Dora Dean
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Dora Dean" is from the repertoire of blind professional fiddler Ed Haley.<br> He performed widely in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and Ohio.<br> Haley played over WLW in Cincinnati and made occasional studio recordings for<br> friends. He made many recordings of his playing for the family on a<br> Wilcox-Gay disc-cutting machine brought home from the service by his<br> stepson Ralph.<br> "Dora Dean" is in F, an uncommon key for old-time players, but it is<br> really a pretty easy tune with a good sound. It is actually the same<br> melody as "I Don't Love Nobody". The B part in the minor key gives it a<br> funky, ragtime feel.<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> The banjo tab is from the playing of Adam Hurt.<br> Other rags/blues tunes in this collections are:<br> Cherry River Rag<br> Colored Aristocracy<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 this from the playing of Adam Hurt (on fiddle, not banjo) on his<br> Artifacts CD.<br>
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