Annotation:New Money
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NEW MONEY. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, eastern Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Doc Roberts [1] (1897-1978) recorded this indigenous east-central Kentucky tune in the 1920's (learned from Elzic Stone of Montgomery County, Ky., at a fiddle contest); his repertoire consisted mostly of regional tunes and he paid little attention to outside music (Wolfe, 1982).
Source for notated version: Doc Roberts (Ky.) [Maloy/Devil's Box, Phillips].
Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 202. The Devils Box, vol. 10, #1, 1976; p. 46. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 165.
Recorded sources: Davis Unlimited 33015, Doc Roberts- "Classic Fiddle Tunes." Gennett 6775 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (1927). Jim Martin Productions JMP201, Gerry Milnes (et al) - "Gandydancer." Morining Star 45005, Doc Roberts - "Way Down South in Dixie."