Annotation:Durang's Hornpipe (2)
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DURANG'S HORNPIPE [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard or ADae tunings (fiddle). AABB (Phillips, Songer): AA'BB (Brody): AA'BB' (Beisswenger & McCann). A much folk-processed version of "Durang's Hornpipe (1)." This version of "Durang's" appears to come originally from sources west of the Appalachians. One source, fiddler Jake Phelps (1885-1977), from Todd County near Elkton, Kentucky, was recorded in 1973. Phelps learned many of his tunes, including this "Durang's Hornpipe", from local fiddler Will Stegall (b.ca. 1869) who had learned his tunes in the Purchase Section of Western Kentucky.
Sources for notated versions: J.T. Perkins [Phillips]; Liz Slade (Yorktown, New York) [Kuntz]; Bruce Schwartz (Ketchikan, Alaska) [Songer]; Vesta Johnson (b. 1922, near St. Louis, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann]; Jake Phelps [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 70. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 94. Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 179. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 191. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 68.
Recorded sources: American Heritage 24, Lonnie Peerce- "Golden Fiddle Tunes." Cartunes 105, Bruce Molsky & Bob Carlin - "Take Me As I Am" (2004. Source credit to Brad Leftwich). Davis Unlimited DU 33017, J.T. Perkins- "Fiddle Favorites Perkins Style." Folkways FTS 31039, "Red Clay Ramblers" (1974 Based on a version from Marion, Indiana fiddler John Summers). Kicking Mule, David Winston- "Soutern Clawhammer Banjo." Marimac 9023, Bruce Molsky and Bob Carlin - "Take Me as I Am." Voyager 309, Benny and Jerry Thomasson- "The Weiser Reunion: a Jam Session" (1993). Christian Wig & Mark Ward - "Come Back Boys and Feed the Horses."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index [1].
Hear Jake Phelps' version at Slippery Hill [2]
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