Annotation:Old Billy Hell
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OLD BILLY HELL. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bingham is the sole source for this tune, says Titon (2001).
Source for notated version: Estill Bingham (1899-1990, Pineville, Bell County, Ky., c. 1986) [Titon].
Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 112, p. 140.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Hear Estill Bingham fiddle the tune in a 1989 field recording by Bruce Greene at Berea Digital Archives [1] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [2]
Hear the tune played on banjo at youtube.com [3]