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RYMER'S FAVORITE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Tenn. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A 'crooked' or irregularly measured reel/breakdown that is reminiscent of (and perhaps related to) the better known "Billy in the Lowground." It was recorded in February, 1925, for Edison records by Robert biography:Allen Sisson (1873-1951) who lived on the Tennessee/north Georgia border, and has been described variously as a resident of both. He was born in Fannin County, north Georgia, but worked for many years as a railroad section hand foreman for the DSC&J mining company of Copperhill, Tennessee. Sisson was also the Tennessee State Fiddle Champion in 1921, and was advertised as such by Victor Records.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Allen Sisson (Tenn.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 206

Recorded sources: - Edison 10230 (78 RPM), Allen Sisson (1925). New World Records NW 226, Allen Sisson - "That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It: Southern Traditional Instrument (1978). Recorded Anthology of American Music, Alan Sisson - "Traditional Southern Instrumental Styles" (1978).

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Hear Sisson's recording on youtube.com [1]