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'''DUNBAR'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Titon): AABB (Songer). Mark Wilson and Guthrie Meade (1976) remark that this tune is related to "[[Billy in the Lowground (1)]]", although it appears to have been a regional tune, perhaps, as its name suggests, from the area around Dunbar, West Virginia. Jeff Titon (2001) remarks that he knows of no other source musician who played the melody besides the regionally influential fiddler Ed Haley [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Haley] (1885-1951), of Ashland, Ky. [[File:edhaley.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Ed Haley]]Originally, the name Dunbar was a Gaelic term meaning 'the fort on the hilltop'. | '''DUNBAR'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Titon): AABB (Songer). Mark Wilson and Guthrie Meade (1976) remark that this tune is related to "[[Billy in the Lowground (1)]]", although it appears to have been a regional tune, perhaps, as its name suggests, from the area around Dunbar, West Virginia. Jeff Titon (2001) remarks that he knows of no other source musician who played the melody besides the regionally influential fiddler Ed Haley [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Haley] (1885-1951), of Ashland, Ky. [[File:edhaley.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Ed Haley]]Originally, the name Dunbar was a Gaelic term meaning 'the fort on the hilltop'. | ||
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''Sources for notated versions'': Ed Haley (1883-1951, Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., 1946) [Milliner & Koken, Titon]; Bruce Schwarz (Ketchikan, Alaska) [Songer]. | ''Sources for notated versions'': Ed Haley (1883-1951, Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., 1946) [Milliner & Koken, Titon]; Bruce Schwarz (Ketchikan, Alaska) [Songer]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 178. Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 68. Titon ('''Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 36, p. 69. | ''Printed sources'': Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 178. Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 68. Titon ('''Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 36, p. 69. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 1010, Ed Haley - "Parkersburg Landing" (1976).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 1010, Ed Haley - "Parkersburg Landing" (1976).</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/d11.htm#Dun1]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/d11.htm#Dun1]<br> |
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DUNBAR. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Titon): AABB (Songer). Mark Wilson and Guthrie Meade (1976) remark that this tune is related to "Billy in the Lowground (1)", although it appears to have been a regional tune, perhaps, as its name suggests, from the area around Dunbar, West Virginia. Jeff Titon (2001) remarks that he knows of no other source musician who played the melody besides the regionally influential fiddler Ed Haley [1] (1885-1951), of Ashland, Ky.
Originally, the name Dunbar was a Gaelic term meaning 'the fort on the hilltop'.
Sources for notated versions: Ed Haley (1883-1951, Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., 1946) [Milliner & Koken, Titon]; Bruce Schwarz (Ketchikan, Alaska) [Songer].
Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 178. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 68. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 36, p. 69.
Recorded sources: Rounder 1010, Ed Haley - "Parkersburg Landing" (1976).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: [2]
Hear Ed Haley playing the tune at Slippery Hill [3]
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