Lafayette
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Lafayette" is an old-time breakdown in D Major. The parts are played AB.<br> The melody was popularized on the Grand Ole Opry by fiddler Kirk McGee (1899-1983).<br> Jon Pankake (who wrote the liner notes for Milk 'em in the Evening Blues) interviewed<br> McGee in 1965, and was told that "Lafayette" was "an old Civil War tune," although McGee did not<br> mention a source for his version. McGee recorded the tune playing the fiddle, backed by Fiddlin'<br> Arthur Smith on 5-string banjo and it was popular for many years as a dance tune on the<br> Grand Old Opry. <br> It was printed in Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002).<br> It was recorded by Kirk McGee (fiddle) & Arthur Smith (banjo) on Milk 'em in the Evening Blues<br> (1968) and<br> Jim Wood & John Hartford on The Bullies Have all Gone to Rest (1998).<br>
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