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FRC 749 - Robert "Strawberry" McCloud - Bloomington Breakdown

by Robert "Strawberry" McCloud

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of FRC 739 - Eunice Yeatts McAlexander, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 1: From British Tradition, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 2: A Musical Melting Pot, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo-African Exchange, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 3: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 5: Grown on American Soil, FRC 749 - Robert "Strawberry" McCloud - Bloomington Breakdown, FRC 750 - Luther Davis & Hus Caudill - Old-Time Galax-Style Twin Fiddling recorded by Tom Carter & Blanton Owen, and 114 more. , and , .

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1.	Shortnin' Bread 01:52	buy track
2.	Tennessee Wagoner 02:10	buy track
3.	Sally Goodin 02:16	buy track
4.	New Money 02:48	buy track
5.	Forky Deer 01:59	buy track
6.	All I Got's Done Gone 02:40	buy track
7.	Raggedy Ann 02:21	buy track
8.	Bloomington Breakdown 02:17	buy track
9.	Wang Wang Blues 01:56	buy track
10.	Hen Cackle 01:21	buy track
11.	Tuesday Night Waltz 02:59	buy track
12.	Cripple Creek 01:47	buy track
13.	Cindy 02:36	buy track
14.	Mississippi Sawyer 02:06	buy track
15.	Darktown Strutters' Ball 01:58	buy track
16.	Flop-Eared Mule 01:29	buy track
17.	Frankie and Johnny 01:53	buy track
18.	Coon Dog 01:34	buy track
19.	Silver Bell 02:32	buy track
20.	Paddy on the Turnpike 02:06	buy track
21.	Turkey in the Straw 02:30	buy track
22.	Waynesboro 01:25	buy track
23.	Sugar-Foot Rag 01:42	buy track
24.	Billy in the Low Ground 02:23	buy track
25.	Sweet Bunch of Daisies 01:56	buy track
26.	Buck Creek Gal 02:17	buy track
27.	I Don't Love Nobody 01:47	buy track
28.	Cumberland Gap 01:35	buy track
29.	Casey Jones 01:31	buy track
30.	Carroll County Blues 02:14	buy track
31.	Soldier's Joy 01:00	buy track
32.	Martha Campbell 01:45	buy track
33.	Virginia Rag 02:07	buy track
34.	Run, Boy, Run 02:17	buy track
35.	Shimmy-She-Wobble 02:08	buy track
36.	Black-Eyed Susie 01:59	buy track

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Old-time fiddling was a vibrant, mixed-race tradition in the hands of Robert Lee “Bob” or “Strawberry” McCloud (1907-80). His repertoire and style are rooted in east central Kentucky (Clark County), where he lived for 30 years before relocating to southern Indiana.

He plays many traditional fiddle tunes, including Kentucky classics such as “New Money” and “Martha Campbell.” But his style seems rooted in the couple dance-oriented (foxtrot, two-step, shimmy), racial boundaries-blurring blues, rags, and popular songs of the 1920s-early ‘30s. These pieces, such as “Frankie and Johnny,” “Wang Wang Blues,” and “Silver Bell,” are well-represented here. Stylistic traits (affected by losing the use of his left little finger in a construction accident) include emphasis on the off-beat, crooked timing, staccato notes, slides, and high-string tremolo and blue notes, always in standard tuning.

Doc Roberts was a mentor and friend; and Strawberry played bass with Clayton McMichen’s Georgia Wildcats. About 1935, he became a heavy equipment operator and soon moved to Indiana. Our recordings date from his retirement, 1975 to ‘78. They were made with stellar younger musicians on banjo, guitar, bass, and piano at his home, a radio studio, and folk festivals. For complete personnel and collector listings, expanded track notes, and articles see fieldrecorder.org. —Teri Klassen

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released July 17, 2023

For more details about Strawberry, please visit www.fieldrecorder.org.

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