I first heard this waltz on the old K-TEL fiddle record 25 Old-Tyme Fiddle Hits. OTFH was actually an American[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Norma Lou’s Waltz
This is an old waltz from Mid-Missouri that I learned from the Kemp brothers of Mexico, MO. They credited it[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Catfish Jig
This is a Canadian jig that I’ve mostly heard played G, but can also played in F (thanks to my[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – Oyster River Quadrille
This is a tune from legendary fiddler Bob Walters of Tekameh, Nebraska. By the way, the Oyster River is in[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – Shamus O’Brien Waltz
I first heard Shamus O’Brien Waltz being played by Cyril Stinnett of Oregon, MO, in the mid-1970s. His rendition was[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix Returns – Rock Valley Jig
Wow, what a summer we had! First we went to the Bethel Adult Fiddle Camp in Bethel, MO, then Patt &[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – Dusty’s Hornpipe
Another great Kenny Baker original, Dusty’s Hornpipe appears on another of Kenny’s solo fiddle LPs released in 1972, called Kenny[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – White Horse Breakdown
This is one of my favorite original Kenny Baker hoe-downs. Set in the key of G, it uses the full[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – Washington County
Remember that great old fight song based on Washington and Lee Swing? I can still hear it ringing in my[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – Festival Waltz
This tune is from the great Bluegrass fiddler Kenny Baker. I bought all of Baker’s LP as they were released across[…]
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