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X:1 T:Midnight [3] S:John Masters (1904-1986, Lexington, Fayette County, central Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" N:Field recording by John Harrod c. 1975 F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/midnight-1 N:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3470 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz R:Reel K:Amix c3B A2 af|edcA E2EA|+slide+c3(B A2)+slide+cB|A2 FD EDEF| (AB){B}cB Acdf|edcA E2E2|+slide+c3(B A2)+slide+cB|A2 FD EDEF|| e3g fedf|e2 fg af g2|efge fedf|edcA E2E2| e3g fedf|e2 fg af g2|efge fedf|edcA E2A2|| P:1st measure of 1st strain, after 'B' part: +slide+c3B A2df|e

MIDNIGHT [3]. AKA and see "Owl Hoot." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Titon/Woodward): AABB (Titon/Masters). The source for the tune is African-American fiddler Jim Booker, of Jessamine County, Ky., whom Mark Wilson says would play this somewhat odd tune at a dance late in the evening, allegedly in hopes of inducing a fight so that he might take a rest!

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - John Masters (Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., c.1975) [Titon]; Jim Woodward (Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, Ky., 1979) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; Nos. 104A, 104B, pp. 132–133.

Recorded sources: -McDirlam Greene MGP Productions, Bruce Greene & Hilary Dirlam – "Fiddler's Dozen" (1994. Learned from African-American fiddler Jim Booker via Frankfort, Ky., fiddler Kelly Gilbert {or vice-versa}). Rounder CD 0377, "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Vol. 2." Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Jim Woodward (et al) – "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001. Woodward was an elderly white farmer who knew Booker and played some of his tunes).

See also listing at:
Hear John Master's recording made in the field in the 1980's by John Harrod at Berea Sound Archives [1] and Slippery Hill [ https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/midnight-1]

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