Annotation:Eighth of January (3)
X:1 T:Eighth of January [3] N:From the playing of fiddler Cyrus Futrell, playing with the N:Arkansas Barefoot Boys. M:C| R:Reel D:OKeh 45217 (78 RPM), Arkansas Barefoot Boys (1928) D:County 518, Arkansas Barefoot Boys - "Echoes of the Ozarks vol. 1" (1970). D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YI_k4uoJ8 D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/eighth-january-11 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D f3g f2e2 |d2B2 A4|e3f e2c2|d2A2D4:| D2B2A2D2|F3E F3E|D2B2A2D2|F2E2D4| D2B2A2D2|F3E F2FE|D2B2A2D2|F2E2D4|| a3f a2f2|agf2 e2f2|a3f a2f2|gf e2 d4||
EIGHTH OF JANUARY [3]. American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. This "Eighth of January" tune, simplified to the point of being unrecognizable from the usual breakdown that goes by this name, was played at a slower, more leisurely tempo by the original artists, the biography:Arkansas Barefoot Boys. The group, consisting of fiddler Cyrus Futrell, along with harmonica players James Leroy Sims and William Campbell, and guitar player Hubert Haines, travelled to Memphis, Tennessee, in February, 1928, to record four sides for OKeh Records (of which two, "Eighth of January" and "Love Somebody" were released). 'Boys' they were, indeed; basically high school students and post high schoolers from Vandale, Cross Co., Arkansas, who had been encouraged by a music teacher at their school and who arranged for them to play at school functions. Sims and Futrell were first cousins, but had been raised like brothers. The 1928 session was to be their only recording date, although they continued to play locally for many years.
