Annotation:Searcy County Rag

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X:1 T:Searcy County Rag S:Ashley's Melody Men (Arkansas) M:C| L:1/8 D:Victor 40158 (78 RPM), Ashley's Melody Men (1929) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/searcy-county-rag Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C [de]-|[ee]cGE GGAE|GGAE G3[de]|-[ee]cGE GGAE|GA[Gc]A [G3c3]:| g3a g2e2|egae g4|g^fga g=fed|cBcd c4| g3a g2e2|egae g2c'2-|c'e ae gfed|cBcd c4:|]


SEARCY COUNTY RAG. Old-Time, Country Rag. USA, Arkansas. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. The original recording of Ashley’s Melody Men playing the tune dates to 1929. Drew Beisswenger (2008) points to similarities in the first strain with “Chicken Reel (1),” and in the second strain with Clark Kessinger’s version of “Jake Gillie.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Vern Baker (Zack, Searcy County, Arkansas), with Ashley’s Melody Men [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 167.

Recorded sources: -County CD-3506, Vern Baker with Ashley’s Melody Men – “Echoes of the Ozarks” (1995. Various artists).

See also listing at:
Hear the 1929 recording of Ashley's Melody Men at Slippery Hill [1] and youtube.com [2]


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