Hi All! Here’s another preview of a tune from Armadillo on a Hot Tin Roof. This is Justin and I playing Who’s Gonna Talk to Dinah from when we played […]
Ashokan Farewell – National Twin Fiddle Contest 2016
HEY EVERYBODY! The Armadillo is out of the bag!! Free shipping offer is now extended to April 7th! Get them while they’re hot!! Our new album “Armadillo on a Hot […]
[my] Talent Forge, a Year in Review
Hey Everybody, Many of you know that a little over a year ago, Matthew Hartz and I set out to create an online music school. We started talking about it […]
Crafton Blues – Featuring Matthew Hartz
Crafton Blues is what I would call a country blues tune. It mostly fits the blues chord structure, but it’s not what most people would consider bluesy. Crafton Blues is […]
House of the Rising Sun – with Matthew Hartz
You don’t hear House of the Rising Sun on Fiddle very often, but I’ve never been held to those kind of conventions. 🙂 If you would like to […]
Leather Britches – Featuring Matthew Hartz
Leather Britches is a great old breakdown, and one of the classic breakdowns in the key of G. I hope you enjoy this video of Matthew Hartz playing the heck […]
Shortnin’ Bread – with Matthew Hartz
Shortnin’ Bread is an old time breakdown that was popularized in the Texas Fiddling Tradition by Orville Burns, one of my favorite breakdown fiddlers. It really has that bump, like […]
Soppin’ the Gravy – Featuring Matthew Hartz
Soppin’ the Gravy is a popular old-time fiddle breakdown. Here Matthew plays a Texas-Style fiddling arrangement of it that he is improvising on the spot. Because he is improvising around […]
Secret Agent Man – with Matthew Hartz
It is great when I get to have a great musician in town to make some music with, and it’s even better when that musician is also working on a […]