Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
The only time I have ever heard Acorn Hill Breakdown is on the Jr. and Cody Marriott CD. I thought it was a fun tune, but I had no idea where it came from until I asked Cody, who said it was an old Missouri tune. I dug a little deeper, and it looks like [...]
I (like many fiddler’s of my generation) learned Skater’s Waltz from Mark O’Connor’s Learn to Play Texas Fiddle Video Series. I think it was put out some time around 1984. It also included Soppin’ the Gravy and Wild Fiddler’s Rag. (Neither of which have I recorded yet.) I don’t play it exactly like I learned [...]
Misty Moonlight is certainly a pretty waltz, and it’s a tricky one to play in tune. I learned it from Tony Ludiker, but I first heard it on Mark O’Connor‘s Soppin’ the Gravy Album – which I totally wore out. Mark wrote this tune at age 16. If only I could play it as smoothly as [...]
