Annotation:Oklahoma Redbird
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OKLAHOMA REDBIRD. Old-Time, Hornpipe. USA, Missouri. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips). The source for this tune, Lyman Enloe (1906-1997), was originally from Miller County, in the Missouri Ozark region, and this was one of his favourite tunes. He performed in the 1920's with his uncle Tony Gilmore on local radio stations, and was an active dance and contest performer in his youth. "Oklahoma Redbird" is one of '100 essential Missouri tunes' listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden.
Sources for notated versions: Lymon Enloe [Phillips]; Jack Link [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 211. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 109.
Recorded sources: County CD CO-CD-2707, Lymon Enloe - "Fiddle Tunes I Recall" (1973). Voyager VRCD 344, Howard Marshall & John Williams - "Fiddling Missouri" (1999).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]