Annotation:Old Bob

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OLD BOB. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Upper South. G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC'. The melody has irregular measures in all parts.

Gusty Wallace

Source for notated version: Bruce Green [Phillips], learned from Gusty Wallace (1891-1985, Sulpher Well, Metcalfe County, Kentucky).

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 95.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear Gusty Wallace's field recording, made by Bruce Greene in 1975, at Berea Digital Archive [1] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [2]

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