Annotation:Jim Shanks
Tune properties and standard notation
JIM SHANK(S). AKA - "Jimmy Shenk." Old-Time, Breakdown. A southern Kentucky tune in the repertoire of fiddler Bruce Greene. See also the similar tune "Henry Richmond." Kerry Blech suspects the title may have derived from a mishearing of 'Gin Seng'.
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Recorded sources: New Timey 2003, Ken Bloom and Harry Bollick - "That Banjo from Hell: Fiddle Tunes & Uncivil Songs of Conflict."