Annotation:Roscoe Parish's Tune
X:1 T:Roscoe Parish's Tune S:Roscoe Parish (Coal Creek, Va.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Down Hill Strugglers - Show Me the Way to Go Home (2013) Z:Transcribed by Andy Kuntz K:D (3ABc|d2d2 e2de|fedA BdAB|d2d2 e2 de|fedA B3 (3A/B/c/| d2d2 e2de|fedB ABdB|A2F2 FEDE|D2 B,2B,2:| |:FG|A2F2 FFEF|A2F2 FFEF|A2F2 FFEF|D2B,2B,3(A| A2)F2 FFdB|A2F2 FFEF|EDED EF2E|D2B,2B,2:|]
ROSCOE PARISH’S TUNE. AKA and see "Charlie Barnett Lowe's Tune," "Uncle Charlie's Tune," "Uncle Charlie Barnett Lowe's Tune." Old-Time, Breakdown/Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Every phrase ends on the subtonic chord (G). The tune is a member of the "Dry and Dusty" tune family. For more on Roscoe Parish (1897-1984) of Coal Creek, Virginia, see note for "annotation:Roscoe's Waltz." The alternate title "Charlie Barnett Lowe's Tune" refers to another source for the tune, Charlie Barnett Lowe of Lambsburg, Carroll County, Virginia, a banjo player and farmer who for a time employed influential Round Peak, North Carolina, fiddler Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985). According to field recorder Ray Alden [1], Jarrell also learned "Forked Deer" from him. Somewhat confusingly, Jarrell had another Uncle Charlie Lowe (1878-1964) in his musical life, also a banjo player from Round Peak, but a contemporary of his fiddling father, Ben Jarrell.