Annotation:Red Bird (2)

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RED BIRD [2]. AKA - "Red Bird Hornpipe." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC (Silberberg): AABBCC (Phillips). A showpiece tune for West Virginia fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975). 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 dance caller 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). Rounder Records ‎0004, "Clark Kessinger--Old-Time Music with Fiddle and Guitar" (1972). Rounder Heritage 11599, Clark Kessinger - "Old Time Music: The Essential Collection." Rounder Heritage CD 1166, Clark Kessinger - "The Art of Old-Time Mountain Music."

See also listing at:
Hear Clark Kessinger's Recording on youtube.com [1][2][3]
See Austin Rogers' standard notation transcription [4] [5]