Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
I learned this tune while staying at the Ludiker house when I was a teenager. The Ludiker family had a gig and this was one of the tunes they played. I thought it was so cool that I had Tony teach it to me the next day. I have done quite a bit of looking [...]
Ah, the mysteries of finding the origin of a cool fiddle tune. Here is the story of Redneck Mother – the best I can remember it: Tony Ludiker and Megan Lynch, around the same time, heard an old recording of Terry Morris playing this tune. There was no name of the tune on the cassette, [...]
Until I have read the Fiddler’s Companion story on Smith’s Reel, I won’t know the origin of it. I have long thought that Smith’s Reel was a fun tune, but haven’t ever spent time working out something really cool with it. Jeff Guernsey played a cool version of it at the Grand Master’s Fiddler Championship [...]
