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Playing Since: 2007

Experience Level: Novice

bj has made 9437 additions to Fiddle Hangout

Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]

Occupation: Web Developer

Gender: Female

Age: 56

My Instruments:
My main fiddle is a hard used but wonderfully sounding D. Salzard that's about 130 years old, with a one piece back to die for, and appears handmade. My second fiddle is handmade by Gerald Stockdale of Springfield MO in 1960.And I have an early 20th c. German Strad which is plain-plain-plain until you put the bow to her, when she turns into Cinderella at the Ball, with Dark Rich Tone. And I've got a 4th fiddle that's a german trade fiddle, a project I haven't gotten to. I also own a Jackson Guldan and a 3/4 German fiddle, both of which need work, and will probably be fixed and sold eventually.

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
First and Foremost, the Gypsy King himself, Stefane Grapelli,
Stuff Smith,
John Hartford,
April Verch,
Regina Carter,
Joe Venuti,
Buddy Thomas,
Chubby Wise,
Owen Chapman,
Dwight Lamb,
Liz Carroll,
Tommy Jarrell,
Lester McCumbers,
Elmer Rich.
Snake Chapman,
Ed Haley,
Jehile Kirkhuff

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Last Visit 9/2/2010

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Latest Blog Entry

More of a funny thing . . .

Sunday, August 29, 2010 @4:28:16 PM

Earlier today while I was playing, I was trying to get my ear worms to give up the tune I had been playing all day yesterday, called Sweet Bundy. Nothing. I tried weaseling around on some notes I knew were in the tune, and since I know it has runs up and down around the D note tonic, I tried noodling around in there. Nothing. So I played everything else I knew in D. Nothing.

Came home, cooked myself a wonderful dinner, my specialty of shrimp, peppers, onions and pineapple in a lime and ginger sauce over basmati rice. As I'm cooking I'm humming a tune, not thinking much of it. Ate dinner. Came in to check email, still humming that tune. All of a sudden it hit me. I had been humming Sweet Bundy for the last 45 minutes!

Tune memory is SUCH a funny thing . . .

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