Merriweather
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Merriweather" is known as a Kentucky tune and most modern versions are modeled <br> after the "Meriwether" of W.L. "Jake" Phelps of Todd County, <br> Kentucky, recorded in the field in 1973 by fiddler Bruce Greene. <br> No one knows for certain what the title refers to, it is likely<br> it refers to the name of a prominent 19th century Todd County<br> family named Meriwether. The tune is related to the Irish reels<br> “Tom Ward’s Downfall” and “The Mourne Mountains".<br> It is similar to "Waynesboro" and the two play well together in a medley.<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Songer's Portland Collection (1997) and <br> Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (2001).<br> I learned this at our Monday night jams.<br>
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