Hog Trough Reel
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Clayton McMichen
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Hog-Trough Reel", also known as "McMichen's Reel" or "McMitchen's Reel" is an<br> American reel in cut time and G Major. The parts are played AABB'. "Hog Trough<br> Reel" was recorded for Gennett Records by Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats in<br> New York City in August, 1932, and released on several subsidiary labels such as<br> Crown, Melotone, Varsity, Beacon and others. The tune, whose composition is<br> credited to McMichen, was also recorded by Pat O'Daniel and The Hillbilly Boys, a<br> Texas string band who recorded for Vocalion in the late 1930's. In 1938 O'Daniel<br> became a candidate for Governor of Texas and used the band in his campaign stumps.<br> He was elected to that office, and later served as Senator from the state. Each of<br> the band members received patronage jobs after his election, and O'Daniel kept<br> them around to broadcast music from the steps of the Governor's mansion as they<br> helped to remind the public of his populist roots.<br> However, O'Daniel never invited them inside and kept them at a distance. When he<br> became Senator, he insisted they go to Washington D.C. as part of his entourage,<br> but never told them what salary they could expect, although he did threaten to end<br> their state jobs if they chose not to go.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher. His comment:<br> From James Bryan and Bruce Molsky. Fun!<br> It was printed in Milliner & Koken's Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle<br> Tunes (2011).<br> It was recorded by Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats (1932) and<br> The Ill-Mo Boys on Fine as Frog Hair (1995).<br>
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