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X:1 T:Rolling River [1] N:From the playing of fiddler John Lusk (1886-1969, Warren County, Tenn.), N:with Muprh Gribble (ban.) & Alvin York (gtr.), from a Sept. 1946 LOC field N:recording by Margaret Mayo at Campaign, Tenn. M:C| L:1/8 N:The tune is not 'square'--1st strain is repeated at will N:1st strain is more a vamp than a melody N:AEae tuning (fiddle) K:A A2A2 c3c|BcBA F2E2|A2A2 B2-c>c|BcBA F2E2| A2A2 c3c|BcBA F2E2|A2A2 B2-c>c|BcBA F2E2|| a2a2[c2a2]a2| f2b2 bc'ba|a2a2 [c2a2]f2|cBAF [F2A2]E2| a2a2[c2a2]a2| f2b2 bc'ba|a2a2 [c2a2]f2|cBAF [F2A2][E2c2]||

ROLLING RIVER. AKA and see "Tennessee Wagoner." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. A version of "Tennessee Wagoner" played by African-American musicians John Lusk (fiddle), Murph Gribble (banjo) and Albert York (guitar), recorded for the Library of Congress in September, 1946, at Campaign, Tennessee. The recorders were Margot Mayo, Stuart Jamieson and Freyda Simon.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - 1946 recording of black string band the John Lusk Band (OTH, 1990).

Printed sources : - Old Time Herald, May-July 1990, p. 21.

Recorded sources: - Folkways FTS 31062, "Ship in the Clouds: Old Time Instrumental Music" (1978. Learned from the John Lusk Band L or C recording). Library of Congress AFS 08506 A, Lusk, Gribble, York (1946). Rounder 0238, John Lusk Band - "Black Stringband Music From the Library of Congress" (Originally recorded in 1946).

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Hear John Lusk's 1946 field recording for the Library of Congress at Slippery Hill [1]