Chattanooga

This tune is also called Old Chattanooga. It is in key of G. It is a square tune with a low part and a high part, each played twice (AABB structure). Both parts have the same chord progression: G, C, G, D G. (It may sound like the fiddles play an E minor chord, but it is really a partial C chord.)  

• The Blaine Smith recording is on and Utoob and on Slippery Hill which says it was played on a (viola) tuned down to FCGD. The Blaine Smith version is transcribed in the Phillips Collection. It is also in the Milliner-Koken collection. The recording is in a key somewhere between F and G.

• Rachel Eddy & Kristian Herner [YouTube non-video]

• Joseph Decosimo twin fiddles [YouTube] live in Chattanooga, and banjo tutorial [YouTube]

• First minute of the Great Southern Old Time Fiddlers Variety Show in Chattanooga, virtual edition (during the Covid-19 epidemic).

• Miss Moonshine clogging [YouTube].

• The Haints recorded it in a medley with Sheeps and Hogs Walking thru the Pasture (which has the same words but not the same notes as Old Jimmy Sutton). Someone was inspired to make an instructional video of this medley [YouTube] showing the fiddle and banjo fingering. We recommend the Haints' CD, Shout Monah, but the band is tuned south of G. Watch the Haints perform live [one, two].  

• Here is a mournful version on fiddle (with guitar overdub) by Travis Brink [YouTube].

• This tune is popular for solo banjo: Benny Bleu [YouTube], Hobo Louie [YouTube], Transylvania Jam [YouTube], Esperanza Mendoza [YouTube], Leon Ballard [YouTube].