dsreiner - Posted - 09/23/2007:  14:02:42

Hello fellow fiddlers:

I just posted 8 more fiddle tunes that I recorded a while back. Some are transcribed in my book Oldtime Fiddling Across America. I hope you enjoy them -- let me know what you think...

Don't forget to join us here in Massachusetts at Fiddle Hell, November 2-4, 2007! It's a free weekend of fiddle jams and workshops (see Events).

The newly posted tunes are:

Carroll County Blues: Learned from the fiddling of Mississippi fiddler Will Narmour from 1929. My friend Pete Anick is on guitar.

Elzic’s Farewell: I learned this old bagpipe tune from the playing of West Virginia fiddler Wilson Douglas, who learned it from French Carpenter. Pete Anick backs this up on guitar.

Mrs. Greig’s Strathspey: I learned this from the playing of John Campbell, an excellent Cape Breton fiddler. Peter Barnes is on piano. I have to admit that my two sons play Cape Breton tunes much better than I do!

Rye Straw: Alex Demas plays banjo on this fine tune I learned from the playing of Ozark fiddler Earl Collins. Also known as The Unfortunate Pup, for reasons I won't dwell on here.

Snowbird in the Ashbank: I learned this from Earl Collins' playing. The B part is intended to suggest a small bird ruffling its feathers to better feel the warmth of an Ashbank. Pete Anick backs me up on guitar.

Star of the County Down / Jennie’s Chickens / Gravel Walk: From our Reiner Family Band Live! CD, recorded in Lincoln, Massachusetts a few years back. My son Andy and I are on fiddles, son Eric is on piano, wife Cindy on bodhran, and friend John Robinson is on guitar.

The Champion: I learned this from Jehile Kirkhuff in Pennsylvania, and added a bit of (non-traditional) harmony the second time through. John Chambers (of ABC tune finder fame) is on accordion.

Waltz Quadrille: I met Gustav Erdmann in Wisconsin in 1976, when he was 94 years old, and learned this tune from him. It resembles one of the Nebraska tunes in Christeson's book. John Chambers is on accordion.

Regards,

Dave Reiner

Co-author, Oldtime Fiddling Across America
Author, Anthology of Fiddle Styles
Genial host of Fiddle Hell Massachusetts (Nov 2-4, 2007)
Dad and fiddler for Reiner Family Band

tiquose - Posted - 09/23/2007:  22:20:39

Thank you, thank you! Great tunes and variety. I really appreciate being able to download these, particularly the ones I have no other recording of, and the ones I'm trying to learn.

Janet
"Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back." -my grandmother, Bertha Morgan Nelson