Bostony

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Theme code Index	1H1H2H7 1H1H1H5
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Upland South)
Structure	AA'BB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Roger Cooper
Title of recording	Going Back to Old Kentucky
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder 0380
Year recorded	1996
Media
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BOSTONY. Old-Time, Breakdown. A tune in the repertoire of blind northeast Kentucky/W.Va. fiddler Ed Haley, as remembered by people around Portsmouth, Ohio, where the Northern and Southern fiddle traditions tended to mix (Mark Willson & Guthrie Meade, 1976). The late fiddler Morris Allen (of South Shore, Kentucky) also remembered it as being in Haley's repertoire. Mark Wilson also believes the title to be a corruption of Bostonia, the name of a magnificent steamboat that plied the Ohio River in the 1870's, usually with a tiny orchestra aboard. John Hartford (1996) notes that there were not one but six steamboats at various times on the Ohio by the name of Bostonia.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0380, Roger Cooper (Lewis County, KY) - "Going Back to Old Kentucky" (1996. Learned from his friend Morris Allen). Rounder CD0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard" (1996. Learned from the playing of Morris Allen). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Roger Cooper (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001).

X:1
T:Bostony
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:160
S:John Hartford's "Wild Hog in the Redbrush" transcribed by Llarry Brandon
K:G
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