Rocky Road to Jordan
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Rocky Road to Jordan" is an old-time reel in D Major. The parts are<br> played AA'BB'.<br> It is one of ‘100 essential Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler<br> Charlie Walden. It was in the repertoire of fiddlers Casey Jones<br> (1910-1987, Missouri), Dwight Lamb (Iowa) and Bob Walters (Nebraska).<br> It was mentioned by name in Edgar Lee Masters' (1868-1950) 1942<br> contribution to the Rivers of America Series, The Sangamon.<br> In chapter 6, speaking of the people of Menard County Illinois, he<br> recalled a visit in 1914 to a fiddler named John Armstrong, of Oakford,<br> who played a number of tunes including "Rocky Road to Jordan".<br> The standard notation version given here is from Bob Walters and is<br> widely known.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher.<br> It was printed in Christeson's Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1<br> (1973) and<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded by Casey Jones on Rocky Road to Jordan (1992),<br> Dwight Lamb on Joseph Won a Coated Fiddle (1999),<br> Bob Walters on The Champion (2013),<br> Chirps Smith, Steve Rosen and Paul Tyler. <br>
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