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I learned this tune from listening to a recording of Burl Hammons of West Virginia. I'm playing it in F, 'sawmill tuning', on my 1998 Ramsey Chanterelle banjo- 11" pot, simple brass rolled tone ring, played with bare fingers. This Burl Hammons version bears almost no resemblance to the most familiar versions of "Jim Along Josie". I like it because it is spare but has a lot going on under the surface.
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