Annotation:Talk to Dinah
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TALK TO DINAH. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Missiouri. A Major. According to Missouri fiddler Pete McMahon, sources Searns and Jackson (Franklin County, central Mo.) were the only fiddlers to originally play this tune (Howard Marshall). “Talk to Dinah” is now one of the '100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes' according to Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden.