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