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REUBEN’S RIDGE. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The source for the tune is Missouri fiddler Pete McMahon who claimed composer credits. Howard Marshall remarks on the similarities to the breakdowns "Katy Hill" and "Sally Johnson.

Source for notated version: Jack Link [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 129.

Recorded sources: County Records 714, Kenny Baker & Joe Greene - "High Country" (1967). Voyager Records, MLP 534, Pete McMahon - "Missouri Fiddlin'" (1972).




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