Annotation:Paddy on the Handcar (1)
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PADDY ON THE HANDCAR. See "Paddy on the Turnpike" (1), "Paddy on the Turnpike (2). OldTime, Breakdown. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips, Sweet). USA; Texas, N.C. Richard Nevins believes that the fiddler for the Texas group the Red Headed Fiddlers (who recorded this tune in the 1930), A.L. Steely, has a style "strikingly similar" to that of Virginia fiddler Leonard Rutherford.
Sources for notated versions: Stuart Williams & Wes Brown [Phillips]; Stuart Williams (Seattle) [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 178. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 114. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; p. 81.
Recorded sources: County 527, The Red Headed Fiddlers "Old Time Fiddle Classics, Vol. 2." Document DOCD-8038, Red Headed Fiddlers – “Texas Fiddle Bands Vol. 1.” June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter "Deep In Tradition" (1976. Learned from his grandfather, fiddler James W. Hunter, Madison County, N.C.). Marimac 9038, Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich - "A Moment in Time."