Annotation:Mother's Reel: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
m (Text replacement - "garamond, serif" to "sans-serif") |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
=='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== | =='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
'''MOTHER'S REEL.''' AKA and see "[[Reel du Régiment]]." Canadian, New England; Reel. C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC (Miller & Perron): ABBCC (Bohrer, Messer): AA'BB'CC (Phillips). The composition has been attributed to Maritime fiddler Don Messer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Messer] (1909-1973). However, a version of the reel was recorded by Jospeh Allard (1865-1947) who called it "[[Reel du Régiment]]." | '''MOTHER'S REEL.''' AKA and see "[[Reel du Régiment]]." Canadian, New England; Reel. C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC (Miller & Perron): ABBCC (Bohrer, Messer): AA'BB'CC (Phillips). The composition has been attributed to Maritime fiddler Don Messer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Messer] (1909-1973). However, a version of the reel was recorded by Jospeh Allard (1865-1947) who called it "[[Reel du Régiment]]." | ||
[[File:messer.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Don Messer]] The tune was picked up by influential mid-20th century Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson, and recorded by him in 1999, with the usual Texas-style guitar sock chord accompaniment. | [[File:messer.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Don Messer]] The tune was picked up by influential mid-20th century Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson, and recorded by him in 1999, with the usual Texas-style guitar sock chord accompaniment. | ||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Sources for notated versions'': learned by Vic Kibler (Hamilton County, N.Y.) from a Don Messer (Canada) recording [Bohrer]; Paul Elliot [Phillips]. | ''Sources for notated versions'': learned by Vic Kibler (Hamilton County, N.Y.) from a Don Messer (Canada) recording [Bohrer]; Paul Elliot [Phillips]. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Printed sources'': Bohrer ('''Vic Kibler'''), 1992; No. 20, p. 20. Messer ('''Way Down East'''), 1948; No. 27. Messer ('''Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes'''), 1980; No. 51, p. 33. Miller & Perron ('''New England Fiddler's Repertoire'''), 1983; No. 145. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 158. | ''Printed sources'': Bohrer ('''Vic Kibler'''), 1992; No. 20, p. 20. Messer ('''Way Down East'''), 1948; No. 27. Messer ('''Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes'''), 1980; No. 51, p. 33. Miller & Perron ('''New England Fiddler's Repertoire'''), 1983; No. 145. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 158. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Apex 26287 (78rpm), Don Messer & His Islanders (1945). MCA Records MCAD 4037, "The Very Best of Don Messer" (1994). Voyager VRCD 345, Benny Thomasson - "Say Old Man can You Play the Fiddle?" (1999). Samantha Robichaud - "Just Being Me" (1999).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Apex 26287 (78rpm), Don Messer & His Islanders (1945). MCA Records MCAD 4037, "The Very Best of Don Messer" (1994). Voyager VRCD 345, Benny Thomasson - "Say Old Man can You Play the Fiddle?" (1999). Samantha Robichaud - "Just Being Me" (1999).</font> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m12.htm#Motre]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m12.htm#Motre]<br> | ||
Revision as of 14:25, 6 May 2019
Back to Mother's Reel
MOTHER'S REEL. AKA and see "Reel du Régiment." Canadian, New England; Reel. C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC (Miller & Perron): ABBCC (Bohrer, Messer): AA'BB'CC (Phillips). The composition has been attributed to Maritime fiddler Don Messer [1] (1909-1973). However, a version of the reel was recorded by Jospeh Allard (1865-1947) who called it "Reel du Régiment."
The tune was picked up by influential mid-20th century Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson, and recorded by him in 1999, with the usual Texas-style guitar sock chord accompaniment.
Sources for notated versions: learned by Vic Kibler (Hamilton County, N.Y.) from a Don Messer (Canada) recording [Bohrer]; Paul Elliot [Phillips].
Printed sources: Bohrer (Vic Kibler), 1992; No. 20, p. 20. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 27. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 51, p. 33. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 145. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 158.
Recorded sources: Apex 26287 (78rpm), Don Messer & His Islanders (1945). MCA Records MCAD 4037, "The Very Best of Don Messer" (1994). Voyager VRCD 345, Benny Thomasson - "Say Old Man can You Play the Fiddle?" (1999). Samantha Robichaud - "Just Being Me" (1999).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Don Messer's 1945 recording on youtube.com [3]
Hear Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters' version of the tune at missourifiddling.com [4]
Hear Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson's recording at Slippery Hill [5]