Annotation:Smoky Row

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X:1 T:Smoky Row T:Smokey Row [1] S:Doc Roberts (1897-1978, Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:Champion Records 15564 (78 RPM), Fiddlin' Jim Burke (1928) N:Jim Burke was a pseudonym for Doc Roberts F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/smoky-row Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G ga |bgaf g2d2|efge d2ga|bgaf g2gd|e2d4 g(a| b)gaf g2ag|efge dged|BAGB AGEG|1[M:3/2]A2 G4 [G,4D4]:|2[M:C|]A2G4|| |:dc|BAGB AGEG|DEGA Bcdc|BAGB AGE-G|A2G4:| ([Dd]c|[D2B2])GB- AG2B|AG[GB]A Bcd(c|B2) GB- AGE-G|A2 G4||

SMOKY ROW. American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded by Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (1897-1978, Madison County, Ky.) and guitarist Asa Martin in Richmond, Indiana, in May, 1928. It was released on both the Gennett and Champion labels, albeit on the later Jim Burke was used as a pseudonym for Roberts on the label.

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Recorded sources: - Champion Records 15564 (78 RPM), Fiddlin' Jim Burke (1928). Document Records DOCD-8042, "Fiddlin' Doc Roberts: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 1 (1925-1928)." Gennett 6588 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (1928).

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