Armadillo Parade: A Song History

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"Armadillo Parade" is an original mountain dulcimer tune by John Keane, a Shreveport, Louisiana, musician and music educator who performs together with Karen Keane.[1][2] It appears in his 15 Originals, a 43-page book of fifteen tunes, all credited to him, published by Fingers Of Steel; the listing gives this one in DGD tuning.[1] The sources consulted here give no account of its inspiration and no recording of it.[1][2]

Small dark pottery figure of an armadillo with a banded shell

Armadillo, pottery, before 1921. Shown for its subject; it has no connection to the tune.

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Sources

  1. Fingers Of Steel: "John Keane, 15 Originals".
  2. DulcimerDownloads: "John Keane".
  3. Image: Armadillo, pottery, before 1921. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

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