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Thread #109459 Message #2288656
Posted By: John Hardly
14-Mar-08 - 06:45 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Did Cherokee lose an Indian?
Subject: Origins: Did Cherokee lose an Indian?
Everyone knows that there are only two differences between Cherokee Shuffle and Lost Indian.
1. CS is in the key of A and LI is in the key of D
2. LI drops a measure from the "B" part (from both parts depending on how the locals play CS).
Does anyone know the definitive answer -- is the "Lost Indian" actually, cleverly referring to the dropped measure? Is that its origin? Or did LI actually come first, thereby blowing that theory out of the water?