Annotation:Eighth of January (3)
X:1 T:Eighth of January [3] N:From the playing of fiddler Cyrus Futrell, playing with the N:Arkansas Barefoot Boys. M:C| R:Reel D:OKeh 45217 (78 RPM), Arkansas Barefoot Boys (1928) D:County 518, Arkansas Barefoot Boys - "Echoes of the Ozarks vol. 1" (1970). D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YI_k4uoJ8 D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/eighth-january-11 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D f3g f2e2 |d2B2 A4|e3f e2c2|d2A2D4:| D2B2A2D2|F3E F3E|D2B2A2D2|F2E2D4| D2B2A2D2|F3E F2FE|D2B2A2D2|F2E2D4|| a3f a2f2|agf2 e2f2|a3f a2f2|gf e2 d4||
EIGHTH OF JANUARY [3]. American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. This "Eighth of January" tune, simplified to the point of unrecognizability from the usual breakdown that goes by this name, was played at a slower, more leisurely tempo by the original artists, the Arkansas Barefoot Boys. The group, consisting of fiddler Cyrus Futrell, along with harmonica players James Leroy Sims and William Campbell, and guitar player Hubert Haines, travelled to Memphis, Tennessee, in February, 1928, to