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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I first heard Shamus O’Brien Waltz being played by Cyril Stinnett of Oregon, MO, in the mid-1970s. His rendition was[…]
Read moreThis is a great square dance tune in A that I got from Bob Holt. It makes liberal use of[…]
Read moreIf you’re not familiar with National Heritage Award recipient Bob Holt, he was an old-time fiddler and dairy farmer from[…]
Read moreTalk to Dinah is this week’s Wednesday Tune Fix. This a hoe-down is the key of A from Pete McMahan[…]
Read moreThese areĀ field recordings of the 1966 Canadian Open Fiddle Contest at Shelburne, ONT, from the collection of Delores “Fiddlin’ Dee”[…]
Read moreCole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes (and its original incarnation Ryan’s Mammoth Collection) is to me the single most influential collection for[…]
Read moreJust had my 60th birthday party a couple of weeks ago held at stately Plunkett-Walden Mansion. Attended by 90 some[…]
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