buzzard]]," "[[Greasy String (1)]]," "[[Higher Up the Monkey Goes]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips). The tune is known by the "Old Coon Dog" title in eastern Kentucky and central Appalachia, according to Jeff Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes''', p. 66). Titon finds recordings under the "Old Coon Dog" title by Vincent Crawford (1985, Anderson County, Kentucky), Alfred Bailey (1986, Fleming County, Kentucky), Kelly Gilbert (JH 023), Bill Livers (African American fiddler) JH 043, and eastern Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas (Lewis County, Kentucky). "Shoot that Turkey Buzzard" is a more distantly related tune. | ||
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Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/o04.htm#Oldcodo]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/o04.htm#Oldcodo]<br> | ||
Hear Alfred Bailey play the tune at the Digital Library of Appalachia [http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/berea/id/558/rec/18] and Berea Digital Content [http://cdm15131.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15131coll4/id/558/rec/11]<br> | |||
Hear Kentucky fiddler Vincent Crawford at Berea Digital Content [http://cdm15131.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15131coll4/id/1801/rec/17]<br> | |||
Hear Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas's recording at Berea Digital Content [http://cdm15131.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15131coll4/id/1558/rec/14] [http://cdm15131.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15131coll4/id/2002/rec/13]<br> | |||
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OLD COON DOG [1]. AKA - "Coon Dog." AKA and see "Davy Dugger," "Engine on a Mogull," "Shoot that Turkey Buzzard," "Greasy String (1)," "Higher Up the Monkey Goes." Old-Time, Breakdown. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips). The tune is known by the "Old Coon Dog" title in eastern Kentucky and central Appalachia, according to Jeff Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes, p. 66). Titon finds recordings under the "Old Coon Dog" title by Vincent Crawford (1985, Anderson County, Kentucky), Alfred Bailey (1986, Fleming County, Kentucky), Kelly Gilbert (JH 023), Bill Livers (African American fiddler) JH 043, and eastern Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas (Lewis County, Kentucky). "Shoot that Turkey Buzzard" is a more distantly related tune.
Source for notated version: Seattle fiddler Vivian Williams, who learned the tune from a 1950's 78 RPM recording by Fiddlin' Kate [Phillips, Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 169. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 109.
Recorded sources: Rounder 0380, Roger Cooper - "Going Back to Old Kentucky" (1990. Appears as "Coon Dog"). Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Alfred Bailey play the tune at the Digital Library of Appalachia [2] and Berea Digital Content [3]
Hear Kentucky fiddler Vincent Crawford at Berea Digital Content [4]
Hear Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas's recording at Berea Digital Content [5] [6]