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There are several variants of "Flannery's Dream, variously more or less distanced from one another, played sometimes under the title "Flander's Dream" (although there are also different tunes by that name, one in the key of 'C') or as "Flandery's Dream." It was in the repertoire of regionally influential fiddler Ed Haley (1885-1951) according to northeast Kentucky fiddler J.P. Fraley[1] (1923-2011).

Flannery's Dream

Played by: Gerry Milnes
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Image: James Edward “Ed” Haley (1885-1951).

Flannery's Dream

Warner Walton tells the (rather apocryphal) story that Flannery was a Revolutionary War fiddler who was under a sentence of death. The commanding officer, knowing he could play, agreed to set him free if Flannery could play him a tune he hadn't heard. Flannery dreamt this tune the night before his scheduled execution.

John Hartford pointed out that Flannery may have been a Civil War figure rather than a Revolutionary War soldier, and, in any case, the story is quite similar to one told about West Virginia's Solly Carpenter (see note for "annotation:Camp Chase (2)").

Hartford notes the Flannery family is a large and old one from Elliott County, Kentucky. Another common story attached to the tune (and told by Alva Greene, for one) is that a man named Flannery dreamed this tune and won a contest with it (Hartford, 1996). Folklorist Steve Green related another apocryphal story he had from collector Bruce Greene about a contest between Kentucky fiddlers J.W. Day and Jim Flannery to see who would run out of tunes first.

Evening wore into night without a clear winner, and, too exhausted to play any more the pair went to sleep. While dozing, Flannery had a dream about being chased by a bear playing a tune.

Flannery, upon waking, recalled the tune and called it "Flannery's Dream," promptly played it and was declared the victor in the competition.

Kentucky fiddler Alva Greene had a similar story with different fiddling protagonists: Wade Flannery and Alva's uncle Jimmie Greene were the contestants, with Wade dreaming the tune and playing it the next morning to best his rival.

...more at: Flannery's Dream - full Score(s) and Annotations

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