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'''OLD SAGE FIELDS [2].''' American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This "Old Sage Fields" tune was in the repertory of fiddler Sammie Walker of Kentucky, who was recorded in the field by Bruce Greene in 1975.  
'''OLD SAGE FIELDS [2].''' American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This "Old Sage Fields" tune was in the repertory of fiddler Samuel Jackson 'Sammie' (or Sammy) Walker (1910-1987) who lived near the Barren-Metcalf county line, south-central Kentucky, on the Cumberland Plateau. Walker was a blacksmith and farmer as well as a fiddler and was recorded in the field by Bruce Greene in 1975. Jeff Titon <ref>Jeff Titon, "Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes," 2001, p. 219.  </ref> remarks that the extended Walker family were/are well-known regional musicians, and that Sammie played for dances and on local radio broadcasts, having learned much of his repertoire from his father.  
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OLD SAGE FIELDS [2]. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This "Old Sage Fields" tune was in the repertory of fiddler Samuel Jackson 'Sammie' (or Sammy) Walker (1910-1987) who lived near the Barren-Metcalf county line, south-central Kentucky, on the Cumberland Plateau. Walker was a blacksmith and farmer as well as a fiddler and was recorded in the field by Bruce Greene in 1975. Jeff Titon [1] remarks that the extended Walker family were/are well-known regional musicians, and that Sammie played for dances and on local radio broadcasts, having learned much of his repertoire from his father.

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' Hear Sammie Walker's 1975 field recording at Slippery Hill [1]



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  1. Jeff Titon, "Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes," 2001, p. 219.