Bonaparte's Retreat
Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
Paul Kirk
Key
Tuning
Year
2020
Composer
Media Source
Played By
Paul Kirk
Notes
Marion Thede's Fiddle Book page 36 by J.S. Price
To learn more about J.S. Price and this version of Bonaparte's Retreat please see Paul Kirk's TOTW #103
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Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
Lake Williamson
Key
Tuning
Year
1977
Composer
Media Source
Played By
Lake Williamson - Jonnie Williamson on guitar
Notes
Lake played this tune during the family band years. Lake doesn't recall any specific source, but picked them up from his youth, travels, and radio.
in the middle of this tune Lake and Jonnie trade instruments and Lake sings the song
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Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
Ace Sewell
Key
Tuning
Year
1976
Composer
Media Source
Played By
Ace Sewell - Jay Horton & Ed Brown on guitars
Notes
Played with the fiddle tuned in open (D) D-D-A-D, this comes from Benny Thomasson and is played as Benny's father played it
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Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
Alan Jabbour
Key
Tuning
Year
2002
Media Source
Played By
Notes
Unitarian Fellowship Hall, March 15
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2.42
Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
Thomas Jefferson "Duck" Wootan
Key
Tuning
Year
1958
Media Source
Home Recording by Tim Wooten
Played By
Thomas Jefferson "Duck" Wootan
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0.00
Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
Max Collins
Key
Tuning
Year
1976
Media Source
Home Recording by Gary Stanton and Tom Carter
Played By
Max Collins
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0.00
Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
DeBusk-Weaver Family
Year
1976
Media Source
Played By
Notes
DeBusk-Weaver Family
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Track Order
2.03
Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
Howard L. Maxey
Key
Tuning
Year
1939
Played By
Howard L. Maxey
Notes
The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes has this tune listed in the tuning of ADAD in error
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Bonaparte's Retreat
Tune Title
Artist
Cecil Snow
Key
Tuning
Media Source
Cecil & John Snow - Old Time Fiddlin' And Pickin' OOP
Played By
Cecil Snow
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