Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on October 16th 2003 by Adela.
This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Devil In The Strawstack, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
"Gm"GFD(F GF)D(F|GF)DF "F"C4|"Gm"GFDF G2 d2-|"Dm"dcA(c dc)Ac|!
"Gm"GFD(F GF)D(F|GF)DF "F"C4|"Gm"GFDF G2 d2-|"Dm"dcA2 "Gm"G4:|]!
"Gm"d2g2g4|gagf d4|"F"fAgA fAgf|"Dm"dcAc d4|!
"Gm"d2g2g4|gagf d4|"F"fAgA fAgf|"Dm"dcA2 "Gm"G4:|]!
I’ve played this tune since I was a teenager. Except that it is in pure A Dorian and the A and B sections are reversed. I learned this from a band in Utah called the Deseret String Band. I seem to remember that they said it is from North Carolina or eastern Tennessee. They played this after a tune called Home with the Girls in the Morning, also a great tune. I am including this tune on my next CD and have already recorded the basic tracks. Where did you learn this tune? The F sharps do sound a bit peculiar.
Cheers
Sean
# Posted on October 17th 2003 by txfiddler
This is a different version than the one I learned- but I have yet to learn ABC and for that reason couldn't post the version I've learned. I learned it from the group I have a weekly session with- they play it every week, and when i was attempting to learn the fiddle, this was my tune of choice! This one, as well as one called "Coffee", which is a fantastically fun tune as well- when up to session speed!
Morgan A.
# Posted on October 17th 2003 by Adela
Devil in the Strawsack Mode?
The nice, strange tune is labeled here as Gmaj, the chords are Gmin.
The b / bflat is missing, its' neither Gmaj, Gmin nor Gdor.
What's correct?
It reminds me a bit of a tune by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
Where is your source? Are there any recordings?
Urs
# Posted on October 19th 2003 by swisspiper
Devil in the strawstack
This tune was recorded by Pete Sutherland in 1982 on Eight Miles from Town.
It is transcribed incorrectly in the key of G major. It is in G Dorian (with a minor third note) and written out of the key of F ( with one flat--Bb). Otherwise the transcription is pretty close to the way Pete Sutherland plays it. It is a fantastic old-time fiddle tune. Also the Horseflies recorded it.
Bobbi
# Posted on November 2nd 2004 by bobbi