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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.
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.
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 ]
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 ...
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]
Cherney won the Canadian Old Time Fiddlers' Contest in Ontario, under the novelty class from 1959 to 1961 and the open class in both 1960 and 1961. In the early 1970s, he was a leading studio musician, recording with musician like Gary Buck, Dick Damron, Tommy Hunter, Jesse Winchester and Sylvia Tyson. He released more than ten studio albums ...
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.
On April 1, 1913, Carson performed at the first annual "Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention", held at the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, [8] [9] where he came in fourth. [10] But between 1914 and 1922, he was proclaimed "Champion Fiddler of Georgia" seven times. [8] The governor of Tennessee, Robert L. Taylor, dubbed him "Fiddlin' John". [4]