Annotation:Possum Hollow

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POSSUM HOLLOW. AKA - "Possum Hollow Breakdown." Old-Time, Country Rag. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A raggy, blues-tinged piece from the northwest Alabama group The Stripling Brothers. Lee Stripling, fiddler Charlie Stripling's son, also recorded the tune, but did not know anything about it, other than it was played by his father.

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Recorded sources: Decca 5018 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (Ala.) {1934}. Document Records DOCD 8008, "The Stripling Brothers vol. 2 1934-1936." Voyager Records VRCD 349, Lee Stripling - "Hogs Picking up Acorns" (2000).

See also listing at:
Hear the Stripling Brother's 1934 recording on youtube.com [1] and at Slippery Hill [2]

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