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'''BLACK RIVER'''. American, Reel. USA, Missouri.  C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See note for "[[annotation:Ladies in the Ballroom (2)]]," and "[[Rattlesnake Bit the Baby]]." Liner notes to Gene Goforth's album say that Ken Curtis, who played the character Festus on American TV's long-running Gunsmoke, whistled the tune and called it "[[Cherokee Square Dance]]." John Hartford calls it a 'cousin' to Howdy Forrester's "[[Ladies in the Ballroom (2)]]," and Bill Monore's "[[Boston Boy]]."  
'''BLACK RIVER'''. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Missouri.  C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See note for "[[annotation:Ladies in the Ballroom (2)]]," and "[[Rattlesnake Bit the Baby]]." Liner notes to Gene Goforth's album say that Ken Curtis, who played the character Festus on American TV's long-running Gunsmoke, whistled the tune and called it "[[Cherokee Square Dance]]." John Hartford calls it a 'cousin' to Howdy Forrester's "[[Ladies in the Ballroom (2)]]," and Bill Monore's "[[Boston Boy]]."  
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Black River, a tributary of the White River, sources in the Missouri Ozarks (forming the border between Independence and Jackson Counties) then runs south through Arkansas, generally marking the border between the Mississippi delta and the Arkansas foothills regions.
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BLACK RIVER. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See note for "annotation:Ladies in the Ballroom (2)," and "Rattlesnake Bit the Baby." Liner notes to Gene Goforth's album say that Ken Curtis, who played the character Festus on American TV's long-running Gunsmoke, whistled the tune and called it "Cherokee Square Dance." John Hartford calls it a 'cousin' to Howdy Forrester's "Ladies in the Ballroom (2)," and Bill Monore's "Boston Boy."

Black River, a tributary of the White River, sources in the Missouri Ozarks (forming the border between Independence and Jackson Counties) then runs south through Arkansas, generally marking the border between the Mississippi delta and the Arkansas foothills regions.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -Rounder RO-0388, Gene Goforth -"Emminence Breakdown" (1997. Learned in 1958 from a tape of 'old man' Walter Alexander, of Leasburg, Mo.). Rounder 0442, John Hartford - "Hamilton Ironworks" (2001. Learned from Walter Alexander of Leasburg, Missouri).

See also listing at:
Hear Walter Alexander's field recording at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear Cecil Goforth's recording at Slippery Hill [2]



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