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'''POOR BLACK SHEEP.''' AKA - "Po' Black Sheep." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBBB or AAB'B'BB. Mike Seegar describes this piece as a 'six-part tune' from the Tennessee African-American duo of Nathan Frazier (fretless banjo) and Frank Patterson (fiddle), who recorded it in 1942 for John Work in Nashville (AFS 06679 A02). See also the related “[[Ladies on the Steamboat]].” | '''POOR BLACK SHEEP.''' AKA - "Po' Black Sheep." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBBB or AAB'B'BB. Mike Seegar describes this piece as a 'six-part tune' from the Tennessee African-American duo of Nathan Frazier (fretless banjo) and Frank Patterson (fiddle), who recorded it in 1942 for Professor John Work in Nashville (AFS 06679 A02). See also the related “[[Ladies on the Steamboat]].” | ||
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POOR BLACK SHEEP. AKA - "Po' Black Sheep." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBBB or AAB'B'BB. Mike Seegar describes this piece as a 'six-part tune' from the Tennessee African-American duo of Nathan Frazier (fretless banjo) and Frank Patterson (fiddle), who recorded it in 1942 for Professor John Work in Nashville (AFS 06679 A02). See also the related “Ladies on the Steamboat.”
Source for notated version: Frank Patterson [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1), 1994; p. 185.
Recorded sources: Nonesuch Records, The Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Leaving Eden" (2012). Rounder CD0262, Mike Seeger - "Fresh Oldtime String Band Music" (1988). Spring Fed Records, Frazier & Patterson - "John Work III: Recording Black Culture" (2008).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Frazier & Patterson's recording on youtube.com [2] and at Slippery Hill [3]
See/hear versions by Dom Flemons [4] and the Carolina Chocolate Drops [5] on youtube.com.