Annotation:Black Jack Grove (2)

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BLACK JACK GROVE [2]. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Recorded in 1939 by John and Ruby Lomax on a field collecting trip, from the playing of Lake N. ("L.N.") Porter of Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas. Although the tune is in 'G' major, it has a modal sound due to the emphasized, doubled (on the fiddle with open 'e' string and fingered 'e' on the A string), 'e' note at the end of each phrase. McNew sings "Black Jack Grove" at various times in his performance.

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See also listing at:
Hear Porter's 1939 recording at the American Memory site at the Library of Congress [1]

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