Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
I really like Jay Ungar’s fiddling, and his song writing. He has a unique style that resonates with me, and obviously with lots of other people. Jay’s biggest hit was Ashokan Farewell, which was picked up as the them song for the Civil War Series that Ken Burns did on PBS. Lover’s Waltz, is his [...]
I was driving past Castle Rock on my way back home from my southern Colorado jaunt, and was inspired to play Ashokan Farewell, which was written by Jay Ungar, one of the coolest fiddlers I know of. According to the story I heard, Jay wrote this song as he was leaving Ashokan, and it [...]
