Annotation:Hickory Leaf
Tune properties and standard notation
HICKORY LEAF. Old-Time, Breakdown. ADad tuning. A Fiddlin' Arthur Smith variant of "Bonaparte's Retreat (1)." In the repertoire of Kentucky fiddler Owen "Snake" Chapman (1919-2003). A hickory leaf can be "played" by holding it tightly between the hands, parallel to the lips.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Rounder Records RNDS 418, Snake Chapman - "Walnut Gap" (1999). Folkways FA2419, Tracy Schwartz - "Look Out Here it Comes" (1975. Learned from a recording of Paul Warren, with Flatt & Scruggs).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]