Pacific Slope – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 132

pacific-slope

The first time that I’m aware of hearing Pacific Slope was in 2010 when I judged the Western Open Fiddle Contest. Danita Gardner partnered with Star McMullen in the Twin Division and Pacific Slope was one of the tunes they chose. I thought it was a pretty cool tune, especially twinned, but didn’t think about [...]

COTFA Texas Rhythm Guitar Workshops

Colorado Old Time Fiddlers Association Guitar Workshops: presented by Sydney Green & Katie Glassman-Salzberg Workshop address:  5445 S. Hoyt St., Littleton, CO  80123 2012 Class schedule:  February 12: time 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.  March 11: time 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.  April 15: time 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Location: 5445 S. Hoyt St. [...]

Soldier’s Joy – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 27

SoldiersJoy

Today, I was in the mood for something a little bit fast and a little bit old timey. I played a little of the basic melody before fiddling around with it. This song takes me back to sitting in the Lunch Room (Warm Up Room for the National Old Time Fiddle Contest) at the Weiser, [...]

Vi Featured in Colorado Old-Time Fiddlers’ Association Newsletter

My CD Release, and one of my original tunes, Buttered Beans were featured in this issue of the Colorado Old-Time Fiddlers’ Association Newsletter.  It’s always nice to get some of my tunes out there in front of other fiddlers. And, I was named to the COTFA Board of Directors – pretty exciting stuff. Feb – [...]

COTFA May Newsletter Mention

The May edition of the Colorado Old Time Fiddlers’ Association Newsletter features another arrangement by Fort Collins Strings Member, Vi Wickam. The May newsletter features a Twin Fiddle arrangement of “Who’s Gonna Talk to Dinah” as arranged by Vi Wickam. Vi learned this piece by listening to Junior Marriott and Alita Stoneking play the tune [...]

COTFA April Newsletter Feature

It is an honor to be featured in the April Newsletter for the Colorado Old Time Fiddlers’ Association. The April COTFA Newsletter featured my arrangement of Arkansas Traveler, and talked about the $5 Fiddle Workshops that I am putting on monthly at Magnolia Music. COTFA Newsletter April 2010