I was working on Swing 51 earlier (thank goodness the Mandozine tab was accessible again). It led me to wonder how many numbered "Swing" tunes are out there and if there was any meaning to any of the numbers or not.
It looks they are all Django tunes except 51 written by Tony Rice?
Was each one written in the year it is named after? A quick Google of Swing 42 says it came out in 1941 so unless it was like a new car model, that isn't it.
What few I know of from my library are:
Swing 39 - Django, also Tiny Moore & Jethro Burns
Swing 40 - Django
Swing 41 - Django
Swing 42 - Django, also Rice and Grisman
Swing 48 - Django
Swing 51 - Tony Rice & David Grisman
Are there more? Did Swing 43 just not turn out well, or is it out there and I just haven't discovered it? Where are Swing 1-38?
Just curiosity from a bluegrass picker dabbling in Swing and Dawg tunes. Thanks!
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