Annotation:Old Time Grey Eagle

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OLD TIME GREY EAGLE. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There are a great variety of "Grey Eagle" versions throughout the American South and Midwest, with two main branches in the keys of 'A' major and 'C' major (see "Grey Eagle (1)," "Grey Eagle (2)," "Grey Eagle (3)", etc. See also the excellent transcriptions of a number of "Grey Eagle" tunes by Austin Rogers [1]). The "Grey Eagle" version played by western North Carolina fiddler Manco Sneed is particularly favored by modern "revival" fiddlers.

Source for notated version: Manco Sneed (N.C.).

Printed sources: The Devil's Box, vol. 25, No. 1, 1991; pp. 17 and 20 (by John Hartford and Newman Wise, respectively).

Recorded sources: Yodel-Ay-Hee Records, The Macrae Sisters - "Old Sledge" (2008).

See also listing at:
Hear Manco Sneed's version at Slippery-Hill [2]
Hear Allen Sisson's version at Slippery-Hill [3]
Hear Bill Hensley's version at Slippery-Hill [4]
Hear J.D. Harris's version at Slippery-Hill [5]

See also listing at:
Hear the tune played by the Glade City Rounders on youtube.com [6]