Kansas City Railroad Blues

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Theme code Index	3H6H5H5H 5H5H5H5H
Also known as	K.C. Railroad Blues
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Bluegrass, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Blues
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Southeast)
Structure	AA'BA"C
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 72
Year of publication/Date of MS	1995
Artist	Biography:George Walburn and Emmett Heathcox
Title of recording	Kansas City Railroad Blues/Polecat Blues
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Okeh Records 45178 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1927
Media
Score (1)

Kansas City Railroad Blues: Annotations

X:1 T:Kansas City Railroad Blues N:From the playing of fiddler George Walburn (1887-1940?) and guitarist N:Emmett Hethcox (1898-1968), of LaGrange, west Georgia. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:OKeh 45178 (78 RPM), Walburn & Hethcox (1928) D: D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/kansas-city-railroad-blues Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C [d2e2]-|[e2e2]g2-g2e2|a3a (ag e2)|c4 +slide+[e4e4] |[M:3/2]a2ec- c2 +slide+[e2e2]- [e2e2]ed| [M:C|]cdcA cdcA|c2c2 AGEC-|C(_E- =E2-E)G E2|C6c2-| cdcA cdcA|c2c2 AGEC-|C(_E- =E2-E)G E2|C2A,2 CCD2-| E2G2-G2D2|A,4 D-E3|C8-|C2 z2 z2:|| z2B,4- B,G,|A,8-|A,8|z2(_E=E -E)GA,2|C8| z2B,4- B,G,|A,8-|A,6(_E2|=E3)D A,C|C8| z2G,2A,-C3|{D}E2G4E2|A,4 E4|C8-C6||

Kansas City Railroad Blues: Annotations