Vi Wickam

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Arkansas Traveler: Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 1

A Journey Begins

This is the first day of my Fiddle tune of the day project. For the next year, I will be posting one new fiddle tune to YouTube each day. Some of them will be me playing solo, and when I can I may have an accompanist, or even another fiddler.

I hope that you enjoy my fiddle tune a day series. If you have suggestions of tunes you would like to hear, please post them as comments below.

 

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This tune is on my album Not My Monkey 

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  2. Susan Griffis says

    Hi, Vi! I love the fiddle tune a day! Would you do the old folk song “Dance, Boatman, Dance”? And when you do can I feature it on my new genealogy web site? I am focusing on the Ohio river region as my research specialty. And that song was about the Ohio. My site isn’t finished yet, but once it is I would link back to your own site. What do you say? Otherwise, my site visitors are going to have to put up with my banjo playing!
    Susan

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  4. Laurie says

    Jumping in kind of late here, just signed up May 2, and I am absolutely loving this. As a history buff, as well as fiddle tune lover, I really appreciate the background information and personal stories on all the songs you play. This is such an amazing service to the sometimes mysterious fiddle world 🙂 I have been going through some of the earlier days you recorded, and listening to some favorites. You asked for suggestions, and I would really love to hear a song that I heard at a jam once. Ricky Turpin and Carl Hopkins were jamming, and Ricky played one called Florida Boys? that was just amazing. You may have already recorded this one, I haven’t exhausted the year to date yet, but if you haven’t yet, and know it (I think that was the name, or something along those lines), I would love to hear it again 🙂 Thanks so much for recording Fiddle Tune a Day!

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    • says

      Thanks for tuning in, Laurie. I haven’t heard Florida Boys before, but I will check into it. I’m adding it to my tunes to learn list. 😉

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  7. Donna Elswick says

    Just signed up this week and Loving This! Thank you so much for your commitment and perseverence!
    I play the hammer dulcimer and am always looking for new tunes. This is just sooooo cool! Keep playing, music keeps us young!

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  12. says

    That is likely, Anders. I definitely have listened to that album of Eck's, and it's bound to creep into my fiddling when I listen to it enough. 😉 Although, I didn't intentionally take any of the licks from there.

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  25. says

    HI Vi; I loved this when it came out and I love it now. Makes me kind of embarrassed when I think about my version.Thank you. How about the "The Growling Old Man and Woman" Bet you tear that one up!

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  31. says

    Hi Vi, I discovered you just in time to be able to enjoy you once a day. Here's a challenge for you. I once saw a man play "Angeline the Baker", which is usually thought of as a banjo tune unaccompanied on the fiddle. Would you be up for trying that?

    Do you know Patti Kusturok

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  34. Steve Overby says

    Do you have lessons for all these tunes? If so, are you having any holiday specials on lessons? I love your fiddling.
    Thanks
    Steve

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    • says

      Hi Steve,

      Thank you. I have lessons for quite a few (but not all) of these tunes at: https://www.mytalentforge.com .

      If you click on lessons at the top, you will see the lessons available grouped by a number of different ways, by series, by instrument, by teacher, etc. If you are interested in specific tunes, let me know, and I will let you know about those lessons.

      Thanks,
      Vi

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