Annotation:Rebel Raid (3)

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REBEL RAID [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AB. A version in the repertoire of West Virginia/eastern Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley. “Ed Haley had a way of making up versions of tunes that only remotely resembled other people's although he probably played the other versions also.. being that kind of musician. He had different tunes he played in different parts of the country,” remarks John Hartford.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Brad Leftwich - "We'll all Die in the Pigpen Fighting." Rounder Records CD 1133/1134, Ed Haley - "Grey Eagle" (1997). Rounder Records, John Hartford - "The Speed of the Old Long Bow: A Tribute to Ed Haley" (1998).

See also listing at:
Hear Ed Haley's home recording at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear/see Dave Bragger's tutorial of Hayley's "Rebel Riad" [2][3]
See John Lamancusa's standard notation of Ed Haley's version [4]