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July 4, 2012

Cripple Creek – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 184

I have played Cripple Creek forever, but I didn’t play it very cool until I added some licks from a Benny Thomasson transcription. Of course, I added my own stuff in […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / alan jabbour, benny thomasson, cripple creek colorado, Day, fiddle tune, fun, Location, run, Song, zinc smelter 2 Comments

July 1, 2012

The Girl I Left Behind Me – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 182

Honestly, before I played this song, I didn’t know much about the Girl I Left Behind Me. I knew that it was a popular Civil War Era Tune, and that […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american patrol, Book, Chappell, civil war, fiddle, irish harper, irish melody, manuscript, Music, Song, swing tune, traditional melody 9 Comments

June 27, 2012

Avalon – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 175

Avalon is another tune that I had heard before, but had only played once before. I heard Andrew Wilson, and his band of youngin’s playing outside their RV in the […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / benny goodman quartet, benny goodman story, carnegie hall concert, Day, Dream, fiddle, giacomo puccini, jolson story, Song, tune 8 Comments

June 26, 2012

Lullaby of Birdland – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 174

One of the cool things about going to Weiser is the National Fiddle Contest. And, there is a whole lot more going on in Weiser than just the contest. I […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / Birdland, birdland jazz club, charlie parker, fiddle, friedrich gulda, lullaby, Music, nikki yanofsky, Song, stan freberg, two turtle doves, Weiser 4 Comments

June 16, 2012

Lady Be Good – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 164

I have been saving Lady Be Good for a Day where I have some good musicians to play with, because it’s such a fun tune to play as a band. […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / april verch, Band, Day, fiddle, fiddle tune, film, fun, george and ira gershwin, gershwin brothers, ira gershwin songbook, Lady, Musicians, Song, walter catlett 8 Comments

June 15, 2012

Cattle Call – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 163

Cattle Call brings back fond memories for me. As a kid, we used to visit my Grandparents just about every weekend. My grandpa played guitar, and we would always end […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / 163, boxcar willie, brother aaron, brother adam, Call, Cattle, cattle call, dad, dale larsen, Day, fiddle, fiddle tune, fond memories, Grandpa, grandparents, guy, Music, skip gorman, Song, spending time, tenor banjo, Tex, tune, wylie gustafson, yodeler 8 Comments

June 8, 2012

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 […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / beautiful song, cake, Concert, Edelweiss, fiddle tune, film, good songs, hammerstein musical, home, Magnolia Music, nazi annexation, recording, rodgers and hammerstein, rogers and hammerstein, show, Song, theodore bikel 12 Comments

June 6, 2012

Greensleeves – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 156

Greensleeves is another classic melody that would be a contender for the most beautiful tune award (at least in my book.) It’s haunting notes bring me back to medieval times. […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Music / anne boleyn, Christmas, classic melody, college, computer science geek, department, handful of pleasant delights, Music, queen consort, Song 12 Comments

June 4, 2012

How Great Thou Art – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 153

How Great Thou Art is a beautiful old Hymn, and it was the most popular request on the Facebook Fiddler’s Association when I asked what the most beautiful tune ever […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / billy graham crusades, carl boberg, church, cliff barrows, home, Music, o great god, Song, thunder, wikipedia the free encyclopedia 8 Comments

June 2, 2012

Snow Deer – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 152

Snow Deer is a fun old fiddle tune. It’s upbeat, and happy, and fun to play. AND, it is a great twin fiddle tune. I really can’t think of a […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american fiddle tunes, cape fear north carolina, fiddle, new brunswick canada, percy wenrich, reason, repertoire, snow, Song, tin pan alley 4 Comments

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