Annotation:Red Bird Reel

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RED BIRD REEL. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Iowa, Nebraska. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Probably a version of the West Virginia “Red Bird (1)” recorded by Clark Kessinger, related to “Karo” and “Bull at the Wagon.”

Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson].

Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 20, p. 16.

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