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ACORN HILL (BREAKDOWN). American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by renowned Nashville session fiddler Tommy Jackson (1926-1979), named for the town his wife's family came from. The tune appears to be a variant of "Sopping the Gravy (1)."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Carthy Cisco [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p.1.

Recorded sources : - Bee Balm 302, “The Corndrinkers.” Decca , Tommy Jackson - "Square Dances without Calls" (1959). Rounder 0432, Bob Holt - "Got a Little Home to Go To" (1999). Garry Harrison and the Mule Team - "Red Prairie Dawn" (2000).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Tommy Jackson's 1959 recording (with Hank Garland on electric guitar) at youtube.com [2]
See Charlie Walden's standard notation transcription [3]
See Pete Martin's fiddle tutorial on youtube.com [4]

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