Annotation:Cherry River Rag
Tune properties and standard notation
CHERRY RIVER RAG. Old-Time, Country Rag. USA, northeastern Ky/W.Va. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Apparently Ed Hayley was the only one to record this tune (at least prior to John Hartford), named for the Cherry River, part of the Kanawha-New River drainage basin of West Virginia. There are two forks of the Cherry, North and South, parts of which today are a prime recreation area. A shift to the second or third position on the violin will facilitate this tune.
Source for notated versions: Ed Haley (northeastern Ky.) [Phillips, Reiner & Anick].
Printed source: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 30. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; p. 97.
Recorded source: Jim Martin Productions JMP201, Gerry Milnes (et al) - "Gandydancer." Rounder 1010, Ed Haley - "Parkersburg Landing" (1976. Orig. rec. 1946). Rounder 0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush (and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard)" (1996).