Greasy Coat
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Greasy Coat", also known as "Old Greasy Coat" is an American reel in A Dorian or A Mixolydian (Burl Hammons).<br> It is played in Standard (Burl Hammons) or AEae (Edden Hammons) fiddle tunings. The parts are played ABCC.<br> There are several meanings for the term 'greasy coat'. It may be an old-time euphemism for a condom.<br> It may also be the term refers to an unwashed fleece (i.e. still retaining the lanolin) or to a<br> Confederate soldiers coat, worn, greasy and dirty from overuse.<br> There are numerous versions of this tune.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher. His comment:<br> From Paul Brown and Bruce Molsky.<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and<br> Susan Songer with Clyde Curley's Portland Collection vol. 3 (2015).<br> It was recorded by Andy Cahan, Laura Fishleder and Lisa Ornstein on Ship in the Clouds: Old Time<br> Instrumental Music (1978),<br> Burl Hammons on Shaking Down the Acorns (1973),<br> The Hammons Family on The Hammons Family (1998),<br> Edden Hammons on Edden Hammons Collection I (1947) (appears as "Old Greasy Coat").<br> Flat Mountain Girls on Idle Talk and Wicked Deeds (2007) and<br> Ron Lunceford on Cotton Blossom - 19th Century Banjo Tunes, Clawhammer Style (2005).<br>
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