Annotation:Kansas City Reel

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KANSAS CITY REEL. Old-Time, Reel. USA, Arkansas. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB (Phillips). The tune was first recorded by Bob Larkin (d. 1942) in Memphis, Tennessee, February, 1928, for OKeh Records. The group consisted of Bob Larkin (fiddle), son Forrest "Bob" Larkin (piano), daughter Alice Sherbs (guitar), and William Holden Sherbs (guitar), who lived in Prairie County, Arkansas.

Sources for notated versionss: Ron Andrico (Corvalis, Oregon) [Songer]; Ruthie Dornfeld [Silberberg]; Bob Larkin [Milliner & Koken].

Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; pp. 354-355. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 136. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 80. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 117.

Recorded sources: Alcazar Dance Series ALC 202, Sandy Bradley - "Potluck and Dance Tonite!" (1979). County 519, Fiddlin' Bob Larkan & Family - "Echoes of the Ozarks, vol. 2" (1995). OKeh 45205, Fiddling Bob Larkin & His Music Makers (1928).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]