X:1
T:Wild Shoat
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Moderately Quick"
N:From Mentone, Alabama, fiddler Mack Blalock (1914-1987)
N:The second part has nine measures if barred all in cut time, however,
N:the 3/2 bars (resulting in an eight measure part) fit the phrasing better.
D:Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983)
D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpPsKVh8lu8
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
ef|g2ge a2ga|bgba gede|g2ge a2ga|bage d2ef|
g2ge a2ga|bgba gede|gfge a2ga|bage d2||
ef|gedA- BAGF|[M:3/2] EDEG E2 EG E2 Ed |[M:C|] B2 -A2 GBAG |EDEF G2ed
B2A2 GBAG|[M:3/2] EDEG E2EG E2ed|[M:C|]B2-A2 GBAG| EDEF G2||
WILD SHOAT, THE. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Alabama. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The second strain is irregular. A 'shoat' is a young pig.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Mack Blalock via James Bryan [Phillips].
Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 259.
Recorded sources : - Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983. Learned from fiddler Mack Blalock, Mentone, Alabama).
