Annotation:Pine Top (2)

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PINE TOP [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Perhaps a version of the “Flop Eared Mule (1)” tune family, which it somewhat resembles in the first strain, although source Walter McNew [1] (1912-1998) played both tunes and distinguished them from one another. Jeff Titon (2001) records that McNew learned the tune from his father, an amateur fiddler who was good enough to compete in fiddle contests. The elder McNew probably had it from Uncle Garret Bow, from whom he learned several tunes.

Source for notated version: Walter McNew (Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Ky., 1990) [Titon].

Printed sources: Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 125, p. 152.

Recorded sources: Berea College Appalachian Center AC005, Walter McNew – “Black Jack Grove” (1993).

See also listing at:
Hear Steve Green's 1991 field recording of McNew playing the tune at the Digital Library of Appalachia [2] and Berea Digital Archives [3]
Hear Jeff Titon's 1990 field recording of McNew at Slippery Hill [4][5]