Annotation:Forgeron (Le)
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FORGERON, LE (The Blacksmith). AKA - "Reel du forgeron." AKA and see "Blacksmith's Reel (2)." French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A 'crooked' tune popularized by Montreal fiddler Jean Carignan, but composed by Omer Dumas. Carignan played it at the 1960 Newport Folk Festival, to which he had been invited by American folk musician Pete Seegar, who 'discovered' Carignan in 1958.
Source for notated version: Acadien fiddler Pius Boudreault via Jean Carignan (Montreal); also André Alain (St-Basile de Portneuf) [Remon & Bouchard].
Printed sources: Remon & Bouchard (25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 1: Québec Fiddle Tunes), 1996; No. 20.
Recorded sources: Bluebird B-1219 (78 RPM), Omer Dumas (1940). Folkways FG 3531, Jean Carignan - "Old Time Fiddle Tunes played by Jean Carignan" (1960). Le Bottine Souriante - "Rock and Reel" (1998). Mille-Pattes V21102041, La Bottine Souriante - "Anthologie" (2001). XXI-CD 2 1575, "Omer Dumas et ses Ménestrels avec Mariette Vaillant" (2007). Yvon Mimeault - "Y etait temps!/It's About Time" (adapted from Jean Carrignan's version). Les Chauffeurs à pieds - "Au studio des trois lits" (2006). Omer Dumas et Ses Menestrels - "100 Ans De Musique Traditionnelle Quebecoise (1940-1960)."
See also listing at:
Hear Jean Carignan's 1960 folkways recording at [1]
See Eric Lortie's standard notation version at Identitairs Québécois [2]
Hear an accordion version on youtube.com [3]