Annotation:Lonesome Fiddle Blues
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LONESOME FIDDLE BLUES. Bluegrass, Breakdown. D Dorian ('A' part), D ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BA. Composed by bluegrass fiddler Vasser Clements. Charlie Daniels "Devil Went Down to Georgia (The)" seems to have been largely based on Clements' tune.
Source for notated version: Vasser Clements [Brody].
Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 173.
Recorded sources: Mercury SRM-1-1022, "Vasser Clements." Rounder 0068, Mark O'Conner- "Pickin' in the Wind." United Artists 9801, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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