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MOTHER'S REEL. AKA and see "Reel du Régiment." Canadian, New England; Reel. C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC (Miller & Perron): ABBCC (Bohrer, Messer): AA'BB'CC (Phillips). The composition has been attributed to Maritime fiddler Don Messer [1] (1909-1973). However, a version of the reel was recorded by Jospeh Allard (1865-1947) who called it "Reel du Régiment."

Sources for notated versions: learned by Vic Kibler (Hamilton County, N.Y.) from a Don Messer (Canada) recording [Bohrer]; Paul Elliot [Phillips].

Printed sources: Bohrer (Vic Kibler), 1992; No. 20, p. 20. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 27. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 51, p. 33. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 145. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 158.

Recorded sources: Apex 26287 (78rpm), Don Messer & His Islanders (1945). MCA Records MCAD 4037, "The Very Best of Don Messer" (1994). Samantha Robichaud - "Just Being Me" (1999).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Don Messer's 1945 recording on youtube.com [3]
Hear Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters' version of the tune at missourifiddling.com [4]

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-'''MOTHER'S REEL.''' AKA and see "[[Reel Caplin]]," "[[Reel du Régiment]]," "[[Reel du Sorel]]." Canadian, New England; Reel. C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC (Miller & Perron): ABBCC (Bohrer, Messer): AA'BB'CC (Phillips). The composition has been attributed to Maritime fiddler Don Messer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Messer] (1909-1973). However, versions of the reel have been recorded by a variety of Quebec fiddlers under several titles: Jospeh Allard called it "[[Reel du Régiment]]," Isidore Soucy "Reel de Sorel." The tune made its way to Mid-West United States, through Messer's radio broadcasts and recordings.
+'''MOTHER'S REEL.''' AKA and see "[[Reel du Régiment]]." Canadian, New England; Reel. C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC (Miller & Perron): ABBCC (Bohrer, Messer): AA'BB'CC (Phillips). The composition has been attributed to Maritime fiddler Don Messer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Messer] (1909-1973). However, a version of the reel was recorded by Jospeh Allard (1865-1947) who called it "[[Reel du Régiment]]."
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