Annotation:Blind Steer in a Mudhole

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X:1 T:Blind Steer in a Mud Hole S:Jimmy Wheeler (1917-1987, Portsmouth, Ohio) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:Field Recorders Collective, FRC401, "Jimmy Wheeler" (2004) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/blind-steer-mud-hole Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A ef|edcA BcdB|edcA Bcd>(f|e)dcA BcdB|edcB A3f| edcA BcdB|edcA B2ef|edcA Bcdf|edcB A2|| Bc|"*"d2c2BAGA|BABG E2Bc|d2c2 BAGB|A2AA A2Bc| d2c2BAGA|BABB e3f|edcA BAGB|A2 AA A2|| P:Substitution "*"dBcA BAGA|

BLIND STEER IN A MUDHOLE. AKA - "Blind Steer in a/the Mud Hole." American, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Bind Steer in a Mud Hole" is sourced to Portsmouth, Ohio, fiddler and instrument repairer Jimmy Wheeler. The accompaniment chord begins on the fifth of the key. Jane Keefer notes that a related melody is "Little Boy Working on the Road."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Jeff Goering with the Red Mule String Band (Ohio) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 30.

Recorded sources: -Field Recorders Collective FRC 401, "Jimmy Wheeler" (2004). Heritage 056, Red Mules - "Young Fogies" (1984).

See also listing at:
Hear Jimmy Wheeler's recording at Slippery Hill [1]

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