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|f_annotation='''LEAKE COUNTY BLUES.''' American, Blues Tune. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This is an eleven-bar blues (most standard blues tunes are in twelve or sixteen bar form) tune recorded in December, 1929, by the central Mississippi string band the Leake County Revelers, who recorded an "extensive collection of breakdowns waltzes, two-steps, blues, rags and sentimental songs--a repertory which reflects a wide variety of 'outside' influences" (Tom Carter). A shift to the second or third position on the violin will facilitate this tune. | |f_annotation='''LEAKE COUNTY BLUES.''' American, Blues Tune. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This is an eleven-bar blues (most standard blues tunes are in twelve or sixteen bar form) tune recorded in December, 1929, by the central Mississippi string band the Leake County Revelers, who recorded an "extensive collection of breakdowns waltzes, two-steps, blues, rags and sentimental songs--a repertory which reflects a wide variety of 'outside' influences" (Tom Carter). A shift to the second or third position on the violin will facilitate this tune. | ||
[[File: | [[File:leake.jpg|500px|thumb|left|The Leake County Revelers]] | ||
The Revelers' recording proved popular and the tune was disseminated beyond regional boundaries. Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed (1884-1968) played the tune for Alan Jabbour in 1966, calling it "Lake County Blues." | The Revelers' recording proved popular and the tune was disseminated beyond regional boundaries. Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed (1884-1968) played the tune for Alan Jabbour in 1966, calling it "Lake County Blues." | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Wil Gilmer and the Leake County Revelers (central Mississippi) [Milliner & Koken, Phillips]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Wil Gilmer and the Leake County Revelers (central Mississippi) [Milliner & Koken, Phillips]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 377. Phillips ('''Fiddlecase Tunebook: Old-Time Southern'''), 1989; pp. 26-27. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes''') | |f_printed_sources=Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 377. Phillips ('''Fiddlecase Tunebook: Old-Time Southern'''), 1989; pp. 26-27. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 75. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Columbia 15520D (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1929). County 511, Leake County Revelers - "Mountain Blues." Document DOCD-8030, "Leake County Revelers, vol. 2 1929-1930." | |f_recorded_sources=Columbia 15520D (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1929). County 511, Leake County Revelers - "Mountain Blues." Document DOCD-8030, "Leake County Revelers, vol. 2 1929-1930." | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/l04.htm#Leacobl]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/l04.htm#Leacobl]<br> | ||
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LEAKE COUNTY BLUES. American, Blues Tune. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This is an eleven-bar blues (most standard blues tunes are in twelve or sixteen bar form) tune recorded in December, 1929, by the central Mississippi string band the Leake County Revelers, who recorded an "extensive collection of breakdowns waltzes, two-steps, blues, rags and sentimental songs--a repertory which reflects a wide variety of 'outside' influences" (Tom Carter). A shift to the second or third position on the violin will facilitate this tune.
The Revelers' recording proved popular and the tune was disseminated beyond regional boundaries. Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed (1884-1968) played the tune for Alan Jabbour in 1966, calling it "Lake County Blues."
