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'''PADDY ON THE HANDCAR.''' AKA and See "[[Bunch of Keys]]," "[[Paddy on the Turnpike" (1)]], "[[Paddy on the Turnpike (2)]]. | '''PADDY ON THE HANDCAR.''' AKA and See "[[Bunch of Keys (2)]]," "[[Paddy on the Turnpike" (1)]], "[[Paddy on the Turnpike (2)]]. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips, Sweet). USA; Texas, N.C. The tune under the "Paddy on the Handcar" title is sourced to the Texas stringband The Red Headed Fiddlers, although it is similar to the Appalachian "[[Bunch of Keys (2)]]/[[Old Bunch of Keys]]." Richard Nevins believes that the fiddler for the group, A.L. Steely, had a style "strikingly similar" to that of Virginia fiddler Leonard Rutherford. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 527, The Red Headed Fiddlers | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 527, The Red Headed Fiddlers - "Old Time Fiddle Classics, vol. 2." Document DOCD-8038, Red Headed Fiddlers – “Texas Fiddle Bands Vol. 1.” June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter - "Deep In Tradition" (1976. Learned from his grandfather, fiddler James W. Hunter, Madison County, N.C.). Marimac 9038, Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich - "A Moment in Time." </font> | ||
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PADDY ON THE HANDCAR. AKA and See "Bunch of Keys (2)," "Paddy on the Turnpike" (1), "Paddy on the Turnpike (2). Old-Time, Breakdown. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips, Sweet). USA; Texas, N.C. The tune under the "Paddy on the Handcar" title is sourced to the Texas stringband The Red Headed Fiddlers, although it is similar to the Appalachian "Bunch of Keys (2)/Old Bunch of Keys." Richard Nevins believes that the fiddler for the group, A.L. Steely, had a style "strikingly similar" to that of Virginia fiddler Leonard Rutherford.
Sources for notated versions: Stuart Williams & Wes Brown [Phillips]; Stuart Williams (Seattle) [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 178. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 114. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; p. 81.
Recorded sources: County 527, The Red Headed Fiddlers - "Old Time Fiddle Classics, vol. 2." Document DOCD-8038, Red Headed Fiddlers – “Texas Fiddle Bands Vol. 1.” June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter - "Deep In Tradition" (1976. Learned from his grandfather, fiddler James W. Hunter, Madison County, N.C.). Marimac 9038, Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich - "A Moment in Time."