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 fiddlers Vasser (1928-2005) and Millie Clements, copyright 1972. 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]