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Johnson learned to play the fiddle at an early age with some assistance from his father. When he was young, he used to practice with his two brothers, Albert on banjo and Ester on guitar. [ 1 ] Between 1920 and 1934, he was a regular participant at the Atlanta Fiddlers' Convention. [ 2 ]
Bill Hensley, Mountain Fiddler, Asheville, North Carolina. Old time (also spelled old-time or oldtime) fiddle is the style of American fiddling found in old-time music.Old time fiddle tunes are derived from European folk dance forms such as the jig, reel, breakdown, schottische, waltz, two-step, and polka.
Jarrell's first fiddle, which he bought for $10, is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. [2] He was the subject of two documentaries produced by Les Blank: Sprout Wings and Fly [6] and My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge. [7] He also featured in the 2002 DVD Legends of Old Time Music. [8]
The Canadian Open Old-Time Fiddling Championship began as a fundraiser for the Rotary Club, with sponsorship from the club and the CBC. [2] It came at a time when fiddle music was popular on the radio and the number of fiddlers in Ontario began to increase.
This fiddle was passed down through the Walsh family in the early 1900s. Missouri fiddling is a unique style and repertoire of traditional folk violin playing practiced in Missouri , United States. Historian and fiddler Howard Wight Marshall has been active in its preservation and has published several full-length books on it.
He learned to play the fiddle at an early age, his first influence being the fiddlers Grady Stringer and Walter Warden. [1] He married in 1914 at the age of sixteen. [1] Initially he began performing at local dances and fiddlers' conventions. He teamed up with his wife Nettie, his cousin Homer Smith and fiddler Floyd Ethredge. [1]
The canonical American fiddle tune, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" was written by Charlie Daniels as an interpretation the "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" by Vassar Clements and has been covered innumerable times. Although classified as country rock, the tune uses licks based on old-time fiddle playing and rock guitar riffs. Unlike most old-time ...
Paul Warren (May 17, 1918 –January 12, 1978) was an American fiddle player best known for his work on a number of Kitty Wells singles, and his long tenure with Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys.