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Sugar Hill is one of my all-time favorites and one of the first tunes I learned (even before I started play fiddle). Over the years I have played it in many styles. I originally fell in love with an old VHS ripped video of the Freight Hoppers playing this tune. The fiddler (David Bass) has a very unique way of bowing the tune that I am in love with. It has taken me many years to start understanding how to get the poly-rythms in his bowing. Most are still out of my ability.
Recently I have enjoyed playing the tune in the style of Rayna Gellert which is a little slower and has more control in the bowing. The GOAT Tommy Jarrel has probably the most classic version.
The Tune can be played by substituting the IV chord with a minor vi chord for a different flavor!