Re: Fiddler's Fakebook - Accurate?
It's Facebook. Everybody makes up stuff, trying to make themselves seem so cool and their lives so fascinating. They're always posting stuff like, "I just learned a new fiddle tune," or "Currently playing my fiddle," or "Here's my version of 'Devil's Dream." As if what they are doing is so important or great or the ultimate best whatever that it has to be shared with everyone.
Oh - you said "Fakebook." Never mind.
But still - the point about variations is on target. There are so many variations of some of these tunes, the actual standard version may be nearly impossible to determine. Also, it's not like these books are written by an authoritative committee that has sifted through every variation and settled on The One True Version - if such a thing exists. But they will get you in the ballpark, perhaps even into the infield, and then you can take it from there.
Just look at the variations of what people have said here - mostly the same thing but in each person's different way. One man's "Zeke" is another man's "Zeak." Variations happen. It's only human.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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