Annotation:Oak Ridge Stomp
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OAK RIDGE STOMP. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Howard Marshall reveals that the title refers to the white oak woods in Linn County, Missouri. Irish laborers cut and fashioned railroad ties from trees in the woods in the later 19th century.
Source for notated version: Nile Wilson [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 108.
Recorded sources: MSOTFA-202-CD, Nile Wilson - "Tie Hacker Hoedown" (1994). Vigortone Records, Rhys Jones & Christina Wheeler - "Starry Crown" (2005). Voyager VRCD 344, Howard Marshall & John Williams - "Fiddling Missouri" (1999. Learned from Nile Wilson).
See also listing at:
Hear Nile Wilson's recording (1995) at Slipperhill.com [1]
See/hear Nile Wilson & Charlie Walden play the tune on youtube.com [2]
See standard music notation at taterjoes.com [3]