Devil in the Woodpile
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Devil in the Woodpile" is an American reel in D Major. The parts are played AABB.<br> A story from the fiddling Hammons clan of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, tells of one<br> member of the family, Old Pete Hammons, who made the mistake of continuing to fiddle<br> for a Saturday night dance after midnight had struck. He returned home and put the<br> fiddle on its peg on the wall, but later in the night heard the instrument playing<br> "Devil in the Woodpile" by itself. Hammons had to burn the instrument to end the<br> phenomenon and is said to never have touched a fiddle again (Milnes' Play of a Fiddle<br> (1999)).<br> The source for this version is Melvin Wine (1909-2003, Copen, Braxton County, W.Va.).<br> The A part is very close to "Old Molly Hare" in this section. The banjo tab is by<br> John Letscher.<br> It was printed in Milliner & Koken's Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle<br> Tunes (2011),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002).<br> It was recorded by Melvin Wine on Hannah at the Springhouse (1989).<br>
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