Annotation:Morgan on the Railroad (2)

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MORGAN ON THE RAILROAD [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A functionally different tune than "Morgan on the Railroad (1)," played by Jessamine County, central Kentucky, fiddler Jim Woodward (1909-1987), although it derives from the same ultimate source as "Morgan... [1]," namely African-American fiddler Jim Booker. Woodward's "Morgan on the Railroad [2]" features bluesy phrasing.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Rounder Records, Roger Cooper - "Essence of Old Kentucky" (2006).

See also listing at:
Hear Jim Woodward's version, recorded by John Harrod in 1979, at the Digital Library of Appalachia [1], Slippery Hill [2], and at Berea Digital Content [3]



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