Brownie Special

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Theme code Index	3126L 6L251H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Texas/Oklahoma
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Southwest)
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:1995
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 26
Year of publication/Date of MS	p. 26
Artist	Biography:Milton Brown and His Brownies
Title of recording	Brownie Special
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Decca Records De 5174-A (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1935
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BROWNIE SPECIAL. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies were a seminal Western Swing band who first recorded in the early 1930's and continued until Brown's untimely death in 1936 from complications stemming from an auto collision. Brown was the lead vocalist for the group (fiddle was played by Cecil Brower) and has been credited (by critic Robert Palmer, for one) as being the real 'Father of Western Swing'.

Source for notated version: Cecil Brower with Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies [Phillips].

Printed source: Phillips (Fiddle Case Tunebook: Old Time Southern), 1989; p. 8. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 26.