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'''AVALON QUICKSTEP'''. AKA - "Avalon Quick Step." AKA and see "[[New Charleston No. 1]]." American, Country Rag (cut time). USA, Mississippi. D Major. Standard or ADae tunings (fiddle). AABB (irregular). The melody was first recorded in 1929 by W.T. (Willie) Namour and S.W. Smith, Mississippi musicians, and named for the town of Avalon, Mississippi (the name Avalon is the mythological isle to which King Arthur was borne after his death). The Avalon area was home to a number of influential musicians, including blues guitarist John Hurt and the string band the Mississippi Possum Hunters, who all knew each other (Narmour and Smith helped Hurt to get signed with the OKeh Records). Apparently, the town was so obscure by the latter part of the 20th century that it could only be located with the help of old maps. The alternate title was an attempt by them to cash in on the Charleston dance craze of the 1920's. The 'B' part has ten measures instead of the usual eight. Narmour plays the tune in standard (GDae) fiddle tuning. | |||
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<font color=red>''Sources for notated versions''</font>: - Arm and Hammer String Band (Vermont) [Brody], W.T. Narmour (Miss.) [Milliner & Koken, Phillips]. <br> | |||
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<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 30. Milliner & Koken ('''The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 15. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 16. | |||
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -County 528, Namour and Smith- "Traditional Fiddle Music of Mississippi, vol. 1." (1975). Document Records DOCD 8009, Narmour & Smith - "Mississippi String Bands vol. 1." Document Records DOCD 8066, "Narmour & Smith – Volume 2: Complete Recorded Works (1930-1934)" (2013). Kicking Mule 216, Arm and Hammer String Band- "New England Conta Dance Music" (1977). OKeh Records 45069 (78 RPM), Narmour & Smith (1930). </font> | |||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Hear Narmour and Smith's recording at the Oldtown School of Music (Chicago) [http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/avalonquickstep7777.mp3]<br> | Hear Narmour and Smith's recording at the Oldtown School of Music (Chicago) [http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/avalonquickstep7777.mp3], Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/avalon-quickstep], and youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4YRLUHh1Ko]<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/a05.htm#Avaqu]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/a05.htm#Avaqu]<br> | ||
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Revision as of 19:15, 28 April 2019
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AVALON QUICKSTEP. AKA - "Avalon Quick Step." AKA and see "New Charleston No. 1." American, Country Rag (cut time). USA, Mississippi. D Major. Standard or ADae tunings (fiddle). AABB (irregular). The melody was first recorded in 1929 by W.T. (Willie) Namour and S.W. Smith, Mississippi musicians, and named for the town of Avalon, Mississippi (the name Avalon is the mythological isle to which King Arthur was borne after his death). The Avalon area was home to a number of influential musicians, including blues guitarist John Hurt and the string band the Mississippi Possum Hunters, who all knew each other (Narmour and Smith helped Hurt to get signed with the OKeh Records). Apparently, the town was so obscure by the latter part of the 20th century that it could only be located with the help of old maps. The alternate title was an attempt by them to cash in on the Charleston dance craze of the 1920's. The 'B' part has ten measures instead of the usual eight. Narmour plays the tune in standard (GDae) fiddle tuning.