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LAST CHANCE. AKA and see "Davenport." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major (Spadaro): D Major (Songer). Standard or EDae tunings (fiddle). AABB. A blues-tinged breakdown from the banjo playing of Hobart Smith (Saltville, Virginia), adapted to the fiddle. Related tunes include "Death March," "Forks of Sandy" and "Lost Indian."
Source for notated version: Hobart Smith
Printed sources:
Spadaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 31.
Songer (Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 115.
Recorded sources:
Folk Legacy Records FSA-17, Hobart Smith – "America's Greatest Folk Instrumentalist" (appears as part of "Banjo Group 1").
Rounder Records CD 1799, Hobart Smith – "Blue Ridge Legacy."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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