Annotation:Smoke behind the Clouds
X:1 T:Smoke behind the Clouds N:From the playing of fiddler Jess Young (southeast Tenn.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:Silvertone 4011 (78 RPM), Homer Davenport & the Young Brothers (1925) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/smoke-behind-clouds Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G g2g2g3B|g2g2gaga|g2d2 B2G2|[A3a3][Aa] [A2a2] D2-| Daa-b a2g2|f2d2f2d2 |fgfe dcBA|G2G6:| b4g4|dedc +slide+B3G|A2G2E2G2|c4 [E4c4]| a3b a2g2|f3g f2[d2f2] |fgfe dcBA|G2 G4|| |:D2-|D2G2 GA G2|GGG2 G3D-|D-G2AG2G2|A3A A2D2-| DFAF A2A2| ABAF A2Dd |fgfe dcBA|G2G4:|
SMOKE BEHIND THE CLOUDS. AKA and see "Smoke above the Clouds." American, Reel (cut time). USA; Ky., Tenn. A "genuine regional favorite of southeastern Tenn. fiddlers, showing up in the repertoires of Lowe Stokes, Bob Douglas, and even a black string band from the north end of the (Tenn./Ky. Cumberland) valley headed by John Lusk" (Charles Wolfe, The Devil's Box, Dec. 1981, vol. 15, No. 4, p. 55). Lusk's string band included Murph Gribble on banjo and Albert York on guitar, and was recorded in Campaign, Tenn., in Sept., 1946, for the Library of Congress by Margaret Mayo, Stu Jamieson and Simon. Chattanooga, Tenn., area coal miner and fiddler biography:Jess Young recorded the tune in 1925 with his brother Alvin on guitar and Homer Davenport on banjo. The Ozarks collected "Sam Taylor's Tune" has similarities.
