Blackberry Blossom
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Blackberry Blossom" is an American reel in cut time and G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part).<br> The parts are played ABB (Christeson), ABB' (Berline) and AABB (Brody, Krassen, Lowinger,<br> Phillips).<br> I have known it a long time and can't remember what my source was.<br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> R.P. Christeson's Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1 (1973),<br> Stephen F. Davis's Devil's Box, vol. 19, No. 4, (Winter 1985),<br> Byron Berline: The Fiddle,Frets, (February 1988),<br> S. Johnson's Kitchen Musician No. 4: Fine Tunes (1983),<br> Krassen's Appalachian Fiddle (1973),<br> Lowinger's Bluegrass Fiddle (1974),<br> Phillips' Fiddle Case Tunebook: Old Time Southern (1989),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and<br> Reiner's Anthology of Fiddle Styles (1977).<br> It was recorded by<br> Fiddlin' Arthur Smith on Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & his Dixieliners (1935),<br> Sonny Miller & the Southern Mountain Boys on Virginia Breakdown,<br> John Whelan & Eileen Ivers on Fresh Takes (1987), <br> Glen Smith on Say Old Man (1990),<br> Tony Rice on Manzanita,<br> Mark O'Connor on Markology,<br> The Chicken Chokers on Shoot Your Radio (1987),<br> Byron Berline & John Hickman on Double Trouble,<br> Doc Watson on The Essential Doc Watson and<br> Mark O'Connor on A Texas Jam Session.<br>
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