Annotation:Jim Shanks

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JIM SHANK(S). AKA - "Jimmy Shenk." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A southern Kentucky tune in the repertoire of fiddler Bruce Greene, from his field recording of the playing of Tennessee fiddler Sam Dyer. See also the similar tune "Henry Richmond." Kerry Blech suspects the title may have derived from a mishearing of 'Gin Seng'.

Source for notated version: Sam Dyer (Macon County, Tennessee) [Milliner & Koken].

Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 335.

Recorded sources: New Timey 2003, Ken Bloom and Harry Bollick - "That Banjo from Hell: Fiddle Tunes & Uncivil Songs of Conflict."

See also listing at:
Hear Sam Dyer play the tune in a 1972 field recording by Bruce Greene at Berea Digital Content [1]



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