Annotation:Georgia Wagoner

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GEORGIA WAGONER. AKA and see "Wagoner (1)," "Tennessee Wagoner," "Texas Wagoner." Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This tune is a version of the well-known breakdown "Wagoner" played and recorded by north Georgia fiddlers John Carson (1926), and by Gid Tanner and his son Gordon, along with blind guitarist Riley Pucket over the radio in Covington, Ky., about 1930. See "Wagoner (1)" and its versions.

Source for notated version: Skillet Lickers [Milliner & Koken].

Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 233.

Recorded sources: Bluebird 5433A (78 RPM), Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers (north Ga.) {1934}. Document DOCD 8059, "The Skillen Lickers, vol. 4." Heritage 048, Lowe Stokes - "Georgia Fiddle Bands" (Brandywine, 1982). Okeh Records 45040, Fiddlin' John Carson (north Ga.) (1926).

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