Annotation:Wimbush Rag
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WIMBUSH RAG. Old-Time, Country Rag. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The original source for the tune was Theodore and Gus Clark of Barrow County, Georgia.
Source for notated version: the Canebrake Rattlers [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 172.
Recorded sources: Document DOCD 8021, Theo & Gus Clark - "Georgia String Bands vol. 1." Marimac 9006, Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers - "When the Yankees Came Down" (1986). Smithsonian Folkways SFW40206_106, The Dust Busters with John Cohen - "Old Man Below" (2012). Voyager VRCD-354, Hart & Blech – “Build Me a Boat.”
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Theo & Gus Clark's recording at Slippery Hill [2]
See/hear various versions on youtube.com [3][4]