Jim Shank
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Jim Shank", also known as "Jimmy Shenk" or "Jimmy Shanks" is an American reel in
cut time and A Major. It is often played in AEae fiddle tuning. The parts are
played AA'BB'.
It is a southern Kentucky tune recorded in the field from the playing of fiddler
Sam Dyer by Bruce Greene,
The banjo tablature is by John Letscher.
It was printed in Milliner & Koken's Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle
Tunes (2011) and
Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021)
(appears as "Jimmy Shank").
It was recorded by Ken Bloom and Harry Bollick on That Banjo from Hell: Fiddle
Tunes & Uncivil Songs of Conflict (2000).
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