Here are some slow tunes, transcriptions, charts and some music theory.
Or is it speculation?

Slow(er) versions

big scioty 491
red haired boy 676
whiskey before breakfast 712
whiskey before breakfast 543
devil's dream 594
katy hill 477
jenny on the railroad 447

Transcriptunes

Big Scioty Notation 672
Growlin' Old Man and Grumblin' Old Woman Notation 222
Raising the Roof Notation 508
Watts Bar Blues Notation 469
Needle Case Notation 539
Shakin' Down the Acorns Notation 536

Transcribed from Ed Haley recordings

Cherry River Rag Notation (Part 1 of 6) 509
Done Gone Notation 500
Major Scale
Fingering Charts
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also Archaic Of, relating to, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization: an archaic bronze statuette; Archaic Greece. No longer current or applicable; antiquated: archaic laws. See Synonyms at old. Of, relating to, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period. 

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