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X:1 T:Roscoe S:Kyle Creed (1912–1982, originally from Surry County, northwest North Carolina, S:and, from 1960 on, from Carroll County, Virginia) M:C| L:1/8 D:Mountain LP 301, Kyle Creed - Blue Ridge Mountain Square Dance Time F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/roscoe Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G ef|g2d2 edB2|dBAG- G2g2-|gagf eg3 |a3b a2ef| +slide+g2d2 ed B2|+slide+c3d cBA(_B|=B)(Bd)B AGFD|G3A G2:| |:DG-|G2G2 AB-B2|c3d cA_B-=B-|BAGB AGFE|D3E D2DG-| G2G2 A(B B2)|c3 d cA_B-=B-|BAGB AGFD|G3A G4:|]



ROSCOE. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB (Phillips). The tune was in the repertoire of Kyle Creed, who learned it from from Roscoe Russell.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Jere Canote (Seattle) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 202. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 133.

Recorded sources: - Mountain LP 301, Kyle Creed - "Blue Ridge Mountain Square Dance Time". Marimac 9043, Boiled Buzzards - "Fine Dining" (1991). Rounder Records, Bob Paisley and the Southern Mountain Boys - "Lovesick and Sorrow" (1978).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Kyle Creeds recording at Slippery Hill [2]



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