Annotation:Knocking at Your Door (2)

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X:1 T:Knocking at Your Door [2] N:Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Gene N:Goforth, who had the tune from Walter Alexander. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 29, No. 4, Winter 1995 (p. 18) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C A/B/|c/d/e/f/ g/^f/a/g/|e/c/c/d/ c/A/G/A/|c/d/e/f/ g/b/a/g/|ec/c/d/ dg/a/| _b/g/a/e/ g/b/a/g/|e/g/e/d/ c/A/G/B/|A/G/A/c/ B/G/B/d/|c3:| |:A/B/|cc/d/ dc/d/|e/g/e/d/ c/A/G/c/|A/B/c/d/ e/g/e/d/|cd/c/A/ G/E/C| A/ce/ dc/d/|e/g/e/d/ c/A/G|A/G/A/c/ B/G/B/d/|c3:|



KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR [2]. American, Reel. USA, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Some resemblance to "Texas Gales" (sometimes "Texas Gals"), as played by North Carolina guitar virtuoso Doc Watson.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Walter Alexander (Leasburg, Mo.), from a 1958 field recording by John Hartford [Milliner & Koken]; Walter Alexander through Gene Goforth [Hartford/Devil's Box].

Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (The Devil's Box), vol. 29, No. 4, Winter 1995; p. 18. Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 363.

Recorded sources : - Rounder RO-0388, Gene Goforth - "Emminence Breakdown" (1997).




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