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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.
Texas Fiddle Legends Benny Thomasson and Dick Barrett (Yazoo 517, VHS video) recorded early 1970s, released late 1990s; Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle (Voyager VRCD 345) recorded informally on March 3, 1974, re-released 1999; Tenino Old Time Music Festival: 1970 - 1978 Fiddle Tunes and Other Instrumentals (Voyager CD 367) - 2005
Old time Lee Stripling: American: Old time Uncle Am Stuart: American: Old time Brenda Stubbert: Canadian: Cape Breton Alicia Svigals: American: Klezmer Dave Swarbrick: English: English folk Gid Tanner: American: Appalachian, old time Gordon Terry: American: Bluegrass Benny Thomasson: American: Texas, old time Uncle Jimmy Thompson: American: Old ...
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.
Within old time music there are regional subgenres, such as the Deep South and Appalachia, where fiddle music is often intertwined with cultural phenomena such as coal mining. A comprehensive review of old time fiddle styles was written by David Reiner and Peter Anick and published in 1989. [5]
Athabaskan fiddle (or fiddle music, fiddling) is the old-time fiddle style that the Alaskan Athabaskans of the Interior Alaska have developed to play the fiddle , solo and in folk ensembles. Fiddles were introduced in this area by Scottish , Irish , French Canadian , and Métis fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company in the mid-19th century.
East Tennessee Blues is an American old-time fiddle song, which dates back to the early 20th century. [1]Written by Charlie Bowman (born in Gray Station, in East Tennessee), it was first recorded by Al Hopkins, (aka The Hill Billies) in 1926. [2]
Ambrose Gaines "Uncle Am" Stuart (1853–1926) was an American Old-time fiddle player. After winning various fiddle contests across the Southern Appalachian region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Stuart made several recordings in June 1924 that would later prove influential in the development of early Country music.