After months of preparing for and creating our soon to be released album (Old School Old Time), It fun to be in the final stretch. The CD is off in Duplication, and will arrive soon. Today, Steve and I got to be on the Folk Show on KRFC with Lenny Epstein. It truly is a […]
Wayfaring Stranger – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 206
Wayfaring Stranger has long been one of my favorite tunes. It’s so soulful, and has that minor grooving feel. It just may be one the the coolest tunes ever. 🙂 I have a recollection of Shorty playing this tune, possibly at the Grand Lake Fiddle Festival in Grove, OK. I just love Shorty’s fiddling. He’s […]
Summertime – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 55
Summertime is one of my all-time favorites. I remember the first time I heard it; I was listening to the Four World Champion Fiddlers album that featured Benny Thommasson, Terry Morris, Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor, and Mark O’Connor. I wore that record out. I hope that Mark O’Connor decides to reissue it. I will definitely […]
Soldier’s Joy – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 27
Today, I was in the mood for something a little bit fast and a little bit old timey. I played a little of the basic melody before fiddling around with it. This song takes me back to sitting in the Lunch Room (Warm Up Room for the National Old Time Fiddle Contest) at the Weiser, […]
Red River Valley – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 16
When I was about thirteen years old, The Wickam Family Band (of which I was the fiddler), had the opportunity to play for the Colorado Gun Collector’s banquet. This was a group of surly old cowboys – the real kind, tough looking old men with ruddy wrinkles, and a sinewy build to match. They were […]