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X:1 T:Barrow County Stomp N:From the playing of Theo (fiddle) & Gus (gtr.) Clark, N:recorded in Atlanta, Ga., March, 1929. M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Reel D:OKeh 45339 (78 RPM) Theo & Gus Clark (1929) D:Document DOCD 8021, "Georgia String Bands vol. 1" D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/barrow-county-stomp D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAyawrod5YU Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D (fg|a2)a2- a2((3fga-|a2) a2- abaf|[d3f3](D [d2f2])((3fga-|a2) a2- a2 ((3fga|a2) a2- abaf| +slide+[e3e3][ef]- [e2e2]((3fga-|a2) a2- a2 ((3fga|a2) a2- abaf| [d3f3][df][d2f2] [DA]-[DB]-|[D2B2][D2B2][B4g4]| [B8g8]-|[B2g2][e4e4][e2e2]|[ee][ce]-[c2e2] [c4e4]|[c6e6]A2- |A2 +slide+a2f2e2 |(d[d3f3]) [d4f4]||

BARROW COUNTY STOMP. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Stanard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Barrow County Stomp" was recorded in Atlanta in 1929 by Theo and Gus Clark, fiddler and guitar, respectively. Barrow County is in northeastern Georgia, northeast of the city of Atlanta. Theo died around 1971 and Gus in 1978; both were white farmers and near lifelong residents of Barrow County (see also their "Wimbush Rag", a placename in the county). The Clarks played on a radio station in Athens as the Ted Clark Trio or Ted Clark Band during the '30s. Theo learned at least part of his repertory from his mother, who was also a fiddler^[1].

The tune is an old-time breakdown (reel), set in a one-part blues structure instead of the usual binary structure.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Clare Milliner & Walt Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 25.

Recorded sources : - Document DOCD 8021, Theo & Gus Clark - "Georgia String Bands vol. 1" OKeh 45339 (78 RPM) Theo & Gus Clark (1929)

See also listing at :
Hear the Clark's 1929 recording at Slippery Hill [1] and youtube.com [2]

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↑ Information on the Clarks from Chris Williarns, who was on the staff of the National Council for the Traditional Arts, relayed at the 1998 National Folk Festival. While browsing the Document Records recording at a sales booth he recognized his his maternal uncle (Theo Clark), and relayed some information. See liner notes to Hart & Blech, "Build Me a Boat" for the story [3].

[1] Information on the Clarks from Chris Williarns, who was on the staff of the National Council for the Traditional Arts, relayed at the 1998 National Folk Festival. While browsing the Document Records recording at a sales booth he recognized his his maternal uncle (Theo Clark), and relayed some information. See liner notes to Hart & Blech, "Build Me a Boat" for the story [3].

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