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Danny Clark
May-15-2005, 8:12am
looking for some fiddle tunes on cd ,fiddle banjo,any ideals ,i just taking interest in this sound ,maybe John Hartford?
Adam Tracksler
May-15-2005, 12:22pm
Three words - Fuzzy Mountain Stringband
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garyblanchard
May-15-2005, 5:04pm
I love the John Hartford "Hamilton Ironworks" CD. A lot of traditional tunes with spoken/some-what sung stories to go along with them. The Gene Goforth CDs are nice too.
Danny Clark
May-15-2005, 9:34pm
is the fuzzy mountain instrumental?
Jim M.
May-15-2005, 10:03pm
The current king of Appalachian old time fiddle tunes is Bruce Molsky. Any album of his is going to be loaded with tunes that he learned from Tommy Jarrell and others. There are a couple of volumes of CDs called "Music Of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics" that have old time tunes from the old time fiddlers, mostly field recordings. Great stuff. Brittany Haas is a great young fiddler who is a student of Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger. She has her own album out now that has some great tunes. Check out www.brittanyhaas.com
ffpizza5
May-16-2005, 9:40am
Check this out
http://www.homestead.com/hetzler/music_6.html
Scott Rucker
May-17-2005, 9:42am
I'll second Jim's Bruce Molsky recommendation. His music really flips my switch.
Adam Tracksler
May-19-2005, 9:24am
Fuzzy Mountain Stringband is instrumental.
David M.
May-19-2005, 10:38am
Listen to sugarinthegourd.com streaming old time music and you'll definitely hear some great old time fiddle tunes. it'll lead you to who you may want to check out.
others: J.P. Fraley, Bruce Greene, Byron Berline, lots of others.
pickerfromhell
May-19-2005, 3:39pm
Virtually anything by Kenny Baker.
One of his best CD's is, "Frost on the Pumpkin."
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Hey - there's lots ...Alan Jabbour, playing Henry Reed fiddle tunes, Rayna Geller. Bruce Molsky IS good. For a more modern touch, I've been listening lately to Dirk Powell...Down from the Mt. is a nice cd. Have fun in your explorations...lots of websites, too, if you put in old time appalachian fiddle tunes. You'll be swamped. G
Chris "Bucket" Thomas
May-26-2005, 3:50pm
1. Kenny Baker plays Bill Monroe
2. Bluegrass mandolin Extraveganza
PhilGE
May-26-2005, 8:08pm
Dan Gellert. (http://www.dangellert.com)
Rayna Gellert. (http://www.rayna.utopiandesign.com/)
Independent Old-Time Music Store (http://www.oldtimemusic.com/otrechome.php)
stevem
May-27-2005, 10:47am
There's tons of free John Hartford recordings at Bluegrassbox.com for downloading. (It's legal of course). Search the threads here to find help on how to use that site if you're interested.
What Jim M and ToneDeaf said ... Bruce Molsky! His "Contented Must Be" CD inspired me so much that I contacted him and almost bludgeoned him into agreeing to give me a lesson ... we've got the left hand in common at least so it should be a great experience. Anyway ... if you're looking for a great representation of this genre, look no further. Bruce is "the man"
acousticphd
May-28-2005, 3:35pm
Listen to sugarinthegourd.com streaming old time music and you'll definitely hear some great old time fiddle tunes.
Hey, great tip on the sugerinthegourd site. I tuned in to that for the first time last night.
Also look up fiddler Rhys Jones. I never remember the name of the guitar and banjo player in his group, but theirs is one of my favorite recent CDs. Also, Foghorn Stringband.
PhilGE
May-28-2005, 3:42pm
Also look up fiddler Rhys Jones. I never remember the name of the guitar and banjo player in his group, but theirs is one of my favorite recent CDs.
Here's the link to Vigortone Records. (http://www.vigortonerecords.com/) You'll find the latest from Rhys Jones, Jeff Miller, and Jim Nelson.