Two White Nickels
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Two White Nickels", also known as "Two Wide Nickels" is an American reel in cut or<br> 2/4 time and A Major. The parts are played AB. There are 6 measures in the A part and<br> 10 measures in the B part.<br> The title may refer to the silver-infused nickels minted during World War 2<br> (1942 to 1945) when nickel was allocated to artillery manufacturing. They are<br> rare because they had such a short run, were recalled after<br> the war and were the only silver nickels made since 1873.<br> When paired with the tune "Three Thin Dimes" the medley has jokingly been called the<br> "Forty Cent Medley". Both tunes were in the repertoire of Barnesville, Ohio, fiddler<br> John W. Hutchison (1915-1979), who said he had many of his tunes from 'old man' Bondy,<br> an Irishman. They were recorded by the Hutchison Brothers bluegrass band, which<br> included two of Hutchison’s sons and fiddler Greg Dearth. John Hutchison himself was<br> recorded before he died by Jeff Goehring, in 1977; the remastered tapes were published<br> on a CD by Ohio University (Athens) in 2003.<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995) and<br> Songer's Portland Collection (1997) (appears as "Two Wide Nickels").<br> It was recorded by<br> Ken Kolodner, Chris Norman & Robin Bullock on A Winter Solstice with Helicon (1999),<br> Arm and Hammer String Band on Visits (1981, Learned from John Hutchinson) and<br> The Hotmud Family on Years in the Making (1978).<br>
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