Annotation:Hickory Leaf

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HICKORY LEAF. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. ADad tuning (fiddle). A Fiddlin' Arthur Smith variant of "Bonaparte's Retreat (1)." In the repertoire of Kentucky fiddler Owen "Snake" Chapman (1919-2003). A hickory leaf can be "played" by holding it tightly between the hands, parallel to the lips.

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Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Rounder Records RNDS 418, Snake Chapman - "Walnut Gap" (1999). Folkways FA2419, Tracy Schwartz - "Look Out Here it Comes" (1975. Learned from a recording of Paul Warren, with Flatt & Scruggs).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

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