Annotation:Leake County Two-Step

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LEAKE COUNTY TWO-STEP, THE. Old-Time, Two-Step. USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): ABB' (Phillips): AABB (Songer). The melody is played at a decidedly moderate pace, slower than a breakdown. Kerry Blech remembers the Rhythm Gorillas of Kent, Ohio, played this tune extensively in the early 1980's, and Blech himself popularized it in Seattle when he moved there in 1984.

Sources for notated versions: Leslie Freeny with Freeny's Barn Dance Band (Miss.) [Phillips]; Peter Boveng [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 75. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 89. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 123.

Recorded sources: OKeh 45524 (78 RPM), 1930, Freeny's Barn Dance Band (twin fiddle band from Leake County, Mississippi). Red Mountain - "Throw the Old Cow Over the Fence" (2008).

See also listing at:
Hear the recording by Freeney's Barn Dance Band at Slippery Hill [1]

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