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'''FOUR MILES TO CUMBERLAND'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; North Carolina, Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. [[File:glensmith.jpg|420px|thumb|left|Glen Smith (1923-2001). Photo by Michael Keller]]<br> | '''FOUR MILES TO CUMBERLAND'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; North Carolina, Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. [[File:glensmith.jpg|420px|thumb|left|Glen Smith (1923-2001). Photo by Michael Keller]]<br> | ||
Tommy Hunter (N.C.) learned the tune from his grandfather, and it may be that Smith picked it up from Hunter's recording. Smith's home in Wirt County, West Virginia is more than 300 miles from Madison County, North Carolina, and its unlikely Smith learned it from sources local to him. | |||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter - "Deep in Tradition" (1976. Learned from his grandfather, James W. Hunter, Madison County, N.C.). Roane Records, Glen Smith - "Four Miles to Cumberland" (1993).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter - "Deep in Tradition" (1976. Learned from his grandfather, James W. Hunter, Madison County, N.C.). Roane Records, Glen Smith - "Four Miles to Cumberland" (1993).</font> | ||
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Hear Tommy Hunter's 1976 recording at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GveBrxoPg98]<br> | Hear Tommy Hunter's 1976 recording at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GveBrxoPg98]<br> | ||
Hear Glen Smith's 1993 recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/four-miles-cumberland] and at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoYy8J3RRng]<br> | Hear Glen Smith's 1993 recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/four-miles-cumberland] and at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoYy8J3RRng]<br> | ||
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FOUR MILES TO CUMBERLAND. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; North Carolina, Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
Tommy Hunter (N.C.) learned the tune from his grandfather, and it may be that Smith picked it up from Hunter's recording. Smith's home in Wirt County, West Virginia is more than 300 miles from Madison County, North Carolina, and its unlikely Smith learned it from sources local to him.
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Printed sources:
Recorded sources: June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter - "Deep in Tradition" (1976. Learned from his grandfather, James W. Hunter, Madison County, N.C.). Roane Records, Glen Smith - "Four Miles to Cumberland" (1993).
See also listing at:
Hear Tommy Hunter's 1976 recording at youtube.com [1]
Hear Glen Smith's 1993 recording at Slippery Hill [2] and at youtube.com [3]