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KNOXVILLE RAG [1]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Ky., Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Phillips): AABBCC (Christeson). Knoxville, Tennessee, is the state capital. The name commemorates an American hero of the Revolution, Henry Knox, George Washington's commander of Artillery.
Source for notated version: Frank Reed (Randolph County, Missouri) [Christeson, Phillips].
Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; p. 45. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 133.
Recorded sources: Carryon Records 002, "Ace Weems & the Fat Meat Boys." Gennett 6760 (78 RPM), Burnett and Rutherford (1928). Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine as Frog Hair" (1995). Morning Star 45004, Taylor, Burnett & Moore - "Wish I Had My Time Again." Rounder 1004, "Ramblin' Reckless Hobo; the Songs of Burnett and Rutherford."
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