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'''OLD BALDY KICKIN' UP.'''  American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is sourced to fiddler [[biography:Owen Chapman]] (1919-2002) of Chapman's Hollow, Canada, Pike County, southeastern Kentucky.  The tune sounds like it might have British origins, and at least one reviewer has noticed similarities to "[[Dance to Your Daddy]]" and "[[Morpeth Rant]] <ref>Paul Roberts, Musical Traditions review of "Walnut Gap" CD [https://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/snake_ch.htm]</ref>.  The title, if not the tune, is also reminiscent of the Kentucky tune "[[Hold Old Baldy While I Dance with Josie]].
'''OLD BALDY KICKIN' UP.'''  American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is sourced to fiddler [[biography:Owen Chapman]] (1919-2002) of Chapman's Hollow, Canada, Pike County, southeastern Kentucky.  The tune sounds like it might have British origins, and at least one reviewer has noticed similarities to "[[Dance to Your Daddy]]" and "[[Morpeth Rant]] <ref>Paul Roberts, Musical Traditions review of "Walnut Gap" CD [https://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/snake_ch.htm]</ref>.  The title, thought not the melody, is also reminiscent of Ozarks fiddler Jim Herd's reel "[[Hold Old Bald While I Dance with Josie]]."
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Revision as of 19:24, 19 November 2018


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OLD BALDY KICKIN' UP. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is sourced to fiddler biography:Owen Chapman (1919-2002) of Chapman's Hollow, Canada, Pike County, southeastern Kentucky. The tune sounds like it might have British origins, and at least one reviewer has noticed similarities to "Dance to Your Daddy" and "Morpeth Rant [1]. The title, thought not the melody, is also reminiscent of Ozarks fiddler Jim Herd's reel "Hold Old Bald While I Dance with Josie."

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Recorded sources: - Rounder 0418, Owen "Snake" Chapman - "Walnut Gap" (1999).



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  1. Paul Roberts, Musical Traditions review of "Walnut Gap" CD [1]