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X:1 T:Deacon Jones C:Daniel Huggins Williams M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Rag/Reel D:Brunswick 298 (78 RPM), East Texas Serenaders (1929) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/deacon-jones Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C ea2g ecA2|eea3g a2|aged d2(fg|a)ged d2+slide+g2-| ggaz g2a2|ga2g- ge d2|([ce][de][e2e2]) eged|c2 c2B2_B2| ea2g ecA2|eea3g a2|aged d2(fg|a)ged d2+slide+g2-| ggaz bga2|gage- ec d2|c([ce][de][ee]- [ee])ged|.c2.e2^.d2.e2|| O(aga2) (e^de2)|(aga2) (e^de2)|agea- ageg|a4- ageg| d2Ad- dded|[d2f2]([de][df]- [d2f2])g3g|a2ga- aga2|a6b2-| b2a2b2g2|a2b4g2|a2g2a2b2-|b2a2g2a2g/a/b| c'6a2|g2e2d2c2|-c2B2c2A2-|A2G2E2(G2|| A)GA2 EDEG|AG A2 EDEG|A2A4A2|A4A2(3A,B,C| D2 D4(3DEG|[F2A2][F3A3]FG2|A2 A3G F2|A6cd| [e6e6][ee]|[d4e4]-[de]c[d2e2]|[c4e4]-[ce]B A2|G4-G[de]-[e2e2]| A2G2A2_B2|=B2G2Be-e2|c6.c2|.c2 .e2^.d2.e2"D.C."O||

DEACON JONES. American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCDB. A ragtime-based reel, played very quickly by fiddler Daniel Higgins Williams with the East Texas Serenaders, who also included Cloet Hamman on guitar, Henry Bogan on cello and banjo player John Munnerlyn. The tune was recorded at a session in Dallas, Texas, in October, 1928, and released by Brunswick the next year.

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Recorded sources: - Brunswick 298 (78 RPM), East Texas Serenaders (1929). County CD 3525, "Old Time Texas String Bands, vol. 2."

See also listing at:
Hear the East Texas Serenaders' 1928 recording at Slippery Hill [1] and at youtube.com [2]

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