Cherry River Rag
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Cherry River Rag" is an old-time country rag. Apparently Ed Haley was the<br> only one to record this tune (prior to John Hartford). It is named<br> for the Cherry River, part of the Kanawha-New River basin of West Virginia.<br> It was also recorded by John Hartford and Adam Hurt.<br> The tune is unusual in that it uses several high C notes. A shift to the<br> second position on the violin will facilitate this tune.<br> It was printed in Stacy Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes and<br> Favorite American Rags & Blues for Fiddle.<br> This is one of the post-ragtime "rags" that fiddlers and mandolin players<br> developed in the early 20th century using the syncopated rhythms of the<br> ragtime tradition.<br> Other rags/blues tunes in this collections are:<br> Colored Aristocracy<br> Dora Dean<br> Old Jackson Stomp<br> Pig Ankle Rag<br> Ragtime Annie<br> Stone's Rag<br> - all in the Tunes section and<br> East Tennessee Blues<br> Eli Greens Cakewalk<br> Hawkin's Rag<br> Horace Hanesworth<br> Sister Kate<br> Woody's Rag<br> - in the Legacies section.<br> I learned it from Adam Hurt's recording.<br>
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