Pig Ankle Rag
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
The first strain of the tune is based on a ragtime piece called<br> "Pig Ankles", composed by M.E. Williams and published in 1905<br> (described as "A Grotesque Intermezzo"). As "Pig Ankle Strut",<br> it was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers<br> (1928), the most famous of the Memphis Jug Bands. "Pig Ankle Rag"<br> was popularized by Disney, Oklahoma, fiddler Uncle Dick Hutchinson<br> and fiddler Ron Hughey (1914-1974) and seems to have enjoyed some<br> regional popularity in the Ozarks in the mid-20th century.<br> It has been recorded by Sam McGee, Highwoods String Band and others.<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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