The Wiley Ol’ Possum visits the Charleston, WV, and attends the annual Vandalia Gathering at the State Capitol. The podcast[…]
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Episode #2 with Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller
My guest is long-time musical ally and starvation box devotee Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller. He’s coming to you live via Skype from Elkins, WV. We share an adult beverage, take a call on the “hotline” from a listener in the frozen wilds of Ontario, reminisce about our fabled 2012 five boroughs Guinness tour, and try to play a few tunes together across the the internet.
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Episode #1 with John Blisard
My guest is long-time friend and West Virginia musical icon John Blisard of Big Chimney. We talk bagpipes, harps, fiddles, Frank George and play a few tunes.
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Kafein Session Is No More :(
Alas, due to management changes the Kafein session in downtown Evanston is no more. We’re looking for a new location[…]
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Californy Tour
Hey & wow! The last date of the big Californy tour is tonight at the Berkeley Contra Dance. We’ve had[…]
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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[…]
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Kafein’s Northern Fiddle Session in Evanston (Wednesday, February 28th)
It happening again! — the Patt and Possum monthly fiddle session at Kafein. Wednesday, February 28, 7:30 to 9:30 PM[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix: Old Ladies Picking Chickens
This is great little tune from the Missouri Valley region that we got from Dwight Lamb. The tune is set[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix: Tennessee Rag
Tennessee Rag is a hoe-down I learned from Pete McMahan. Pete got the tune from a recording of the great[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix: Little Burnt Potato
This little jig from Canada we first heard back in the 70s from two sources. Locally in Missouri it was[…]
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