Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
Pete’s Waltz was written by Pete Martin. I first heard Pete’s Waltz when Pete Martin played it at Weiser in the early 1990′s, but I didn’t work it out until about 10 years later when one of my fiddle students learned it from Daniel Carwile. Pete’s Waltz is a beautiful tune that is as tough [...]
I have been hearing Billy in the Lowground for a long time, but I really didn’t play it for a long time. I first started working out an arrangement Billy in the Lowground when I taught it to one of my fiddle students, Andy Houck. He was working through the Tony and JayDean Ludiker breakdowns [...]
Westphalia Waltz it a beautiful tune. It’s usually one of the first Waltzes I teach my fiddle students as they start to grow into fiddle tunes that would be appropriate in a contest. I think that the chords to it are especially beautiful, and I was hoping to record it with accompaniment, but maybe I [...]
When I was 15, I had an opportunity to study fiddling with Dale Morris. It was my first time travelling on my own, first time to fly on an airplane, and Texas was a foreign land. Everybody drove Lincolns, Cadillacs, or pickup trucks, and everybody called each other “hun”. I learned a lot from Dale [...]
Today’s Fiddle Tune a Day comes from Magnolia Music Studio in Fort Collins, CO, where I teach fiddle lessons. One of my favorite stories I tell my fiddle students involves the first time I met my ex-wife’s family. They lived in rural Illinois, and I was instructed to bring my fiddle, as that was a [...]
Northern Colorado Fiddle Camp is for Beginning to Intermediate violin and fiddle students between the ages of 6 and 16. Taught by Champion fiddlers, Vi Wickam and Cody Stadelmaier, students will learn technique, ear training, and fiddle style while they have a great time enjoying music. Northern Colorado Fiddle Camp will be held at Magnolia [...]
