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August 4, 2012

All of Me – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 212

All of Me is one of my favorite crooner tunes. I even sing it sometimes – but not this time. I need an accompanist to really do it justice. When […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / accompanist, count basie orchestra, fiddle, jazz, memorable version, Standard, Swing 3 Comments

June 17, 2012

Hotfoot – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 167

I don’t have a tone of history with Hotfoot. I have a few memories. I remember hearing some of my friends play it at Weiser when I was a teenager, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american fiddle tunes, benny thomasson, breakdown, burt county nebraska, Day, dwight lamb, fiddle, Hotfoot, jim chancellor, Standard 5 Comments

June 15, 2012

Red Skinned Gal – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 162

Red Skinned Gal is a fun and swingy tune (at least the way I play it.) I originally learned the melody from Tony Ludiker, but there is some Orville Burns […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Musician's Round Table, Videos / american, american fiddle tunes, brown skin gal, eck robertson, fiddle, Gal, Red, red skin gal, Standard, yazoo records Leave a Comment

April 11, 2012

Forester’s Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 100

It’s day 100 and the Fiddle Tune for today is Forester’s Hornpipe. I don’t have any fancy story for it. It’s just the tune I felt like playing to day. […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, canadian maritimes, Companion, don messer, fancy story, fiddle, fiddle tune, fiddle tunes, Standard, today 5 Comments

April 5, 2012

Uncle Herman’s Hornpipe

I learned this tune from Eric Levine when I was just a kid. He called it Herman’s Hornpipe. And it looks like there are a couple of other names for […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, american fiddle tunes, benny thomasson, fiddle, fiddle tunes, fiddler john, fiddler magazine, formal music education, hornpipe, Magazine, MISS, miss supertest, Music, Sarnia, Standard, SUPERTEST, ted sannella, Uncle, uncle herman 5 Comments

March 18, 2012

Bill Sullivan’s Polka – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 77

Bill Sullivan’s Polka (AKA Dennis Murphy’s Polka) is a tune I learned from Eric LeVine a long long time ago, but I hadn’t played it probably since junior high when […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / cabbage down, Companion, Day, denis murphy, fiddle, fiddle tune, irish polka, Keeffe, leaving ireland, Standard, Teahan 11 Comments

February 7, 2012

Wilson’s Hornipipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 38

Wilson’s Hornpipe is a fun Old-Timey tune that I learned from Bob Zuellig at the Wednesday Night Avo’s Jam a while back. I really enjoy playing the high harmony to […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / aa aa, aa bb, Avo, clark kessinger, Day, fiddle, fiddle tune, fun, Hornipipe, recording, Standard, time jam, Timey, tommy hunter, tune 5 Comments

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