Cumberland Blues (1)

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Theme code Index	3H2#H3H3H 3H3H3H3H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Doc Roberts
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Country Rag
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA/Upland South"USA/Upland South" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 37
Year of publication/Date of MS	1995
Artist	Biography:Doc Roberts Trio
Title of recording	Cumberland Blues
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Conqueror 8240 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1933
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CUMBERLAND BLUES [1]. Old-Time, Country Rag. C Major ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Reconstructed from the 1921 pop hit "Wabash Blues" (a favorite with early jazz bands) by Madison County, Ky., fiddler Doc Roberts, whose fiddling (according to Tom Carter) reflected "the movement of new influences into the Upland South." Musicologist Charles Wolfe thinks the melody "a splendid combination of ragtime, blues, and old time-fiddling."

Source for notated version: Doc Roberts (KY) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 37.

Recorded sources: Conqueror 8240 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (Ky.). County 412, "Fiddling Doc Roberts." County 511, Doc Roberts - "Mountain Blues." Rounder 0213, The Chicken Chokers (Mass.) - "Chokers and Flies" (1985).

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