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Irish American Jig – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 202

Today, I didn’t have any specific tune in mind to play, so I went to Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes, as I often do when I’m lacking tune inspiration. I played through a handful of tunes before coming to this one. It has a memorable melody, and I liked the fact that the B Part is […]

Rock the Cradle Joe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 200

Today I had the pleasure of meeting Erin and Amber Rogers of Scenic Roots, and joining them for a few tunes at their concert at Magnolia Music. Steve Eulberg produced the event, and joined them for a few tunes as well. We had a lot of fun, and I got to learn a new fiddle […]

Jerusalem Ridge – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 199

A few days ago, I debuted my new Think Geek Electric Guitar T-Shirt, and I opened up a contest for the first person to name the tune I played on the Electric Shirt. Glenn Gunderson won the contest, and the prize was to get to pick my next fiddle tune a day. And Glenn picked […]

Big John McNeil – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 197

The only thing I know about Big John McNeil is that it’s a popular Canadian fiddle tune. It’s a fun tune to play, not too difficult, but when you play it as fast as they do, just about anything can tie your fingers in a not. It also has some similarities with Durham’s Bull. I […]

Fairy Dance Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 195

One of the fun things about teaching fiddle camps is that the other teachers bring tunes to teach too, and sometimes I don’t know them. And when that happens, I can make it my fiddle tune a day. And, It’s especially cool when I can do it on the last day of fiddle camp and […]

Silver Bells – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 191

I remember the first time I heard Silver Bells. It was at the Grand Lake American Heritage Music Festival. We were doing the Gambler’s Draw Contest, one of my favorite contests, and someone else drew the tune out of the hat. The first tune that came to my mind was the Silver Bells Christmas carol. […]

Sarah Armstrong – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 185

I don’t think I had even heard of Sarah Armstrong before last Saturday when Steve Eulberg suggested we play it at our Streetmosphere gig. He played it through once or twice and I joined in. The second time I played it was today for Fiddle Tune a Day. There’s nothing quite like living on the […]

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 […]

Hell Amongst the Yearlings – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 183

Woo Hoo! We are half way through the year. It’s day 183 out of 366 days in this wonderful leap-year-full of Fiddle Tune a Day. Today, I felt like playing a tune that I don’t  play often, but really enjoy. Hell Amongst the Yearlings is just a fun tune to play. It reminds me of […]