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Thread #62682   Message #1014237
Posted By: masato sakurai
07-Sep-03 - 04:57 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Betty Liken.
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Betty Liken.
Info from The Fiddler's Companion:
BETTY LIKENS. AKA- "Betty Liken." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, W.Va. A Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard. AABB. Sources for notated versions: Henry Reed (b. 1885, Monroe County, West Virginia) [Krassen]; Alan Jabbour with the Hollow Rock String Band [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 39. Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; p.g 95. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; pg. 93. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 23. Kanawha 311, "Hollow Rock String Band." Rounder Records 0074, The Highwoods String Band- "No. 3 Special" (learned from Bert Levy & Durham/Chapel Hill N.C. musicians).
Henry Reed's playing can be heard at Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection.