New Broom
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"New Broom", also known as "Democrats a-Rising" is an American reel in G Major.<br> The parts are played AB (Silberberg) or AA'BB' (Devil's Box, Phillips).<br> Charles Wolfe (1991) thinks the title might be associated with an old African-American banjo<br> song, perhaps of minstrel origins, called "Sweep dat Kittle Wid a Bran' New Broom".<br> Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles (1903 -1993) called the tune "Democrats a-Rising", associating<br> the title "New Broom" with the political analogy of a new administration 'sweeping' out the old.<br> After Republicans Coolidge, Harding and, especially, Hoover it seemed apparent that the next<br> president would be a Democrat.<br> It was recorded for OKeh Records on June 11, 1930, in San Antonio, Texas by the Texas group<br> The Fox Chasers as the B side behind "Red Wing".<br> It was printed in Devil's Box, vol. 27, No. 4, Winter 1993 (by Stephen F. Davis),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002) and<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded by Dick Barrett on Album Number 1/Fiddling with Dick Barrett (1971),<br> The Fox Chasers (78 RPM) (1930),<br> Byron Berline on Rounder Fiddle (1990) and<br> on Dad's Favorites (1977) and Gary Lee Moore on Uncle Pig.<br>
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