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X:1 T:Number 9 N:From the playing of Alva Greene (1894-1976, Sandy Hook, Elliot County, N:northeast Ky.), recorded in 1973 by Chris Delaney. Mr. Greene N:was age 78 at the time of the recording. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/number-9 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G ga|b2b2 bag2 |bage d2d2|egdg egdg|egdg a2ga| b2b2 ba g2|bage d2d2|egdg edBG|AG2 G G2|| |:[DA]c|BABc BAGA|Bddd d2g2|[d2g2]d2 edBG|A-BG2 AGEG| DEGA BAGA|Bd2d d2g2| [d2g2]d2 edBG|AG2 G G2:|]

NUMBER NINE. AKA - "Number 9." American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). USA; Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Titon): AABB (Thede). The title refers to an engine of that number on the Rock Island Railroad in use in the 1870's, speculates Marion Thede. A tune by this title was remembered by Alva Greene (1894-1976) of Elliot County, Kentucky, as being one of regionally influential, blind, northeast Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley's big numbers. "Number Nine" was also recorded by Earl Collins, originally from Oklahoma.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 47. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 110, p. 139.

Recorded sources : - Briar 4204, Earl Collins - "That's Earl: Collins Family Fiddling" (1975). County 2714, Brad Leftwich - "Say Old Man" (1996).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Alva Greene playing the tune in a 1973 field recording by Kevin Delaney at the Digital Library of Appalachia [2] and at Berea Digital Content [3]

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