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DANDY LUSK. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. DGad tuning (fiddle). AABB. A slightly 'crooked' tune. Fernando "Dandy Lusk" (b. 1890's) was a child of Letcher County, Kentucky, fiddler Elvina "Viney" Campbell Lusk (b. 1870's), who, like his mother, played the fiddle, but died unrecorded save for a 1952 recording made at his home with clawhammer banjo player Lee Sexton (also from Letcher County). Elvina and Fernando relatives of fiddler Manon Campbell (1890-1987) who was recorded by folklorists.

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Recorded sources: MM-0030-CD, Clare Milliner & Walt Koken - "Just Tunes" (2003).

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''DANDY LUSK'''.  Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. DGad tuning (fiddle). AABB. A slightly 'crooked' tune. Ferdinand "Dandy Lusk" Campbell (b. 1890's) was a child of Letcher County, Kentucky, fiddler Elvina "Viney" Campbell Lusk (b. 1870's), who, like his mother, played the fiddle, but died unrecorded. They are relatives of fiddler Manon Campbell (1890-1987) who was recorded by folklorists.
+'''DANDY LUSK'''.  Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. DGad tuning (fiddle). AABB. A slightly 'crooked' tune. Fernando "Dandy Lusk" (b. 1890's) was a child of Letcher County, Kentucky, fiddler Elvina "Viney" Campbell Lusk (b. 1870's), who, like his mother, played the fiddle, but died unrecorded save for a 1952 recording made at his home with clawhammer banjo player Lee Sexton (also from Letcher County). Elvina and Fernando relatives of fiddler Manon Campbell (1890-1987) who was recorded by folklorists.
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