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WEST VIRGINIA SPECIAL. American, Reel (cut time). C Major (1st part) & G Major (2nd part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A construct of Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975), pieced together from parts of different tunes. Recorded by him with accompaniment on guitar by his nephew Luches Kessinger (1906-1944) (recording as 'The Kessinger Brothers') on a 78 RPM for the Brunswick label.

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Recorded sources: County 536, "The Kessinger Brothers" (1975). Document DOCD 8011, "Kessinger Brothers: Complete Works in Chronological Order, vol. 2 1929" (1997). Vocalion 02566 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929).

See also listing at:
Hear the Kessinger Brothers recording on youtube.com [1]
Hear the Kessinger Brothers recording at Slippery Hill [2][3]




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