I’m really excited to be going to Nashville to record a new album with my good friend, Justin Branum. We will be recording at Jim Wood’s Studio, and the Album should be released in the Fall. So, keep your eyes peeled for more news coming soon.
49 Cats in a Rain Barrel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 190
I really like the way 49 Cats (in a B ends the phrases. To me, it is reminiscent of a cat howling. I had to pull up a recording of Orville Burns playing it to make sure that I played the B Part of it correctly. The A Part has a really distinctive melody with […]
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 […]
Gold Rush – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 171
I have spent the last couple of days judging the National Oldtime Fiddler’s Contest, and let me tell you, this is not a job for those who lack stamina. We start judging at 8:00AM, and don’t get done until 10:00PM or later. (They do give us some breaks, and food along the way, but it […]
Edelweiss – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 160
Who knew there were so many flat-out beautiful tunes out there. Edelweiss is another one of those contenders for the most beautiful song contest in my book. Rodgers and Hammerstein really hit a home run with this one. There are a lot of good songs in “The Sound of Music”, but to me this one […]
What a Wonderful World – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 150
Wedding Season has officially begun, and I’m going to be playing 2 weddings this coming weekend. And, I’m looking forward to it. Playing wedding music is always fun, and the people at the wedding are some of the happiest people I get to play for. So, today’s fiddle tune comes from a practice where I […]
Texas Serenade – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 149
One of the frustrating things about doing a new fiddle tune every day is that I often don’t get to spend as much time as I would like preparing a tune for the day. In fact, sometimes, the first time I played the tune was for the camera, and it’s done in one take. The […]
Bye Bye Blues – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 134
Bye Bye Blues has been my dad’s favorite tune to play on tenor banjo for as long as I can remember. I really like how he takes off with it, speeding it up to breakneck speed. I’m still amazed at how fast he can whip that banjo up. Today, we put on a Mother’s Day […]
Blue Eagle Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 123
I first heard Blue Eagle Hornpipe on an Orville Burns Jam Session recording that I got from a friend. I remember Bill Jones and Matt Wyatt to figure out the names of some of the tunes I didn’t know by playing them over the phone. This was one of them. I also have a recording […]
Blanchard’s Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 120
Blanchard’s Hornpipe is a tune that I have heard a handful of times before, but I can’t place where. There’s a good chance I have a recording of Benny Thomasson Playing it somewhere. I was reading through Cole’s 1000 fiddle tunes, and picked it out a couple of days ago. Tonight I decided to work […]