Episode #3 – Vandalia Gathering
The Wiley Ol’ Possum visits the Charleston, WV, and attends the annual Vandalia Gathering at the State Capitol. The podcast[…]
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Tag: waltz
Episode #2 with Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller
My guest is long-time musical ally and starvation box devotee Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller. He’s coming to you live via Skype from Elkins, WV. We share an adult beverage, take a call on the “hotline” from a listener in the frozen wilds of Ontario, reminisce about our fabled 2012 five boroughs Guinness tour, and try to play a few tunes together across the the internet.
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Episode #1 with John Blisard
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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Kafein Session Is No More :(
Alas, due to management changes the Kafein session in downtown Evanston is no more. We’re looking for a new location[…]
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Kafein’s Northern Fiddle Session in Evanston (Wednesday, February 28th)
It happening again! — the Patt and Possum monthly fiddle session at Kafein. Wednesday, February 28, 7:30 to 9:30 PM[…]
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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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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: Country Waltz
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 – 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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