With the Ithica, N.Y., group Agents of Terra). Rounder CD0262, Mike Seeger - "Fresh Oldtime String Band Music" (1988. Rounder 0193, Rodney Miller - "Airplang" (1985). Rounder 0047, Wilson Douglas- "The Right Hand Fork of Rush's Creek" (1975). Rounder 0074, Highwoods String Band- "No. Virginian stringband - Dykes Magic City Trio 9 March 1927 in New York Old Homestead OHCS191, "Dykes Magic City Trio" (Eastern Tenn.). The Carter Brothers and Son recording is great - wild, exuberant twin fiddling: The early recording artists focused on using it for dance purposes. ' etc - the Skillet Lickers' has the most lyrics but even these are repeated. The other renditions are mostly lengthy instrumental breaks interspersed with the usual couplets - 'had it not been for. In his notes to County 544 (Georgia Fiddle Bands Vol 2) Gene Wiggins writes that John's 'Cotton-eyed Joe' with its 'mixolydian cast' is said 'by old-timers to be older than other tunes with the same name'. The Fiddlin' John rendition is basically a series of dance calls. The other four above are fiddle dominated dance tunes. The Dykes Magic City recording, but it was reissued on Old Homestead LP 191. RELATED TO: Did You Ever See the Devil Uncle Joe? Tom Doucet's Cotton Eyed Joe Citaco.ĮARLY RECORDING INFO: Dykes Magic City Trio got in ahead of Fiddlin' John Carson by 6 days. OTHER NAMES: Miss Brown Cotten-Eyed Joe Going to London Red Dog Sugar in My Coffee-O Ever See a Devil Uncle Joe Joe Listen: Dykes Magic City Trio Cotton Eyed JoeĬATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Mid-1800’s USA, widely known, but may have originally been a Texas tune.Ģ) Dykes Magic City Trio (no relation) 1927
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