I have been planning on playing Tennessee Waltz as part of Fiddle Tune a Day from the beginning. I also received a number of requests for the song. And with good reason. It’s a beautiful melody, and a Country and Western classic. I didn’t want to play it as just a fiddle tune, and since […]
Dinah – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 294
Dinah is such a singable melody. It’s happy and dancy, and it makes me smile. I remember hearing it as a boy being sung by my dad, and played on tenor banjo, but since he isn’t at my house today, I’m playing it solo. 😉 By the way, it’s really hard to play fiddle while […]
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 […]
Down By The Old Mill Stream – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 205
I remember when my brother Aaron and his class sang Down By the Old Mill Stream when he was in elementary school. They really went all out with it. They sang it straight first, and then they added some counter point … Down by the old (not the new but the old) mill stream (not […]
Salt Creek – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 203
Salt Creek is a cool old tune – regardless of whether it’s played in a bluegrass or an old-time setting. And, it has some strong melodic similarities to Red Haired Boy. A few days ago it was one of the tunes that came up when I was having a discussion with Erin and Amber Rogers […]
My Darling Nellie Gray – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 201
My Darling Nellie Gray is another tune that I first heard at the Gambler’s Draw contest at the American Heritage Music Festival in Grove, OK. As I recall, somebody else got out on the tune, and after the contest, I had Junior Marriott teach me the tune. He said that the first part is basically […]
Home Sweet Home – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 194
Christina and I have been doing some rearranging of the furniture, and it really feels like things just keep settling in more and more. Tonight I was inspired to play Home Sweet Home, because as cheesy as it sounds, there really is no place like home. My favorite recording of this is Buddy Spicher playing […]
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. […]
Garryowen – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 189
Garryowen is a cool and very old Irish Tune. I don’t know a lot about it, except that it originally had a Gaelic name (and that it’s Irish and very old.) This tune goes out to James Kelly. Enjoy! Garryowen according to Wikipedia This song emerged in the late 18th century, when it […]
Star Spangled Banner – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 186
Today is the 4th of July, and here in the United States of America, it’s the day we celebrate our Independence from England. And, to celebrate our Independence Day, I am playing our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner. It’s a pretty song, and it’s kind of hard to sing because it has a huge […]
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