Avalon Quickstep
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Avalon Quickstep", also known as "Avalon Quick Step" and "New Charleston No. 1" is an American<br> reel in cut time and D Major. The parts are played AABB (irregular).<br> The melody was first recorded in June, 1930, in San Antonio, Texas, by W.T. (Willie) Namour and<br> S.W. Smith, Mississippi musicians and named for the hamlet of Avalon, Mississippi.<br> The Avalon area was home to a number of influential musicians, including blues guitarist John<br> Hurt and the string band the Mississippi Possum Hunters, who all knew each other (Narmour and<br> Smith helped Hurt to get signed with OKeh Records). Apparently, the town was so obscure by the<br> latter part of the 20th century that it could only be located with the help of old maps.<br> The alternate title was an attempt by Namour and Smith to cash in on association to the Charleston dance<br> craze of the 1920's, however, the dance was named for the town of Charleston, Mississippi, near<br> where the musicians lived.<br> The tune is irregular in that 'B' part has ten measures instead of the usual eight.<br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Milliner & Koken's The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes (2011) and<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995).<br> It was recorded by Namour and Smith on Traditional Fiddle Music of Mississippi, vol. 1. (1975),<br> Mississippi String Bands vol. 1.,<br> Narmour & Smith – Volume 2: Complete Recorded Works (1930-1934) (2013),<br> Arm and Hammer String Band on New England Conta Dance Music (1977).<br>
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