Clinch Mountain Backstep
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Clinch Mountain Backstep" is an old-time breakdown in A minor. <br> It was composed and recorded by banjo player Ralph Stanley in clawhammer style in the 1930's.<br> The 'backstep' of the title refers to the measure of 2/4 added to a 4/4 bar in the second strain.<br> Clinch Mountain is actually a mountain range of some 150 miles, straddling Tennessee and Virginia<br> in the Appalachians. <br> It was recorded by Sandy Bradley, The Stanley Brothers, The Clinch Mountain Boys,<br> Bob Carlin on Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo (1980) (his source was Tracy Schwartz who calls<br> it "Liza Jane"). <br> I learned it from Bob Carlin's CD.<br>
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