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'''HICKORY LEAF'''. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. DDad (Smith) or ADad (Chapman) tuning (fiddle). | '''HICKORY LEAF'''. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. DDad (Smith) or ADad (Chapman) tuning (fiddle). The tune is sourced to Tennessee's Fiddlin' [[biography:Arthur Smith]] (). It was also in the repertoire of Kentucky fiddler [[biography:Owen Chapman]] (1919-2003), a one-time coal miner from Canada, Pike County, southwest Kentucky, who played in a bluegrass band during a brief move to Michigan to work in the auto industry in the mid-1960's. Chapman was of the opinion that the tune was Smith's reworking of "[[Bonaparte's Retreat (1)]]." | ||
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HICKORY LEAF. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. DDad (Smith) or ADad (Chapman) tuning (fiddle). The tune is sourced to Tennessee's Fiddlin' biography:Arthur Smith (). It was also in the repertoire of Kentucky fiddler biography:Owen Chapman (1919-2003), a one-time coal miner from Canada, Pike County, southwest Kentucky, who played in a bluegrass band during a brief move to Michigan to work in the auto industry in the mid-1960's. Chapman was of the opinion that the tune was Smith's reworking of "Bonaparte's Retreat (1)."
A hickory leaf can be "played" by holding it tightly between the hands, parallel to the lips, but the title may be a place-name.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Rounder Records RNDS 418, Owen "Snake" Chapman - "Walnut Gap" (1999). Folkways FA2419, Tracy Schwartz - "Look Out Here it Comes" (1975. Learned from a recorded WSM broadcast of fiddler Paul Warren, playing with Flatt & Scruggs, "which came to him directly from his association with Fiddling Arthur Smith. According to Kirk McGee the tune may be 150 years old").
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear a 1957 home recording of Arthur Smith and Earl Scruggs playing the tune on youtube.com [2]