Nancy Rowland
Nancy Rowland is a traditional American fiddle piece from the Appalachian Mountains and the Ozark Mountains . The song is also known as Little Nancy Rowland , Nancy Roland, and Nancy Rollin , and existed in two different versions. It is played in G major with normal tuning of the strings (AABB) and is also known as "Breakdown".
Occasionally, verses to the song are sung. Are known:
“Had a little dog, his name was rover
When he died, he died all over
I had a wife and she was a quaker
She wouldn't work and I wouldn't make her ”
history
An author by Nancy Rowland is not known, it was probably passed on orally. For a long time it was common in Georgia , Tennessee , Arkansas , Missouri , Mississippi , North Carolina, and West Virginia . The piece also enjoyed great popularity in Atlanta in the 1920s , where the dominant musicians Fiddlin 'John Carson and the Skillet Lickers also had it in their repertoire. The first recording by Nancy Rowland was recorded by Carson for OKeh Records on November 7 or 8, 1923 in New York City and released together with Jimmie on the Railroad (OKeh 40238). Music historian Charles K. Wolfe noted in this context that Carson's recording was, however, a much older tradition of the song. Other recordings of Nancy Rowland were made in the 1920s by Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers (1928) and by the Carter Brothers and Son (1928). In 1954, Nancy Rowland appeared in a list of traditional "Ozark Fiddle Tunes" by folklorist Vance Randolph.
Soon after, however, the piece's popularity waned in Atlanta and the southern states. Nancy Rowland also recorded Snuffy Jenkins , Doc Watson and his son Merle, the Highwoods String Band, Kenny Hall, Tommy Hunter, the Dutch Cove Old Time String Band and a few more ; Occasionally it is still played by bluegrass and old-time groups today.
Web links
- Performance by the Dill Pickle Old-Time Orchestra
- Version of a jam session at Clifftop Festival 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/old-time-music/old-time-songs/nancy_rowland.html
- ↑ Tony Russell: Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 (2001), p. 175
- ↑ The Fiddler's Companion ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
