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'''DEER WALK [1]'''. AKA and see "Forked Deer." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, eastern Ky. The title is indigenous to eastern Kentucky; native Doc Roberts (1897-1978), who recorded the tune in 1929, paid little attention to music outside the region (Wolfe, 1982) and the implication is that the tune | '''DEER WALK [1]'''. AKA and see "Forked Deer." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, eastern Ky. The title is indigenous to eastern Kentucky; native Doc Roberts (1897-1978), who recorded the tune in 1929 (with Asa Martin on guitar), paid little attention to music outside the region (Wolfe, 1982) and the implication is that the tune was indigenous to the region. Charles Wolfe (1997) calls it one of Roberts' masterpieces. It was played by fiddler Ernie Hodges in the 1930's and 40's and was recorded by him in 1976. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 412, "Fiddling Doc Roberts." Gennett 7049 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts ( | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 412, "Fiddling Doc Roberts." Gennett 7049 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (1929).</font> | ||
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Revision as of 19:21, 11 January 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DEER WALK [1]. AKA and see "Forked Deer." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, eastern Ky. The title is indigenous to eastern Kentucky; native Doc Roberts (1897-1978), who recorded the tune in 1929 (with Asa Martin on guitar), paid little attention to music outside the region (Wolfe, 1982) and the implication is that the tune was indigenous to the region. Charles Wolfe (1997) calls it one of Roberts' masterpieces. It was played by fiddler Ernie Hodges in the 1930's and 40's and was recorded by him in 1976.
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Printed sources:
Recorded sources: County 412, "Fiddling Doc Roberts." Gennett 7049 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (1929).