Annotation:Possum Hollow

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POSSUM HOLLOW. AKA - "Possum Hollow Breakdown." Old-Time, Country Rag. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A raggy, blues-tinged piece from the northwest Alabama group The Stripling Brothers [1]. Lee Stripling, fiddler Charlie Stripling's son, also recorded the tune, but did not know anything about it, other than it was played by his father.

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Recorded sources: Decca 5018 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (Ala.) {1934}. Document Records DOCD 8008, "The Stripling Brothers vol. 2 1934-1936." Voyager Records VRCD 349, Lee Stripling - "Hogs Picking up Acorns" (2000).

See also listing at:
Hear the Stripling Brother's 1934 recording on youtube.com [2] and at Slippery Hill [3]

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