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December 25, 2012

Shuckin’ the Bush – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 354

I don’t remember who I first heard play Shuckin’ the Bush, but I remember thinking it was a super cool tune, and starting to work it out immediately. My coolest memory around this tune was at the Royal Gorge Fiddle Contest, when Herman Johnson judged it and some amazing fiddlers showed up (including Matthew Hartz, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / benny thomasson, d major, different tune, fiddle tune, Fiddlers, hartz, rhythm track, texas shorty 9 Comments

December 20, 2012

Midnight on the Water – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 349

Midnight on the Water is one of the Coolest Waltzes out there. And that’s not because there aren’t a lot of cool waltzes out there. It’s cross-tuned (DDAD), which is a great start. It has all sorts of open drones that ring beautifully in the cross tuning. It has a haunting melody, and it was […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / benny thomasson, brent hawley, cross tuned, ddad, fiddle whamdiddle, Luke Thomasson, midnight on the water, Videos, Waltz 7 Comments

December 6, 2012

Laughing Boy – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 338

Laughing Boy is a classic old-time fiddle tune. And, it’s cross-tuned, which makes it all the more fun. I have heard Laughing Boy many times, but the recording I used to work it up tonight is a recording of Benny Thomasson playing it. Never let it be said that Benny was not well rounded in […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / aeac, benny thomasson, cross tuned, g major, laughing boy, Phillips 2 Comments

December 4, 2012

Sumner’s Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 337

Tonight I was looking through Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes, and I came across Sumner’s Hornpipe. When I played it, I instantly recognized the melody. I thought that the name I had heard it under was Queen of the West. I have heard Ed Carnes play it, and he called it Queen of the West, and […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / benny thomasson, ed carnes, hornpipe, old time, queen of the west, sumner's hornpipe 6 Comments

November 22, 2012

Lost Indian – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 324

I learned Lost Indian from a recording of Benny Thomasson playing it. I have a lot of recordings of Benny, and I have to say that I am  as impressed by the breadth of his fiddling repertoire as I am about how well he played the tunes. He played hornpipes, and cross-key old-time fiddle tunes […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / aeac, benny thomasson, cross tuned, fiddle tune, mountain rag 4 Comments

November 19, 2012

Martin’s Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 324

In my mind, Martin’s Waltz may be the prototypical fiddle contest waltz. It’s beautiful. It’s not quite as hard as it sounds, but it is tricky (so it sounds pretty darn tricky.) Daniel Carwile really took this tune to a new level with his recording of it.     Martin’s Waltz according to Fiddler’s Companion […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / 22 june, benny thomasson, Byron Berline, Companion, d major, Waltz Leave a Comment

November 17, 2012

Canebrake – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 319

When I think of Cane Break, I think of Weiser. I first heard it at Weiser, and while I’ve never played it in a contest, I have always thought it was a cool tune. I think it’s especially cool how it startes out in D, and then modulates to Bb for the B part, and […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / benny thomasson, classical piece, Companion, d major, key of g major, texas style 1 Comment

October 21, 2012

Tugboat – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 286

You are going to love today’s fiddle tune. I’m joined by Tyler Andal on guitar, virtually. Tyler sent me this video months ago of him playing rhythm to Tugboat months ago, and I really should have played it sooner. But, I made stupid excuses for putting it off like: I really don’t have anything worked […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / benny thomasson, charles wolfe, cyril, river belle, stinnett, tugboat 10 Comments

July 4, 2012

Cripple Creek – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 184

I have played Cripple Creek forever, but I didn’t play it very cool until I added some licks from a Benny Thomasson transcription. Of course, I added my own stuff in there too. I even included it on my recent album, Long Time Comin‘. Tonight, I was asked by Andy May to join him playing at […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / alan jabbour, benny thomasson, cripple creek colorado, Day, fiddle tune, fun, Location, run, Song, zinc smelter 2 Comments

June 17, 2012

Hotfoot – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 167

I don’t have a tone of history with Hotfoot. I have a few memories. I remember hearing some of my friends play it at Weiser when I was a teenager, and I remember Texas Shorty (Jim Chancellor) play a great version of Hotfoot at the Grand Lake National Fiddle Contest one year. I learned Hotfoot […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american fiddle tunes, benny thomasson, breakdown, burt county nebraska, Day, dwight lamb, fiddle, Hotfoot, jim chancellor, Standard 5 Comments

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