Cruel Willie

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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Bluegrass, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
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History
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Book/Manuscript title
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Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Earl Collins
Title of recording	That's Earl
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Briar 4204
Year recorded	1975
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CRUEL WILLIE. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. D Major. DDad tuning (fiddle). Learned from Arthur Smith (Tenn.) by Nashville session fiddler Howdy Forrester, to whom it is sometimes attributed. It was also recorded by the Bing Brothers, Howdy Forrester and Junior Daugherty, and Lester Woody used to play it with the Stanley Brothers in the 1950's. Words have been set to the tune by Bill Caswell (formerly of Nashville, now an Oklahoman) and recorded by the Bing Brothers.

Recorded sources: Briar 4204, Earl Collins - "That's Earl" (1975). Rounder SS-0145, J.P. Fraley (Rush, Ky.) - "Traditional Music on Rounder: A Sampler" (1981. The tune was learned by Fraley from Howdy Forrester). Jim Moss - "Sleeping Lady." Tony Ellis - "Sounds Like Bluegrass to Me" (played by Lester Woody).

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