Annotation:Daddy Blues

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X:1 T:Daddy Blues N:From the playing of fiddler Art Galbraith (1909-1993, Springfield, Mo., though N:originally from Greene County, Mo., Ozarks region). M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Moderately Quick" D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/daddy-blues D:Rounder 0157, Art Galbraith - "Simple Pleasures" (1984) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G e2|[E6B6]e2|E6E2|+slide+[A,6E6][A,2E2]|+slide+[A,6E6][C2D2]-| [D2D2] FD E(F[F2A2])|[=FA]- [^F2A2][FA] [E2A2][DA][DA]|G3G- GD ED|G2G4[DA]-| [E2B2]B2 [E4B4]|[EB][E2B2]^c [E3B3]z|+slide+[A,3E3][A,E]- [A,2E2][A,2E2]|[A,D][A,2E2][A,E][A,2E2] [C2D2]-| [D2D2] FD E(F[F2A2])|[=FA]- [^F2A2][FA] [E2A2][DA][DA]|G3G- GD ED|G6|| |:[d2e2]-|[e2e2][e2e2][e4e4]|"*"[ee][e2e2]d +slide+[e4e4]|^c3d cBAz|B^c2d cBAE| DEFD E(F[F2A2])|+slide+F3F EDDD|G3D EDB,D|G6:| P:Substituion "*"e2^g2 [e3e3]A|

DADDY BLUES. American, Country Blues (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CD. The tune was first recorded in 1969 in Houston, Texas, by fiddler Chubby Wise.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Art Galbraith (1909-1993, near Springfield, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 37.

Recorded sources: -Rounder 0157, Art Galbraith - "Simple Pleasures" (1984). Stoneway 104, "Chubby Wise and His Fiddle" (1969).

See also listing at:
Hear Chubby Wise's 1969 recording at youtube.com [1]
Hear Art Galbraith's 1984 recording at Slippery Hill [2]

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