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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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.
Read moreAlas, due to management changes the Kafein session in downtown Evanston is no more. We’re looking for a new location[…]
Read moreThis tune was recorded in 1933 by Ted Sharp who hailed from the Arkansas Ozarks. The band Hinman, Sharp and[…]
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Read moreTennessee Rag is a hoe-down I learned from Pete McMahan. Pete got the tune from a recording of the great[…]
Read moreThis little jig from Canada we first heard back in the 70s from two sources. Locally in Missouri it was[…]
Read morePatt & I are getting busy recording some old Midwestern quadrilles using this Beckwith made in Chicago pump organ from[…]
Read moreA couple of years ago when we were up in Pembroke, Ontario, at the big fiddle festival, my friend Jacquelin[…]
Read moreAnother 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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