Annotation:Whiskey Jig
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WHISKEY JIG. AKA and see “Harbor Lights Jig (2),” "Marie's Family." Canadian, Jig. Canadal; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC (Dunlay & Greenberg): AABB'CC (Dunlay & Reich): AA’BB’CC (Cranford, Perlman). The alternate names for the tune, “Harbor Lights Jig (2)” and “Marie's Family,” are Cape Breton titles (the former from The Five MacDonalds, the latter from Dan Joe MacInnis).
Source for notated version: Donald Angus Beaton (Mabou, Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich]; fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Cranford]; Stephen Toole (1927-1995, Green Road, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 129, p. 45. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; p. 115. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; p. 76. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 125.
Recorded sources: DAB4 1985, Donald Angus Beaton "A Musical Legacy" (1985) Rodeo Banff RBS 1066, Dan Joe MacInnis "The Cape Breton Fiddle Of..." (appears as "Marie's Family"). Celtic CX 43, SCX 57, Johnny Wilmot "The Fiddlers of Cape Breton" (various artists){appears as 2nd in "Cape Breton Favorite Jigs" medley}.
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]