Annotation:Cruel Willie

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X:1 T:Cruel Willie N:From the playing of fiddler Howard "Big Howdy" Forrester (1922-1987, Vernon, N:Tenn.), a long-time member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys. M:C| L:1/8 R:March N:DDad tuning N:Drone liberally Q:"Moderate" N:Play AABBCC N:"+" = pizzicato note D:Cub LP 8008, Howdy Forrester - "Fancy Fiddlin' Country Style" (1960) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cruel-willie Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D AB|d4 ((3efe) df|e+slide+d-d2- d-BAB|d3e dBAF|+slide+[A6A6] AB| d3e dBAB|d2 Bd AFE-D|F3B AF (E/F/E)|1D6:|2D8|| |:E-F-F2- F3 ((3E/F/E/D)|[G2A2]-[A2A2]- [A2A2]D2|+slide+F3B AF (E/F/E)|1D6:|2 D8|| "+".d2"+".A2 zF E-D| [G2A2]-[A2A2]- [A2A2]D2|"+".d2"+".d2 zF((3E/F/E/)|1D8:|2 D6||

CRUEL WILLIE. American, March (cut time). D Major. DDad tuning (fiddle). Learned from Arthur Smith (Tenn.) by Nashville session fiddler Howdy Forrester, to whom it is sometimes attributed. However, Forrester credited Smith for the tune when he re-recorded it for the Stoneway label, although Fiddlin' Arthur never recorded it himself. Forrester's version proved durable and has been fairly frequently recorded by others, such as the Bing Brothers and Junior Daugherty. Lester Woodie used to play it with the Stanley Brothers in the 1950's. Words have been set to Forrester's version of the tune by Bill Caswell (formerly of Nashville, now an Oklahoman), also frequently recorded (e.g. by the Bing Brothers and others).

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Briar 4204, Earl Collins - "That's Earl" (1975). Copper Creek Records CCCD-0174, Tony Ellis - "Sounds Like Bluegrass to Me" (1999. Fiddled by Lester Woodie). Cub LP 8008, Howdy Forrester - "Fancy Fiddling' Country Style" (1960). Happy Valley PRP 43871-2, Ramona Jones (1973). Musical Traditions MTCD343-2, J.P. & Annedine Fraley - "Meeting's a Pleasure" (2007). Rounder SS-0145, J.P. Fraley (Rush, Ky.) - "Traditional Music on Rounder: A Sampler" (1981. The tune was learned by Fraley from Howdy Forrester). Rounder Records 11661 0500-2, Connie and Babe (featuring Red Roberts - "Blue Trail of Sorrow" (2001. Various artists). Jim Moss - "Sleeping Lady." State of the Ozarks String Band (Bob Holt) - "The Way I Heard It."

See also listing at :
Hear Max Collins' 1976 home recording at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear Howdy Forrester's 1960 recording at Slippery Hill [2]

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