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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Wednesday Tune Fix – Johnny Don’t Come Home Drunk!
I first heard this tune played by Cyril Stinnett up in Northwest Missouri in the late 1970s. The tune appears[…]
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Wedneday Tune Fix – Red Fox Waltz
This old piece is one Taylor McBaine of Columbia taught me to play quite early on. He played the dickens[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – Fever in the South
Let me show you this great old hoe-down from Vee Latty of Fulton, Missouri, which originated Callaway County and is likely[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – Lucky Trapper
We first heard this tune from our friend Jamie Fox from Montana while we were visiting Dwight Lamb for his[…]
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