Muddy Roads
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Muddy Roads" is an American reel in cut time and G Major ('A' part) & D Major<br> ('B' part). The parts are played AB (Frets, Phillips, Silberberg), ABB (Johnson)<br> or AABB (Brody, Kaufman, Spadaro).<br> Kaufman (1977) credits Gaither Carlton (1901–1972, Deep Gap, N.C.) with<br> popularizing the melody. Carlton was a member of the Watson family, which<br> included famous guitarist Doc Watson, his son-in-law. The family was recorded in<br> the early 1960's by folklorist Ralph Rinzler. According to Jeff Place (liner<br> notes to the 1990 reissue of the Folkways recording "The Watson Family"), Doc's<br> uncle, Ben Miller, used to play the song around the house when Doc was a child.<br> It was printed in<br> Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> "Mike Seeger: Traditional Music," Frets Magazine, July 1987,<br> Johnson's Kitchen Musician No. 2: Old-Timey Fiddle Tunes (1982),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Silberberg's Fiddle Tunes I Learned at the Tractor Tavern (2002) and<br> Spadaro's 10 Cents a Dance (1980).<br> It was recorded by<br> The Watson Family on The Watson Family (1963. Reissued 1990),<br> Roger Sprung on Grassy Licks,<br> Mac Benford and the Woodshed All-Stars on Willow (1996) and<br> Gaither Carlton with Doc Watson on Classic Old-Time Fiddle (2007). <br>
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