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'''SAM AND ELZIE.''' AKA – “Sam and Elsie.” AKA and see “[[Crooked Road]].” Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears to have Mid-West origins, although popularized on the West Coast by the Canote Brothers and fiddler Vivian Williams. Vivian obtained the tune from the relative of | '''SAM AND ELZIE.''' AKA – “Sam and Elsie.” AKA and see “[[Crooked Road]].” Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears to have Mid-West origins, although popularized on the West Coast by the Canote Brothers and fiddler Vivian Williams. Vivian obtained the tune from the relative of a playing partner, banjoist Harley Bray, his older brother Wilson whose father, Monte Monroe Bray, used to hear it at dances around Oscaloosa, south-central Illinois, in the late 1920's. A version called "[[Crooked Road]]" can be found in the volume '''Dear Old Illinois''' (No. 51), played by Stele Elam (Brownstown, Illinois, about 30 miles northwest of Oscaloosa. | ||
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Voyager Records VRCD 359, Phil & Vivian Williams - "Bluegrass Hoedown: Williams & Bray" (2003). </font> | <font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Voyager Records VRCD 359, Phil & Vivian Williams - "Bluegrass Hoedown: Williams & Bray" (2003). Velocipede - "Hunt the Squirrel" (2015). The Canote Brothers - "Fiddletune Favorites" (2005). </font> | ||
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See another standard notation version by John Lamancusa [https://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes/Sam&Elzie.pdf]<br> | See another standard notation version by John Lamancusa [https://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes/Sam&Elzie.pdf]<br> | ||
Hear Phil & Vivian Williams recording on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP0R8gcEa1s]<br> | |||
See banjo tab at Taterjoes.com [http://www.taterjoes.com/banjo/SamAndElzie.pdf]<br> | |||
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SAM AND ELZIE. AKA – “Sam and Elsie.” AKA and see “Crooked Road.” Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears to have Mid-West origins, although popularized on the West Coast by the Canote Brothers and fiddler Vivian Williams. Vivian obtained the tune from the relative of a playing partner, banjoist Harley Bray, his older brother Wilson whose father, Monte Monroe Bray, used to hear it at dances around Oscaloosa, south-central Illinois, in the late 1920's. A version called "Crooked Road" can be found in the volume Dear Old Illinois (No. 51), played by Stele Elam (Brownstown, Illinois, about 30 miles northwest of Oscaloosa.