Annotation:Red Apple Rag (1)
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RED APPLE RAG [1]. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Country Rag (2/4 time). USA; Nebraska, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Christeson): AABB (Phillips): AA'BB' (Devil's Box). A widely-known, and frequently played and recorded tune, popularized by Tennessee fiddle legend Arthur Smith [1] (1898-1971). The composition is often credited to him.
Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Arthur Smith (Tennessee) [The Devil's Box, Phillips].
Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; p. 134. The Devil's Box, 1977, vol. II, No. 4; p. 70. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 110.
Recorded sources: County 546-547, "Fiddling Arthur Smith and His Dixieliners" (1978). County CD2712, Art Stamper (Ky.) - "The Lost Fiddler" (c. 1982). County 784, Kenny Baker & Howdy Forrester - "Red Apple Rag" (1983). Rounder CD 1131/1132, Ed Haley - "Forked Deer" (1997).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Ed Haley's recorded version at Slippery Hill [3]
Hear Burl Hammond's version at Slippery Hill [4]
See Austin Roger's standard notation transcription at [5][6].