Traditional Music came from somewhere and if it is going to continue to live, must be passed on. We’re grateful to the people from whom we’ve learned this music:
Sandy Boys (2:57)
Steve learned this tune from the playing of the North Harris County Dulcimers in Texas.
Vi learned this one from Steve.
Liberty (2:23)
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Vi can’t remember ever NOT knowing this one.
Blacktail Weasel (3:39)
©2005 Steven B. Eulberg, Administered by Owl Mountain Music, Inc.
Vi learned this one from Steve.
Ragtime Annie (3:49)
Steve learned this from a collection of tunes published by Linda Lowe Thomas and several Avogadro’s Number jam sessions in Fort Collins.
Vi can’t remember ever NOT knowing this one.
Miss McLeod’s Reel (2:15) (Did You Ever Go to Meeting, Uncle Joe?)
Steve learned this tune from the playing of North Carolina dulcimer player, Don Pedi.
Stuck in Vi’s head but couldn’t find what it’s name was
Peekaboo Waltz (2:46)
Steve learned this tune from the playing Esther Kreek on recording of pioneer tunes They Passed This Way.
Vi learned this tune from Tony and Jay Dean Ludiker’s Beginning Fiddle Book when teaching students to play it.
Spider Bit the Baby (2:22)
Steve learned this tune from the banjo playing of Cathy Barton Para of Booneville, MO.
Vi first learned this tune from Billy Ward, but started playing it after Dale Morris’s New for 78 Recording.
St. Anne’s Reel (3:37)
Steve can’t remember ever NOT knowing this tune, but became more aware of it as an instrumental break in a part of a John Denver’s performance of Dave Mallett’s The Ballad of St. Anne’s Reel song on his Autograph album. He started playing it after that ad it was one of the first tunes played at the Avogradro’s Number jam session he attended after moving to Fort Collins in 1997.
Vi heard this tune as a kid, at first thought it was dumb song, but Tony Rothrock’s playing made it cool again so he started playing it.
Barlow Knife (2:24)
Steve first remembers hearing this tune from the playing of David Schnaufer at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas.
Vi learned this one from Steve.
Spotted Pony (2:31)
Steve learned this tune from young mountain dulcimer player Erin Rogers (who became the 2004 National Mountain Dulcimer Champion) in 1999.
Vi learned it from Steve.
Higgedy Jig (2:46)
©2012 Vi Wickam
Steve learned this one from Vi.
Fisher’s Hornpipe (4:46) (Fishar’s Hornpipe)
Steve learned this tune while playing fiddle tunes on mandolin in 1982.Vi Learned the D version after hearing it as a child, but first had worked it out in F from Major Franklin’s playing.
Versuvienne (3:42) (Put Your Little Foot)
Vi learned this sweet tune from an 82-year old fiddler at Colorado State Fiddle Contest when Vi was 12. Steve learned this one from Vi.
Golden Slippers (3:00)
This minstrel tune is sometimes considered to be the Hammered Dulcimer National Anthem because it is often the first tune every player learned. Steve can’t remember NOT knowing the tune, but didn’t play it on the dulcimer until several years after he started.
Vi can’t remember ever NOT knowing this one.
Boil ‘Em Cabbage Down (3:55)
This mountain tune is considered to be Mountain Dulcimer National Anthem because it is often the first tune learned by players. It was one of Steve’s first, learned and relearned from countless sources and
It could also be considered one of the Fiddle’s National Anthems for the same reason. It one of the first songs Vi’s Dad ever made him play over and over again.