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February 22, 2021

Fiddle Hell – LiveStream Fiddle Jam with Vi and Franklin (Replay)

Franklin and I had a great time leading the Fiddle Hell LiveStream Jam on Facebook last night. We played an hour of old-time, celtic, and even a few swing tunes. Thanks to Andy and Dave Reiner for hosting us on my first Live-Streamed Jam experience. They manned the chats, and made it easy for me […]

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February 19, 2021

I Been Thinkin’ ‘Bout You – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Hello My Friends, I’m back with another New Tune Challenge! This is a unique New Tune Challenge because it’s not a regular fiddle tune. This tune is attached to words. In fact, they’re lyrics. It’s a song, not a tune, but I think it still counts because I wrote the melody to go with the […]

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February 12, 2021

Lefthand Canyon – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Hey Fiddle Friends! My inspiration for this tune was the slide down at the beginning of the Orville Burns tune, Cumberland Gap. (Check out my Fiddle Tune a Day recording of Cumberland Gap here) Since I live in Colorado, and there’s already a whole other tune called Cumberland Gap, I decided to name it after a […]

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February 5, 2021

Slippery Slope Jig – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Hello my friends! The latest installment of my New Tune Challenge is here! This one was inspired by Scottish Fiddler, Amy Lewis, who sent me a slip jig that she wrote. I haven’t worked her tune up yet, but it is on my todo list. Sorry Amy! When she mentioned the slip jig she wrote, […]

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February 1, 2021

New Single! – I’d Love to Live in Loveland

This Valentine’s Day it feels more important than ever to come together and appreciate all the things that make our communities great. Treating each other with love and kindness is always important, and when times are tough this is easy to forget.  I hope Franklin and I can share a little joy and happiness with […]

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January 29, 2021

Dead Men’s Donuts – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Hello my friends! I’m back with another New Tune Challenge! This is a tune I wrote a couple months ago for my friend’s podcast, Dead Men’s Donuts. It’s kinda creepy, but if you like creepy things you’ll probably LOVE this podcast. Grace Baudino is clever, insightful, and generally kicks butt! Follow the Dead Men’s Donuts […]

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January 21, 2021

Sailing on Air – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Hello my friends! I wrote this New Tune Challenge melody  a couple of weeks ago as I was walking my dog. The Colorado Sun was shining in the crisp morning air. I was filled with a sense of comfort and peace. A New Year is upon us! A year filled with new hope and opportunity. […]

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January 15, 2021

Fiddling Sasquatch – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Hello, my friends! Vi the Fiddler Wickam here with today’s New Tune Challenge! I call this one Fiddling Sasquatch and I have my Fiddlin’ Sasquatch shirt on. This morning as I was getting ready for my day, I saw this shirt in my closet and I thought, what would a Fiddling Sasquatch sound like? And […]

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January 7, 2021

Almost Minor – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Hello, my fiddle friends! I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking surely by now Vi Wickam has run out of fiddle tunes, but I’m not even close! This is another original of mine I wrote this last March at the beginnings of the COVID pandemic. I called it Almost Minor and I wrote it as […]

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January 1, 2021

C-Saw Rag – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Happy New Year! Vi Wickam here with another New Tune Challenge. This one is called the C-Saw Rag. I was going to record this one as my Christmas tune, but it was delayed by a week because I wrote and recorded The Christmas Star as we were setting up to record. So, this is my […]

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