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'''HERRINBROOK REEL'''. Canada, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'.
|f_annotation='''HERRINBROOK REEL'''. AKA - "Herrin' Brook," "Herring Brook." Canadian, Reel. Canada. New Brunswick. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Herrin' Brook" was composed by New Brunswick fiddler Tom Doucet, who also spent considerable time in Boston, Mass.  Doucet called it simply his 'B flat reel' for some time, until he was asked what the title was by Henery Riendeau at his recording session for his LP "Downeast Star".  Spontaneously, Doucet's replay was: "Just call it the Herrin' Brook!"
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|f_source_for_notated_version=Tom Doucet (Nova Scotia/eastern Mass.) and Don Roy [Phillips].  
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|f_printed_sources=Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 111.
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|f_recorded_sources=Fiddler FRLP001, Tom Doucet - "The Down East Star." Rounder 7016, "The Slippery Stick: Traditional Fiddling from New Brunswick" (1996)
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|f_see_also_listing=Hear the Robichaud Brothers play the tune at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/herring-brook]<br>
''Source for notated version'': Tom Doucet (Nova Scotia/eastern Mass.) and Don Roy [Phillips].
Hear Tom Doucet play the tune at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCZ-rdDjSkg]<br>
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''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes'''), vol. 1, 1994; p. 111.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Fiddler FRLP001, Tom Doucet - "The Down East Star." </font>
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HERRINBROOK REEL. AKA - "Herrin' Brook," "Herring Brook." Canadian, Reel. Canada. New Brunswick. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Herrin' Brook" was composed by New Brunswick fiddler Tom Doucet, who also spent considerable time in Boston, Mass. Doucet called it simply his 'B flat reel' for some time, until he was asked what the title was by Henery Riendeau at his recording session for his LP "Downeast Star". Spontaneously, Doucet's replay was: "Just call it the Herrin' Brook!"


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Tom Doucet (Nova Scotia/eastern Mass.) and Don Roy [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 111.

Recorded sources : - Fiddler FRLP001, Tom Doucet - "The Down East Star." Rounder 7016, "The Slippery Stick: Traditional Fiddling from New Brunswick" (1996)

See also listing at :
Hear the Robichaud Brothers play the tune at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear Tom Doucet play the tune at youtube.com [2]



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