Today, I’m playing a tune that I wrote a few years back. I clearly remember calling Bill Jones, Ed Carnes, and Matt Wyatt to see if it was a tune that any of them recognized. (It’s not uncommon for fiddlers to write a tune from their subconscious that someone else has already written.) None of […]
Great Western Clog – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 65
I learned the Great Western Clog when I was 15 from Dale Morris. I had traveled to Shamrock, Texas before my first trip to the National Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho. Dale taught me a bunch of hornpipes and reels, and this clog during the week I stayed with him. Click on his name to […]
Liza Jane – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 54
Today, we remember a legend in fiddling. Dick Barrett was a great fiddler. He was a four time National Grand Champion, and one the Senior, and Senior-Senior Categories of the National Contest every time he entered. Dick wasn’t just a great fiddler, but he was a man’s man. He wasn’t afraid to tell you what […]