Annotation:Red Bird (2)

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RED BIRD [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC (Silberberg): AABBCC (Phillips). No apparent relation to "Red Bird (1)." According to Gus Meade (Folkways FA 2336), "This hornpipe is very similar to Uncle Jimmy Thompson's "Billy Wilson", recorded in October, 1926 (Columbia CO 15118-D)."

Clark and Luches Kessinger with Earnest Legg, 1928



Source for notated version: Clark Kessinger 1896-1975 (Kanawha County, West Virginia) [Phillips]; Glenn Berry [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 197. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 125.

Recorded sources: County 733, "The Legend of Clark Kessinger." Folkways Records FA 2336, "Clark Kessinger, Fiddler" (1966).

See also listing at:
Hear Clark Kessinger's Recording on youtube.com [1][2][3]



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