Annotation:Wimbush Rag
X:1 T:Wimbush Rag M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Rag D:OKeh 45339 (78 RPM), Theo & Gus Clark (1929) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/wimbush-rag Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [A3a3]b affd|d2ee fa-af|[A3a3]b affd|d2ee [df]fd2| [A3a3]b affd|d2 e2 fa-af|[A3a3]b affd|d2 e2 ffd2|| [DA]-|[D3B3]c BAFA-|A2Ac BAFA|[M:3/2]B2B2-BAFA [A2f2][A2e2] |[M:C|]f2d2-d2[D2A2]-| [D2B2][D2B2]- [DB]AF2|A2 Ac BAFA|[M:3/2][DA]-[DB]-[DB]c BAFE FDED|[M:C|]B,2D2-D2[D2A2]-| [M:3/2][D2B2][D2B2]- [DB]AFA [A2f2][A2e2]|[M:C|][A2f2]d2- d4||
WIMBUSH RAG. American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The original source for this "crooked" tune was fiddler Theodore and Gus Clark of Barrow County, Georgia, in which the town of Wimbush is located. "Wimbush Rag", backed with "Barrow County Stomp," was recorded in 1929, the only recording the brothers made. Theo died around 1971 and Gus in 1978; both were white farmers and lifelong residents of Barrow County [c.f. liner notes to Hart & Blech, "Build Me a Boat"]. Despite the title, the tune is not a "rag" but is rather a reel or breakdown. Unusual or more modern sounding string band tunes were sometimes called 'blues' or 'rag' in their title, in part for the cache.
