I don’t know where I first heard Trafalgar Hornpipe, but it has some nice twists and turns. It sounds like something that I may have heard Mark O’Connor play as part of a medley, but I don’t have Trafalgar Hornpipe in my iTunes anywhere. On second pass, I think it was actually hearing Billy Contreras […]
Daley’s Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 187
What can I say? I have a special place in my heart for tunes in the key of Bb, even if they aren’t hornpipes. I found Daley’s Reel in the book “Hot Licks for Bluegrass Fiddle” by Stacy Phillips. I hadn’t looked at that book in a while, and thumbed through it, and found Daley’s […]
Brilliancy – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 107
I learned Brilliancy originally from Dale Morris about 3 weeks before I went to Weiser for the first time. And, I played it at Weiser in my first (and only) round that year. I have more about my first year at Weiser in my post about the Great Western Clog, and more about my week […]