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 […]
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 […]
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 […]