Annotation:Liza Jane (6)

LIZA JANE [6]. Bluegrass, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: Louisiana Honeydrippers via Phil and Vivian Williams (Seattle) [Silberberg]. The band was lead by Louisiana banjo player Jim Smoak [1] (b. 1933), who began his career in 1952 with Carl and Pearl Butler, although he was hired away almost immediately by Bill Monroe to play banjo with his Bluegrass Boys.

Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 92.

Recorded sources: Arhoolie Records 9032, Jim Smoak & The Louisiana Honeydrippers - "Bayou Bluegrass" (2011. Originally issued as Folklyric LP 122 in 1961).

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