Annotation:Stillhouse Branch
X:1 T:Stillhouse Branch S:Buddy Thomas M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas - Kitty Puss (1976) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/stillhouse-branch Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix +slide+[e2e2]-|[ee]-[e3a3] [e4a4] |[ee][eg][ea][eg][e2b2][e2a2]|[e2a2][eb][ea] gf|ece2 c+slide+[e3e3]| [Ae]-[A3a3] [A4a4] |[Ae][Ag][Aa][Aa][A2b2][A2a2]|[Aa][Ab][Aa][Ag] [Af][Ag][Aa][Af]|ec[Be][Ae] [c2e2][ce]-[ee]-|| [ee][ef][ee]c BAcf|e([ce][Be])[Ae] [c2e2][c2e2]|(ef)ec BAcf|e(cB)c A2[ce]-[ee]-| [ee][ef][ee](c BA)cf|e([ce][Be])[Ae] [c2e2][c2e2]|(ef)ec BAcf|e(cB)c A2[A,2E2]-|| [A,E]FAB c2 [ce]B|AcBA +slide+[c2e2][A,2E2]-|[A,E]FAB c2 [ce]B|AcBG A2[A,2E2]-| [A,E]E[EA]B c2 cB|A(cB)A c2+slide+[de]-[ee]-|[ee][ef][ee](c BA)cf| e(cB)c A2|| P:Substitute 1st strain +slide+([e2e2]|e)a3- abag|ea3 a4|e2a2- abaf|e(cB)A c2[e2e2]-| [ee]a3- abag|egag b2a2|(ab)ag (fg)ef|e(cB)A c2||
STILLHOUSE BRANCH. AKA – “Still House Branch.” Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Ky. A Major. One of a family of tunes that includes "Brown's Dream (1),” “Brownstream,” “Herve Brown's Dream,” “[[Jimmy Johnson Pass that Jugaround the Hill/Johnny Bring that Jug Around the Hill,” “John Brown's Dream,” “Little Rabbit” “Pretty Little Gal (1),” “Table Mountain Road” and others. The tune family is a common a popular one in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where it probably originated, but has since been disseminated. Northeast Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas (1935-1974) recorded the tune under the “Stillhouse Branch” title but also knew the piece alternately as “Brown Stream,” a 'mondegreen' for “Brown's Dream (1).” He believed the “Brown Stream” title to refer to the stream of whiskey that emerges from a moonshine still, according to Mike Yates (2002).