History & Folklore – The Charlie Walden Fiddle Blog

Wednesday Tune-Fix: Pike’s Peak

This tune was recorded in 1933 by Ted Sharp who hailed from the Arkansas Ozarks. The band Hinman, Sharp and[…]

This little jig from Canada we first heard back in the 70s from two sources. Locally in Missouri it was[…]

Patt & I are getting busy recording some old Midwestern quadrilles using this Beckwith made in Chicago pump organ from[…]

A couple of years ago when we were up in Pembroke, Ontario, at the big fiddle festival, my friend Jacquelin[…]

Another Nile Wilson hoe-down called Oak Ridge Stomp, this time in the key of D. It’s a snappy little piece[…]

This another of Nile Wilson’s tunes called the Tie-Hacker #1 (of course there’s a #2). The tie-hackers were itinerant railroad laborers[…]

One of the best fiddlers I ever met in Missouri, and one of the least known and appreciated I think,[…]

Well we’ve run the full gamut on Lyman Enloe tunes. Here’s the last one on offer for a little while.[…]

OK, we’re really on a run here with Lyman Enloe tunes. What’s not to like, right? Here’s one in Bb-flat[…]

Another great tune from Lyman Enloe in the key of A. This tune was popular up in the Missouri Valley[…]