Annotation:Old Blind Dog

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OLD BLIND DOG. AKA and see "Old Gray Mare (The)," "Old Yeller Dog." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A variation on "Old Gray Mare (The)" or "Old Gray Horse Came Tearing Out of the Wilderness." The tune was recorded by Kentucky-based Jimmy Johnson's String Band in Richmond, Indiana, in August, 1932; Andy Palmer was the fiddler.

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Recorded sources: Champion CH 16541, Jimmy Johnson's String Band (1932. "Gate to Go Through" was the flip side). Fretless FR 160, The Double Decker Stringband - "Sentimental Songs and Old Time Melodies" (1981. Learned from the Jimmy Johnson String Band). Morning Star 45003, Jimmy Johnson's String Band (north-central Ky.) - "Wink the Other Eye: Old Time Fiddle Band Music from Kentucky, vol. 1" (1980). YAZOO-2200-CD, Jimmy Johnson's String Band - "Kentucky Mountain Music, disc 4."

See also listing at:
Hear the Jimmy Johnson String Band's recording on youtube.com [1]
See notes for the family of songs at the Ballad Index [2]

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