Buddy Durham 45 RPMs
I had forgotten about posting these old 45s of Buddy Durham and then the other day got a nice email[…]
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Tag: square dance
Possum’s Big Fiddle Show Episode 5 – Happy Wheatland Edition!!
It’s another exciting episode of Possum’s Big Fiddle Show: Happy Wheatland Edition. The Possum is nestled in by the piney woods in the performer’s campground with Patt Plunkett on piano, Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller on guitar and our special guest Chris Germain on fiddle.
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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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Pump Organ-Tastic Quadrilles & Jigs
Patt & I are getting busy recording some old Midwestern quadrilles using this Beckwith made in Chicago pump organ from[…]
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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 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: 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 – 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 – 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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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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