Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
Brown Kelly Waltz (also known as Kelly Waltz) is a pretty old double stop waltz. I first learned it from the Dick Barrett Waltz album that I played the heck out of when I was a kid. I had the whole series of Dick Barrett tapes. I still think that Dick’s versions of those tunes [...]
I first heard Natchez Under the Hill on a Library of Congress recording that Alan Jabbour put out. I remember the old guy on the recording said that it was kind of like Turkey in the Straw, but different. I thought it was a cool tune, and I can say that the beginning of it [...]
I don’t remember where I first heard Durang’s Hornpipe, but it has long been a fiddle contest breakdown staple. And, I remember when Cody Stadelmaier learned a kickin’ version of Durang’s Hornpipe for Dick and Lisa Barrett and came back to the Colorado and Wyoming fiddle contests to clean my clock with it. After that, [...]
Today, we remember a legend in fiddling. Dick Barrett was a great fiddler. He was a four time National Grand Champion, and one the Senior, and Senior-Senior Categories of the National Contest every time he entered. Dick wasn’t just a great fiddler, but he was a man’s man. He wasn’t afraid to tell you what [...]
