Annotation:New Money
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NEW MONEY. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, eastern Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Doc Roberts [1] (1897-1978) recorded this indigenous east-central Kentucky tune in the 1920's (learned from Elzic Stone of Montgomery County, Ky., at a fiddle contest). Roberts recorded extensively with Gennett, ARC and Paramount. His repertoire consisted mostly of regional tunes and he paid little attention to outside music (Wolfe, 1982), however, his repertoire was not archaic, and "New Money" illustrates blues and ragtime influences.
Source for notated version: Doc Roberts (Ky.) [Maloy/Devil's Box, Phillips].
Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 202. The Devils Box, vol. 10, #1, 1976; p. 46. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 165.
Recorded sources: Davis Unlimited 33015, Doc Roberts- "Classic Fiddle Tunes." Document Records, "Fiddlin Doc Roberts Vol. 1 1925 - 1928" (1999). Gennett 6775 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (1927). Jim Martin Productions JMP201, Gerry Milnes (et al) - "Gandydancer." Morining Star 45005, Doc Roberts - "Way Down South in Dixie."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Doc Robert's 1927 recording at Slippery Hill [3]
See transcription/MP3/Midi at Austin Roger's Dr. Fiddle site [4]