Broken Down Gambler

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Theme code Index	11H 32 15L 5L3L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA(Upland South), USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn"USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Devil's Box (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 17
Year of publication/Date of MS	1983
Artist	Biography:Skillet Lickers (The)
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Columbia 15640-D
Year recorded	1930
Media
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BROKEN DOWN GAMBLER. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; north Georgia, Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Devil's Box): AABB' (Phillips). The tune was recorded in 1930 by Gid Tanner, Riley Puckett and Lowe Stokes, all members of the north Georgia band The Skillet Lickers. Guthrie Meade sees simiarlties to "Waynesburgh," "Bitter Creek" and "Scott No. 2," while Drew Beisswenger (2008) believes the Ozark versions of "Bay Rooster" and "Katy Hill" have similar first strains.

Sources for notated versions: The Skillet Lickers (north Georgia) [Devil's Box]; Manco Sneed (N.C.) [Phillips]; H.K. Silvey (b. 1934, Theodosia, Mo.), who had it from his uncle, Jess Silvey, who probably learned it from the Skillet Lickers' recording [Beissenger & McCann].

Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 128. The Devil's Box, Fall, 1983, p. 17. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 38.

Recorded sources: County 526, "The Skillet Lickers, vol. 1" (1973). Voyager VRLP 328-S, "Kenny Hall and the Long Haul String Band." Rounder 0437-2, H.K. Silvey - "Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 3: Down in the Border Counties" (2000. Appears as "Broke Down Gambler"). See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

X:1
T:Broken Down Gambler
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:From a transcription by Frank Malloy
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