Patt & I are getting busy recording some old Midwestern quadrilles using this Beckwith made in Chicago pump organ from[…]
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Now You Can Fuel My Passion For Old-Time Fiddling and Yours
Greetings to my fans and subscribers on YouTube and elsewhere. Did you know I’m approaching 3000 uploads of personal fiddle[…]
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Valse Bleue
A couple of years ago when we were up in Pembroke, Ontario, at the big fiddle festival, my friend Jacquelin[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Nile Wilson’s Oak Ridge Stomp
Another Nile Wilson hoe-down called Oak Ridge Stomp, this time in the key of D. It’s a snappy little piece[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Nile Wilson’s Tie-Hacker #1
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[…]
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Kafein’s Northern Fiddle Session in Evanston (Wednesday, January 24)
Patt and I are tickled to be leading a new monthly instrumental fiddle session starting this coming Wednesday, January 24,[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Nile Wilson’s New Boston Hornpipe
One of the best fiddlers I ever met in Missouri, and one of the least known and appreciated I think,[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Down Home Rag
Well we’ve run the full gamut on Lyman Enloe tunes. Here’s the last one on offer for a little while.[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Oklahoma Redbird
OK, we’re really on a run here with Lyman Enloe tunes. What’s not to like, right? Here’s one in Bb-flat[…]
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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Sleepy-Eye Joe
Another great tune from Lyman Enloe in the key of A. This tune was popular up in the Missouri Valley[…]
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