Texas Gals
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Texas Gals", also known as "Texas Gales" is an American reel in cut time and C Major.<br> The parts are played AA'BBCC'.<br> "Texas Gals" is a tune associated with the southwestern Virginia and northwestern<br> North Carolina region. The variant title “Texas Gales” title comes from the Doc Watson<br> recording of the tune.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher who says that it comes mostly from the<br> Freighthoppers and John Lamancusa.<br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler’s Fakebook (1983),<br> Brody's Banjo Picker’s Fakebook (1985),<br> Perlman's Clawhammer Style Banjo (1983),<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded by<br> Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters on Hill Billies (1973),<br> John Whelan on From the Heart (2002),<br> Eric Thompson on Flat Picking Guitar Festival (1976),<br> Highwoods String Band on 2nd Annual Brandywine Mountain Music Festival (1975),<br> Frank Ferrel and Bertram Levy on Myth of the Sageflower (1978),<br> George Pegram and Fred Cockerham on Galax Gems - The Music of Galax in the 1960s (2008),<br> Plank Road String Band on Plank Road String Band (1976),<br> Tommy Jarrell on Joke on the Puppy (1976),<br> Roland White on I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (1976),<br> Freight Hoppers on Where’d You Come From, Where’d You Go? (1996),<br> Fred Cockerham on Under the Double Eagle (1978),<br> Doc Watson on Ballads From Deep Gap (1971).<br>
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