Annotation:Charlie's Brother

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CHARLIE'S BROTHER. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Buddy MacMaster and Joe Cormier both recorded this reel before "Prince Charlie."

Source for notated version: Buddy MacMaster (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg].

Printed source: Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; p. 85.

Recorded sources: Celtic CX13, Rodeo Banff 1257, Donald and Theresa MacLellan/The MacLellan Trio - "The Music of Cape Breton" (c. 1950's. Appears as "Reel" after "Flora MacDonald"). Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier - "The Dances Down Home"(1976. Appears erroneously as "Keep it Up"). See also listing at Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings [1].


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