Annotation:Red Fox Waltz
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RED FOX WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. According to Vivian Williams during the 1960's the tune became popular for a time at the Weiser, Idaho, national fiddle contest, played and popularized by fiddlers originally from Missouri where it is a frequently heard waltz. Taylor McBain (Columbia, Missouri) has been singled out for having one of the finest renditions of the tune.
Source for notated version: Lonnie Robertson (Ozark County, Missouri) [Christeson]; Vivian Williams (Seattle, Washington) [Phillips].
Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; p. 145. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 299. The Mandolin Players Pastime. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 126.
Recorded sources: American Heritage Music Corporation AH-4-1-4, Harold Allen – “Fiddling Around” (on the album Allen is credited with composing the tune). Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Cyril Stinnett (1912-1986, Mo.) - "Plain Old Time Fiddling." Voyager 323, Vivian Williams - “Fiddler.”
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
See/hear the tune played by Vivian and Phil Williams on youtube.com [2]
See Charlie Walden's standard notation transcription [3] and view his tutorial [4]
Hear Cecil Snow's recording at Slippery Hill [5]
Hear a field recording of Harold Allen playing the waltz at Weiser, Idaho, in 1966 [6] [courtesy Vivian & Phil Williams].