Blue Eagle
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Blue Eagle" is an Old-Time breakdown from Texas in D Major. The parts are played<br> AABB. It is a regional Texas tune not well known in other parts of the South.<br> The tune has been attributed to fiddle player Orville Burns who was born in 1921<br> in Oklahoma and later moved to Texas. His father suggested the name to him.<br> The Blue Eagle was the depression era symbol of a thunderbird, employed by<br> companies to show compliance with the National Industrial Recovery Act.<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002).<br> It was recorded by Lewis Franklin on Texas Fiddle Favorites (1966). <br> I got this from Adam Hurt and Megan Lynch Chowning's recording on Inside Out (2016).<br> The banjo tab is from Adam Hurt's playing.<br> The transcription is from John Lamancusa's web site.<br>
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