Annotation:Old Jaw Bone (1)

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OLD JAW BONE. AKA and see "Jawbone," "Walk Jawbone (2)." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See note for "Annotation:Walk Jawbone (2)." The title appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. The label on the Carter Brothers' recording gives the title as "Old Joe Bone," perhaps a clerical error by the recording company. Fiddlers George and Andrew Carter, along with son Jimmie Carter, recorded the tune/song in Memphis, Tennessee, in February, 1928.

Source for notated version: Carter Brothers and Son (Mississippi), 78 RPM recording [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 171.

Recorded sources: OKeh Records 45289 (78 RPM), Carter Brothers & Son (1928).

See also listing at:
Hear the Carter Brothers recording on youtube.com [1] [2]

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