Annotation:Dickson County Blues (1)

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DICKSON COUNTY BLUES [1]. AKA - "Dickson County Blues No. 1.," "Dixon County Blues." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Arthur Smith, and a popular recording by him (although the record label issued it as 'Dixon', not 'Dickson' county). The title refers to Dickson County, Tennessee, where the fiddler lived.

Source for notated version: Arthur Smith (Tenn.) [Phillips]; Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 39. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 154 (as "Dixon County Blues"). Welling (Hartford Tunebook), 1976; p. 2 (as "Dixon County Blues").

Recorded sources: Bluebird 6369, Arthur Smith. County 546-547, "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and His Dixieliners."

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