Annotation:Billy Wilson (1)

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X:2 T:Billy Wilson [1] N:"Revival" version L:1/8 M:C| K:A (3efg|a2 g2 afea|fedf ecBA|B2 G2 B2 G2|ABcd efge| a2 g2 afea|fedf ecBc|ABcd efed|cABc A2:| |:cB|ABcd efed|cABc B2 cB|ABcd efed|cA B2 A2:| |:EF|A2 AA AcBA|F2 FF F2 EF|A2 AA ABcd|e2 ef e2 c2| B2 BB BcBA|F2 FF F2 EF|A2 ae faed|cABc A2:||

BILLY WILSON [1]. AKA and see "Ace of Spades," "Little Billy Wilson," "Old Bill Wilson," "Reel des charretiers." American, Reel. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). ABC (Silberberg): AABBCC (Kuntz, Phillips). "Billy Wilson" features pizzicato, or plucked notes. A three-part version was synthesized by fiddler and musicologist Joel Shimberg and entered 'revival' tradition, although based on Uncle Jimmy Thompson's "Billy Wilson (2)" (1926). Most modern versions are based on Shimberg's tune, originally called "Old Bill Wilson." "Billy Wilson (1) " is a later part of Texas fiddler Eck Robertson's "Brilliancy Medley." The first strain is shared with North Dakota fiddler biography:Joe Pancerzewski's "Original Canadian Hoedown" and the first strain also appears fiddler Arthur-Joseph (A.J.) Boulay's (1883-1948) "Reel des charretiers" (Carter's Reel), recorded in 1930 in Montreal.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Pete Sutherland (Vt.), and Tara Nevins via Liz Slade (Yorktown, N.Y.) [Kuntz]; Jane Rothfield [Phillips]; Greg Canote (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 78. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 90.

Recorded sources: - Columbia 15118 (78 RPM), Uncle Jimmy & Eva Thompson (1926). County 2730, Rafe Stefanini - "Glory on the Big Spring." Juneberry CD-4009, Uncle Jimmy Thompson - "Classics of Old-Time Music vol. 9." Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine as Frog Hair" (1993). Yodel-ay-hee #108327, The Critton Hollow Stringband - "Poor Boy" (1979).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Uncle Jimmy Thompson's 1926 recording at YouTube.com [2] and Slippery Hill [3]

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