CABIN CREEK [3]. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This version of "Cabin Creek" was in the repertoire of fiddler Ernie Carpenter (1907-1997), of Braxton County, West Virginia. His two-part tune is cognate in the first strain with the first strain of Ed Hayley's four-part "Cabin Creek (1)" and the second strain of Henry Reed's "Cabin Creek (2)". Carpenter's second strain is cognate with the fourth strain of Hayley's version.
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Recorded sources: -Augusta Heritage Recordings AHR 012, "Old Time Fiddling of Braxton County, vol. 1" (1992, various artists). Augusta Heritage Records AHR-023, Ernie Carpenter - "Old Time Fiddle Tunes from the Elk River Country" (2001).
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Hear Ernie Carpenter's "Cabin Creek" at Slippery Hill [1]