L & N Rag
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"L & N Rag", also known as "Sleeping Lulu" is an old-time country rag from Kentucky.<br> It was recorded by Alex Hood and the Railroad Boys (1930) who came from Corbin, Kentucky,<br> an eastern Kentucky railroad hub where many people worked for the lines, in this case the<br> Louisville & Nashville (L & N) line. It was also recorded by another old-time group, Walker's<br> Corbin Ramblers (mandolin player John Walker was a member of both groups).<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher working from Adam Hurt's playing.<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes (1995),<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021) and Silberberg's <br> Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002).<br> It was recorded by Bruce Molsky and Bob Carlin on Take Me as I Am (2004)<br> Alex Hood and the Railroad Boys (78 RPM)(1930),<br> Alex Hood & his Railroad Boys on Old Time String Band Classics, 1927-1933 (1975),<br> The Lazy Aces on Still Lazy After All These Years (1986),<br> and Adam Hurt on Insight (2006).<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> Other rags/blues tunes in this collection are:<br> Cherry River Rag<br> Colored Aristocracy<br> Dora Dean<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>
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