Smoke behind the Clouds

Find traditional instrumental music


Smoke behind the Clouds  Click on the tune title to see or modify Smoke behind the Clouds's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Smoke behind the Clouds
Query the Archive
Query the Archive
 Theme code Index    1H1H1H1H 1H1H1H1H
 Also known as    Smoke above the Clouds
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AABB, AABCC
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Homer Davenport & the Young Brothers
 Title of recording    Smoke behind the Clouds
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Silvertone 4011 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1925
 Media    
Smoke behind the Clouds, The Georgia Organ Grinders (1929)
John Lusk, Muprh Gribble & Alvin York, LOC field recording 1946 by Margaret Mayo
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Smoke behind the Clouds N:From the playing of fiddler Jess Young (southeast Tenn.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:Silvertone 4011 (78 RPM), Homer Davenport & the Young Brothers (1925) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/smoke-behind-clouds Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G g2g2g3B|g2g2gaga|g2d2 B2G2|[A3a3][Aa] [A2a2] D2-| Daa-b a2g2|f2d2f2d2 |fgfe dcBA|G2G6:| b4g4|dedc +slide+B3G|A2G2E2G2|c4 [E4c4]| a3b a2g2|f3g f2[d2f2] |fgfe dcBA|G2 G4|| |:D2-|D2G2 GA G2|GGG2 G3D-|D-G2AG2G2|A3A A2D2-| DFAF A2A2| ABAF A2Dd |fgfe dcBA|G2G4:|


X:1 T:Smoke behind the Clouds N:From the playing of the Georgia Organ Grinders (Atlanta, Ga.). The Organ Grinders N:were an iteration of the Skillet Lickers group of musicians with Bert Layne and N:Clayton McMichen (fiddles), Lowe Stokes (portable organ), Fate Norris (banjo), N:and Melvin Dupree, with vocals by Dan Hornsby. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:Columbia 15394-D, The Georgia Organ Grinders (1929) D:https://ia800100.us.archive.org/28/items/78_smoke-behind-the-clouds_the-georgia-organ-grinders_gbia0032878b/_78_smoke-behind-the-clouds_the-georgia-organ-grinders_gbia0032878b_03_2.8_CT_EQ.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G (_B2|=B)gga g3a|gag4 +slide+g2-|gage d2B2|A6(e=f| ^f)gfg f3e|f2f4 (=f2 |^f)gfe dcBA|G6:| (_b2|=b2)+slide+b2 g4|dedc +slide+B3B-|A2G2E2G2|c6-c(e| f)efg f3e|fgf4(=f|^f)gfe dcBA|G6:|


X:1 T:Smoke behind the Clouds N:From the playing of Joseph Decosimo and the Bucking Mules M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:The Bucking Mules - "Smoke Behind the Clouds" (2017) D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M244LSRNp0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G (f2|g2)ga g2d2|g3a g2+slide+g2-|gedg edB2|A3B A2a2-| a2ab a2+slide+f2-|faf-e d3e|fedf [de][d3f3]|[d3g3][dg][d2g2][_B2=f2]-| [=B2g2]d2[g2b2]d2|[dg]gdd [d2g2][_B2=f2]-|[=Bg]edg edB2|A3B A2a2-| a(aa)b a2+slide+f2-|faf-e d3e|fedf [de]-[df][d2f2]|[d4g4][d2g2]|| f2|b4g2-e2|d4+slide+B3B|d2(3BdB A2B2|[E3c3][Ec][E2c2]ef| a2ab a3(=f|^f)afe d3e|fedf [de][d3f3]|[d3g3][dg][d2g2]d2| +slide+b4g-f e2|d4 +slide+B2B|d2 {e}dB AB3|[E3c3][Ec][E2c2][c2a2]-| [c2a2][ca][ca] a2g2|f3a fed2| fedf [de][d3f3]|[d3g3][dg][d2g2]d2||