Annotation:Limber Neck Blues

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LIMBER NECK BLUES. AKA and see "Parkersburg Landing." Old-Time, Schottische (brisk). USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody, which is obviously not a blues tune but a schottische (the title 'blues' is something of a regional honorific), was recorded in 1930 (OKeh 45548) under this title by Mississippi musicians Willie Narmour (b. 1889) and Shell Smith (b. 1895). It was known as "Parkersburg Landing" to east Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley. Allin Cottrell points out that fast accurate playing in the key of C was one of the hallmarks of Narmour's fiddling. The 'A' part, at eight measures is twice as long as the 'B'.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Old Time Herald, vol. 5, No. 3 (Spring, 1996); p. 49.

Recorded sources: Musical Traditions MT 104, Narmour and Smith - "Where the Southern Crosses the Dog: Mississippi Fiddle Music 1928-35."

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