Annotation:Brushy Fork

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X:1 T:Brushy Fork S:George Stevens, via Kenny Sidle (Ohio) M:C| L:1/8 D:https://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/brushyfork7092.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G DB,|[G,2D2]B,D [B,E]DB,D|CB,C[CE] [C2F2][C2E2]|DFAB cAFG|A2GF GEDB,| [G,2D2]B,D [B,E]DB,D|CB,C[CE] [C2F2][C2E2]|DFAB cAFG|[GA]-[GB][GB][GB] [G2B2] :|| |:ef|(g/a/g)d2(g/a/g)d2|e2c2c2e2|f2d2d2dc|BGAF G2ef| (g/a/g)d2(g/a/g)d2|[de]-[e2e2][ee][e2e2]eg|fefg agfa|gfga g2:|]

BRUSHY FORK. AKA - "George Stevens," "The Blacksmith." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is from the playing of fiddler Kenny Sidle (b. 1931), originally from Tobosco, Licking County, central Ohio. Sidle, a 1988 NEA National Heritage Fellow in honor of his music, learned the tune from George Stevens, the blacksmith in Clay Lick, and sometimes called the tune "George Stevens" or "The Blacksmith."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Kenny Sidle [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 38.

Recorded sources: -