Burt County Breakdown

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Theme code Index	1L3L5L1 3335
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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Central)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Gene Silberberg
Book/Manuscript title	Book:93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn't Learn at Tractor Tavern
Tune and/or Page number	p. 7
Year of publication/Date of MS	2004
Artist	Fred Stoneking
Title of recording	Saddle Old Spike
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder CD 0381
Year recorded	1996
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BURT COUNTY BREAKDOWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Nebraska. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title comes from fiddler 'Uncle' Bob Walter(s), and is named for the Nebraska county he lived in. The tune may have been a forerunner of Bill Monroe's "Gold Rush," as pointed out by Missouri fiddler Fred Stoneking. The tune was in the repertoire of Fred Stoneking, who had the tune from his father, Lee Roy Stoneking, who had the tune from 'a fiddler in Burt County' (presumably the influential Walters). Drew Beisswenger (2008), however, records that Fred Stoneking had the tune from Ozarks fiddler Lacy Hartje. In fact, several influential Midwest fiddlers also had it in their repertoire, including Cyril Stinnett, Pete McMahan, Charlie Walden and Dwight Lamb.

Source for notated versions: Fred Stoneking (b. 1933, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann, Silberberg].

Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 135. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn't Learn at Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 7.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD 0381, Fred Stoneking - "Saddle Old Spike" (1996). Voyager VRCD 344, Howard Marshall & John Williams - "Fiddling Missouri" (1999. Learned from fiddler Bob Walters of Burt County, eastern Nebraska).

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