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STEELEY RAG, THE. AKA - "Steeley's Rag." American, Country Rag/Blues (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A country rag (or raggy-blues tune) from Dallas/Ft. Worth fiddler A.L. "Red" Steeley (1893-1969), who recorded the tune in November, 1930, in Dallas, backed by his wife Mildred on guitar. Steeley was one-half of the group Red Headed Fiddlers, along with "Red" Gramham.
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Recorded sources: - Brunswick 526 (78 RPM) "Red" & Mildred Steeley (1930). County CD 3525, Red Headed Fiddlers - "Old Time Texas String Bands vol. 2." (Various artists). Musical Traditions MT 103, Red Headed Fiddlers - "Yearlings in the Canebrake" (1994).
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Hear A.L. Steeley's 1930 recording at Slippery Hill [1] and youtube.com [2].
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