Annotation:Operator's Reel

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OPERATOR'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Canadian radio and T.V. fiddler Don Messer [1], and one of the first sides he and his group the New Brunswick Lumberjacks waxed for Apex Records, in 1937.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Messer (Original Old Tyme Music by Don Messer and His Islanders), 1942. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 70, p. 45.

Recorded sources: Apex 26300-B (78 RPM), Don Messer & His New Brunswick Lumberjacks (1937).

See also listing at:
Hear Don Messer's 1937 recording on youtube.com [2]