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FRC 410 - P​.​T. Bell: Master Texas Fiddler (Researched by Dan & Christy Foster)

by P.T. Bell

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1.
Indian War Whoop 02:17
2.
Ladies Fancy 02:33
3.
Snowbird in the Ashbank 02:13
4.
The Campbells Are Coming 02:14
5.
Devil Shearing the Hog 02:00
6.
Widow Hays 01:58
7.
Haste to the Wedding 02:07
8.
John Lee Shot 'em 02:22
9.
Evening Star Waltz 02:14
10.
Duck Creek 01:55
11.
Mike Ashley's Schottische 02:05
12.
Natchez Under the Hill 02:31
13.
Fisher's Hornpipe 02:22
14.
Killie 'ma Crankey 02:19
15.
Four Roses Waltz 02:09
16.
Shake Spear 02:16
17.
Morg Williams Cotillion 04:44
18.
Sugar in the Coffee 02:19
19.
Andrew Coon Waltz 02:10
20.
Sixty Days in Georgia 01:57
21.
Cotillion 01:51
22.
Big Taters in the Sandy Land 02:06
23.
Abner Rymaus Cotillion 02:33
24.
Mace Bell's Civil War March 02:51
25.
Jeff Davis 02:12
26.
Dusty Miller 01:44
27.
Seamus O'Bryan's Waltz 02:20
28.
Old Time Schottische 01:57
29.
Leon Alcartez Waltz 02:22
30.
Old Time Waltz 02:29
31.
Cacklin' Hen 02:08

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Researched by Dan & Christy Foster – The William Owens 1941 Carrizo Springs, Texas recordings

Peter Bell was a second generation Texan, born 1869 into a musical family on the frontier. His fiddling is among the best of very few representations of southern dance music as it may well have been played mid-to-late 19th century in the American southwest. Recorded at age 74 at his home in Carrizo Springs in 1941 by folklorist William A. Owens, the 29 selections here reflect the lifelong interest Peter Bell had in old time music as he learned it from his father and grandfather who came to Texas in 1853. These recordings are from The Center for American History, University of Texas (Austin) Folklore Center Archives. Special thanks to John R. Wheat, Coordinator for the Sound Archives. – Dan Foster

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released November 12, 2015

Peter Tumlinson Bell (fiddle, all tracks), Mace Bell (fiddle, tracks 4,6-7,11,30)

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