Annotation:Pine Grove Blues

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PINE GROVE BLUES. Cajun, Country Blues (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. E Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song was a hit recording for accordion player Nathan Abshire, released in 1949, and was based on Amede Breaux's "Blues de Petit Chien (Le)"

Source for notated version: accordionist Nathan Abshire [1] (Basile, La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pp. 443-445.

Recorded sources: Swallow Records SW-LP6014, Nathan Abshire.

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