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JIMMY JOHNSON. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Virginia, West Virginia. A Major. AEae tuning. AAB. A common West Virginia tune, and elsewhere, under different titles. In the repertiore of W.Va. fiddlers Melvin Wine and Ernie Carpenter (who learned it from his father Shelt Carpenter).

Source for notated version: Glen Smith (Galax, Va.) [Phillips] {who said he learned the tune from Johnny Johnson}.

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Music, vol. 1), 1994; p. 125.

Recorded sources: Augusta Heritage Records 003, Ernie Carpenter - "Elk River Blues: Traditional Tunes From Braxton County, W.Va." Marimac AHS #2, Melvin Wine--"Hannah at the Springhouse." Marimac AHS #3, Glen Smith - "Say Old Man" (1990). Rounder 1504/1505, Burl Hammons - "The Hammons Family: The Traditions of a West Virginia Family and Their Friends" (featuring Maggie Hammons Parker beating straws to Burl's fiddling).



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