Annotation:Tennessee Grey Eagle
X:1 T:Tennessee Grey Eagle M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" N:From the playing of Jim Herd (1919-2002), born in N:southern Missouri but moved to west coast U.S. in 1941. D:Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling” (1991) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/tennessee-grey-eagle D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl92Sw29dDc Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C ef|g2^fg a2g2|eged c4|g2^fg a2g2|e2d4g2-| gege a2g2|eged c2Ac|B2G2 ABG2|[E4c4][E2c2]:| |:^D2-|E2c2dcGG|c2[E2c2] dcGG|+slide+B2 [G2B2]dBGG|+slide+B2 [G2B2]dBAA| c2[E2c2] dcGG|c2[E2c2] dcGG|A3A BABc|d2c4:|]
TENNESSEE GREY EAGLE. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. The tune, which is different than the several common “Grey Eagle” key-of-‘A’ variants, sounds like Enos Canoy's "Raccoon and the Possum," according to fiddler Kerry Blech. There are other key of ‘C’ variants of “Grey Eagle” in Ozarks regional repertoire. "Grey Eagle" was reputed to have been the first fiddler-President, Thomas Jefferson’s favorite fiddle tune.