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|f_annotation='''KICK UP THE DEVIL ON A HOLIDAY.''' AKA - "Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday." American, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was published by Thomas F. Briggs in his '''Briggs' Banjo Instructor''' (1855, Oliver Ditson Co., Boston). It may have been composed by Briggs and is often credited to him, although no composer credit is given with the tune itself. The frontispiece of the volume declares that tunes were composed and arranged by Briggs. The original title, "Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday" indicates the tune was intended for the blackface minstrel stage.
|f_annotation='''KICK UP THE DEVIL ON A HOLIDAY.''' AKA - "Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday." American, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was published by Thomas F. Briggs in his '''Briggs' Banjo Instructor''' (1855, Oliver Ditson Co., Boston). It may have been composed by Briggs and is often credited to him, although no composer credit is given with the tune itself. The frontispiece of the volume declares that tunes were composed and arranged by Briggs. The original title, "Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday" indicates the tune was intended for the blackface minstrel stage.
|f_printed_sources=Thomas F. Briggs ('''Briggs' Banjo Instructor'''), 1855; p. 23.
|f_printed_sources=Thomas F. Briggs ('''Briggs' Banjo Instructor'''), 1855; p. 23.
|f_recorded_sources=Foghorn Stringband - "Wesier Sunrise."
|f_recorded_sources=Foghorn Stringband - "Wesier Sunrise." Rounder James Bryan & Carl Jones - "Old-Time Music on the Air, vol. 2" (1995). James Bryan & Carl Jones - Two Pictures (2006).
|f_see_also_listing=Hear the tune played by Barry Murphy and Dan Stewart [http://musical-traces.podomatic.com/enclosure/2010-02-09T07_41_48-08_00.mp3]<br  />
|f_see_also_listing=Hear the tune played by Barry Murphy and Dan Stewart [http://musical-traces.podomatic.com/enclosure/2010-02-09T07_41_48-08_00.mp3]<br  />
See/hear the tune played by banjoist Angela M. Wellman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHnqK_f6IN4] [http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/kickin-up-the-devil-on-a-holiday]
See/hear the tune played by banjoist Angela M. Wellman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHnqK_f6IN4] [http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/kickin-up-the-devil-on-a-holiday]<br>
Hear James Bryan and Carl Jones recording at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPbdqoXPG8]<br>
Hear a festival recording of fiddler Jack Crack playing the tune [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3396]<br>
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KICK UP THE DEVIL ON A HOLIDAY. AKA - "Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday." American, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was published by Thomas F. Briggs in his Briggs' Banjo Instructor (1855, Oliver Ditson Co., Boston). It may have been composed by Briggs and is often credited to him, although no composer credit is given with the tune itself. The frontispiece of the volume declares that tunes were composed and arranged by Briggs. The original title, "Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday" indicates the tune was intended for the blackface minstrel stage.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Thomas F. Briggs (Briggs' Banjo Instructor), 1855; p. 23.

Recorded sources : - Foghorn Stringband - "Wesier Sunrise." Rounder James Bryan & Carl Jones - "Old-Time Music on the Air, vol. 2" (1995). James Bryan & Carl Jones - Two Pictures (2006).

See also listing at :
Hear the tune played by Barry Murphy and Dan Stewart [1]
See/hear the tune played by banjoist Angela M. Wellman [2] [3]
Hear James Bryan and Carl Jones recording at youtube.com [4]
Hear a festival recording of fiddler Jack Crack playing the tune [5]



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