Annotation:Old Coon Dog (1)

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OLD COON DOG [1]. AKA - "Coon Dog." AKA and see "Davy Dugger," "Engine on a Mogull," "Shoot that Turkey Buzzard," "Greasy String (1)," "Higher Up the Monkey Goes." Old-Time, Breakdown. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips). The tune is known by the "Old Coon Dog" title in eastern Kentucky and central Appalachia, according to Jeff Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes, p. 66). Titon finds recordings under the "Old Coon Dog" title by Vincent Crawford (JH 017), Alfred Bailey (JH 003), Kelly Gilbert (JH 023), Bill Livers (African American fiddler) JH 043, and eastern Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas (BG-051). "Shoot that Turkey Buzzard" is a more distantly related tune.

Source for notated version: Seattle fiddler Vivian Williams, who learned the tune from a 1950's 78 RPM recording by Fiddlin' Kate [Phillips, Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 169. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 109.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0380, Roger Cooper - "Going Back to Old Kentucky" (1990. Appears as "Coon Dog"). Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling."

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]



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