'''ZEEK BACKUS REEL'''. American, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB. Zeek Backus, or Zeke Backus, was a contributor to several of the tunes in the Howe and Ryan publications from the mid-to-latter 19th century. Many of those Howe collected tunes from were New England and New York musicians, bandleaders and minstrel performers, and Backus was among them (he was both a bandleader and a minstrel performer). While little is known about him, apparently he spent some time in San Francisco as well.
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''Printed source:'' Howe ('''1000 Jigs and Reels'''), c. 1867; p. 52.
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Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni
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