Annotation:Kansas City Reel
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KANSAS CITY REEL. Old-Time, Reel. USA, Arkansas. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB (Phillips). The tune was first recorded by Bob Larkin in Memphis, Tennessee, February, 1928, for OKeh Records.
Sources for notated versionss: Ron Andrico (Corvalis, Oregon) [Songer]; Ruthie Dornfeld [Silberberg]; Bob Larkin [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; pp. 354-355. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 136. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 80. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 117.
Recorded sources: Alcazar Dance Series ALC 202, Sandy Bradley - "Potluck and Dance Tonite!" (1979). County 519, Fiddlin' Bob Larkan & Family - "Echoes of the Ozarks, vol. 2" (1995). OKeh 45205, Fiddling Bob Larkin & His Music Makers (1928).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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