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LIBERTY [2]. AKA and see "Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Sometimes called "Old Liberty" to differentiate it from the well-known tune that also goes by the name of "Liberty (1)". The alternate title "Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still" comes from the title of a 78-RPM recording of a series of skits by the Georgia group the Skillet Lickers. The group recorded some 14 parts of their skit, from 1927-1930, with talking, jokes and snatches of music. They played a G Major tune they called "Liberty", and it became known as "Liberty Off the Corn Licker Still" by revival musicians, to differentiate it.

Source for notated version: John Ashby (Va.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 141.

Recorded sources: County 526, "The Skillet Lickers, vol. 2" (1973). County 544, Hershal Brown's Washboard Band- "Georgia Fiddle Bands, vol. 2."

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