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WIMBUSH RAG. Old-Time, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The original source for the tune was Theodore and Gus Clark of Barrow County, Georgia. Despite the title, the tune is not a "rag" but is rather a reel or breakdown. Unusual or more modern sounding string band tunes were sometimes called 'blues' or 'rag' in their title, in part for the cache.

Source for notated version: the Canebrake Rattlers [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 172.

Recorded sources: Document DOCD 8021, Theo & Gus Clark - "Georgia String Bands vol. 1." Marimac 9006, Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers - "When the Yankees Came Down" (1986). OKeh 45339 (78 RPM), Theo & Gus Clark (1929). Smithsonian Folkways SFW40206_106, The Dust Busters with John Cohen - "Old Man Below" (2012). Voyager VRCD-354, Hart & Blech – “Build Me a Boat.”

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Theo & Gus Clark's recording at Slippery Hill [2]
See/hear various versions on youtube.com [3][4]

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+'''WIMBUSH RAG.''' Old-Time, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The original source for the tune was Theodore and Gus Clark of Barrow County, Georgia. Despite the title, the tune is not a "rag" but is rather a reel or breakdown.  Unusual or more modern sounding string band tunes were sometimes called 'blues' or 'rag' in their title, in part for the cache.
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