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X:1 T:Cumberland Blues [1] S:Doc Roberts (1897-1978, Madison County, Ky.) L:1/8 F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cumberland-blues D:Melotone M 12834 (78 RPM), Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio (1933) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C e^ded eded|e^dee- eeec|dcde- ede2|cGAG _BA G2| edee- eged|egee- edcA|d2d3^de2|=d4- dGcd| eg-ga- a2c'2|agec- c3G|AcAc- ccdc|_ecdc- cBAG-| G4-GA-AG|cdeg- gagd|e3d- dBG2|[M:6/4]c6|| K:F A2B2=B2|cc2c- c3- cG-GA|BA2F- F4-Ff2f|ff2f -f4- f(eg)e| [M:C|]fd2c- c4-|c=BcB cBc2|[M:6/4]^c6 A2 B2=B2|[M:C|]cc2c- c4| -c2 A2B2=B2|cdEc EGcE|Gc(_E=E) c2GA|[M:6/4]BA2F- F4-FG2^d||

CUMBERLAND BLUES [1]. Old-Time, Country Rag (cut time). C Major ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Reconstructed from the 1921 pop hit "Wabash Blues" (a favorite with early jazz bands) by Madison County, Ky., fiddler Doc Roberts (1897-1978), whose fiddling (according to Tom Carter) reflected "the movement of new influences into the Upland South." Musicologist Charles Wolfe thinks the melody "a splendid combination of ragtime, blues, and old time-fiddling." The 1933 recording by the Doc Roberts Trio (Roberts on fiddle, Asa Martin and James Roberts on guitars), backed with "Down Yonder", was released on a number of subsidiary labels, including Perfect, Royal (Canada), Melotone and Banner.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Doc Roberts (Madison County, Ky.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 37.

Recorded sources: - Conqueror 8240 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (Ky.). County 412, "Fiddling Doc Roberts." County 511, Doc Roberts - "Mountain Blues." Perfect Records 12954, Fiddling Doc Roberts Trio (1933). Rounder 0213, The Chicken Chokers (Mass.) - "Chokers and Flies" (1985).

See also listing at:
Hear Ky. fiddler John Hannah's field recording at Slippery Hill [ Hear Doc Roberts' recording at Slippery Hill [1] and youtube.com [2]

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