Smith's Reel
Ages 56-69 Competition - The 1977 Oklahoma State Fiddle Contest
Ages 56-69 Competition - The 1977 Oklahoma State Fiddle Contest
Learned from friend Kenneth Foreman when Buster was 16
guitar, Sleepy Johnson
See Fiddler Magazine Vol 25 No 01 - Spring 2018
A comparison with "Smith's Reel" published in Musician's Omnibus by Howe (r864) shows the evolution that occurred in this tune as it was passed from fiddler to fiddler. Recorded by Bob Walters, September, 1955