Annotation:Saturday Night Rag

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SATURDAY NIGHT RAG. American, Country Rag (cut time). USA; Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was first recorded by the Fort Worth, Texas, based group the Light Crust Doughboys for Vocalion Records in 1934, featuring the fiddle of Kentucky native Clifford Gross (the name of the group in the label was "W. Lee O'Daniel and His Light Crust Doughboys"). A few years later the tune was recorded by another Texas group, Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers in a blazingly fast version by fiddler Jesse Ashlock (learned directly from Clifford Gross ^[1]. Both groups were transitional ones from old-time string band to western swing. They recorded prolifically and appeared in a half-dozen 'B' westerns in the 1940's.

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Recorded sources: -Acrobat ACRCD132, Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers - "Saturday Night Rag, vol. 1 1934-1936" (2003). Bluebird B-6599 (78 RPM), Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers (1936). Bluebird AXM2 5503, "Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers" (1975. Originally recorded 1936). Caney Mountain Records CEP 212 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.) and the Cane Mountain Boys - "Favorite Fiddle Tunes" (c. 1965-66). Vocalion 02842-B (78 RPM), W. Lee O'Daniel and his Light Crust Doughboys (1924).

See also listing at:
Hear Lonnie Roberston's (Missouri) 1960's recording on youtube.com [1]
Hear Chris Delaney's field recording of the tune played by Burrell Reed (Oklahoma) at Slippery Hill [2]

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↑ Bob Pinson, Country Music Foundation, Nashville, in liner notes to RCA "Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers"

[1] Bob Pinson, Country Music Foundation, Nashville, in liner notes to RCA "Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers"

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