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May 15, 2012

Old South Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 135

The first person I heard play Old South Waltz, was Danita Gardner, and she played it beautifully. It was at Weiser some time in the early 1990’s. Later, I heard Levi Dennis play it with a G minor part at the beginning that he said he learned from Ace Sewell. I wanted to add that […]

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March 26, 2012

Cotton Patch Rag – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 85

Cottonpatch Rag is one of my old-school contest fiddle tunes. I originally learned it from Tony Ludiker, and there are parts in there from me, Terry Ludiker, Roberta Rast, and others. And, I didn’t even put That’s one of the cool things about fiddling, is that learning a tune is just the beginning. Even if […]

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March 16, 2012

Irish American Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 76

I saw this tune, and I thought that Irish American Reel would be a great tune to play as part of my Saint Patrick’s Day collection of Fiddle Tune a Day.  I sight read the tune 2 days ago when I decided to read the first page of Cole’s 1000 fiddle tunes. I figured that […]

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