Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
Garryowen is a cool and very old Irish Tune. I don’t know a lot about it, except that it originally had a Gaelic name (and that it’s Irish and very old.) This tune goes out to James Kelly. Enjoy! Garryowen according to Wikipedia This song emerged in the late 18th century, when it [...]
This morning, I had the opportunity to support KRFC – Fort Collins Public Radio by playing on the Air with Steve Eulberg (together we are known as Fiddle Whamdiddle). Since I had someone else to play with, I thought it was a perfect opportunity to play my fiddle tune a day. Steve suggested we play [...]
The first memory I have of hearing Rickett’s hornpipe was Ricky Selman playing it at the Colorado State Fiddle Contest, back when it was held at Keystone. I was probably 17 or so at the time. I’m pretty sure I learned it out of Cole’s 1000 fiddle tunes. I don’t really have any cool story [...]
I usually play Fisher’s Hornpipe in F – Major Franklin style – a little bit slow and with a bit of a bump to it. But, I recorded it like that on youtube years ago, so I decided to go for something decidedly different today. While it’s common to play Fisher’s Hornpipe in F within [...]
Cuckoo’s Nest is one of those tunes that is commonly heard among fiddler’s of many different traditions. Truly, it may be one of the first “crossover tunes”. I don’t know if it’s ever been played with Indian Tabla (drums), before this recording, but I wouldn’t be surprised. When I got an email from my fiddle [...]
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, [...]
