Dry Town Blues

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 Theme code Index    5656 5653
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Blues
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Deep South)
 Structure    
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Clare Milliner & Walt Koken
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 172
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2011
 Artist    Biography:Leake County Revelers
 Title of recording    Dry Town Blues/Good Fellow
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Columbia 15441-D (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1929
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Dry Town Blues N:From the playing of the Leake County Revelers (Mississippi), with N:fiddler Wil Gilmer. M:C| L:1/8 R:Blues N:Play AA'AA'BB'AA'CC' D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/dry-town-blues D:Columbia 15441-D (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1929. Recorded D:04/1929 in Atlanta, Ga.). D:Document DOCD 8030, "Leake County Revelers, vol. 2" (1998) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:F P:A A(B|cA)d(A cA)d(A|cA)d(A cA2)(E|FD)G(D FD)G(D|FD)GD FD2(=B,| C)=B,CD EFGE| CD E2 [E4c4]-|[E4c4][_EB]-[=E2c2][Ec]-|1,3[Ec]c[Ec]d- d2 c2|[A6A6]:|2,4 cAcA BA G2|F6|| P:B (e2|fe)g(e fe)g(e|fe)ge fd3|(FD)G(D FD)G(D|_AD)GD FD2 (=B,| C)=B,CD EFGE| CD E2 [E4c4]-|[E4c4][_EB]-[=E2c2][Ec]-|1[Ec]c[Ec]d- d2 c2|[A6A6]:|2 cAcA BA G2|F6|| P:C [G2A2]-|[M:2/4][A2A2]AB |[M:C|] c8-| c2 +slide+d2 dc-c2|A8-|A2A2-B2 A2|G8-|[M:2/4]G2:|