Shaker Ben

A traditional Old Time breakdown in G major, documented in Jeff Titon’s Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes from John Masters (1904–1986) of Lexington, who had it from Jim Booker of Camp Nelson — the same Camp Nelson African-American fiddling community behind several other entries in this collection. The tune was also recorded commercially in 1933 by Draper Walter’s band (as The Walter Family) for Gennett/Champion Records. John Masters’s recording appears on Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Rounder 0377, 1997).