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July 14, 2012

Garryowen – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 189

Garryowen is a cool and very old Irish Tune. I don’t know a lot about it, except that it originally had a Gaelic name (and that it’s Irish and very old.) This tune goes out to James Kelly. Enjoy!     Garryowen according to Wikipedia This song emerged in the late 18th century, when it […]

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May 4, 2012

Peekaboo Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 125

This morning, I had the opportunity to support KRFC – Fort Collins Public Radio by playing on the Air with Steve Eulberg (together we are known as Fiddle Whamdiddle). Since I had someone else to play with, I thought it was a perfect opportunity to play my fiddle tune a day. Steve suggested we play […]

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April 19, 2012

Rickett’s Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 108

The first memory I have of hearing Rickett’s hornpipe was Ricky Selman playing it at the Colorado State Fiddle Contest, back when it was held at Keystone. I was probably 17 or so at the time. I’m pretty sure I learned it out of Cole’s 1000 fiddle tunes. I don’t really have any cool story […]

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