What's your new fiddle tune?

[Susanne]

My "new" tunes are:

June Apple
Clinch mtn backstep
Western Country
plus I've been working on Pig Ankle rag for some time but don't seem to get it right... need to work some more

My next new tunes will, hopefully, be Black mountain rag and Grey cat on a Tennessee farm.

[woodwizard]

Isn't the second solo a real nutter where you do the run to the seventh fret, all on the E string....

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I love that tune. It's just got a great feel. Yep! It's quick. As you mentioned before though it does have some cool rests in it before another charge.

[JeffD]

I do Pig Ankle Rag as a duet with a friend of mine on mandolin - she does chords and I do melody.

We have a lot of fun with it.

[John Ritchhart]

The Lover's Waltz by Jay Unger. Casey Willis' playing of this on YouTube was the inspiration to try and learn it. His tone and feeling are hard to match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay_kEmIX794

[Mike Scott]

Red Haired Boy and Ashokan Farewell (a beautiful tune imho)

[PineTar]

I seem to be drawn to Monroe tunes lately. I'm currently working on Old Dangerfield and Come Hither to Go Yonder.

[evanreilly]

I heard a very good version of "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine' by ThatTharJonesy (?) on YouTube and it hooked me. I love trying to get the drones and doublestops all in it. Great old-timey tune; thanks Jonesy!

[bgjunkie]

I went to the Nashville Old Time String Band Association's (NOTSBA for short) jam the other night and was able to record some of the tunes. After listening to some I have picked the following to work on:

Old Molly Hare
Westfork Gals
Valley Forge

[woodwizard]

Well I finally have gotten pretty comfortable with "Oklahoma Redbird" That's a great tune.
My newest is "Big Country" and working on "Lee Highway Blues"

[Bernie Daniel]

EvanReilly: I heard a very good version of "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine' by ThatTharJonesy (?) on YouTube and it hooked me. I love trying to get the drones and doublestops all in it. Great old-timey tune; thanks Jonesy!

Yes that is a fine version and in fact ThatTharJonesy guy has a lot of good stuff on YouTube -- his body is in Sweden (I think) but his soul is in Kentucky!

I've been hooked on eagle tunes and have been learning:

Grey Eagle
Tennessee Grey Eagle. and the
Golden Eagle Hornpipe

[JeffD]

I have heard something like three tunes that are all called Grey Eagle, and sound totaly different from each other. Not even derivitaves.

[Bernie Daniel]

JeffD: I have heard something like three tunes that are all called Grey Eagle, and sound totaly different from each other. Not even derivitaves.

Yup! At least three.

[Miked]

Sawing on the Strings.

I picked up the Homespun David Grisman Teaches Mandolin book and that's the first song. It's forcing me to get a spastic pinky a little more under control.

[Shelby Eicher]

Garfields Blackberry Blossom
Dusty Miller
Old Dangerfield

[sgarrity]

Those are three good ones. I really want to learn Garfield's Blackberry Blossom. Mike Compton plays a great version on the NBB's 20 Year Blues recording.

[WindinBoy]

Blackberry Blossom and Devil's Dream are two tunes that I could never count among my favorites for some reason. Curious to hear some alternate version of BB. Devil's Dream is good in a medley but by itself I dunno.

[sgarrity]

Blackberry Blossom and Garfield's Blackberry Blossom are two different tunes.

[RobP]

I have been working on a tune called Raivlin Reel to play and record w/a group of highschoolers in our home school group. I don't have a recording - had to learn it from the sheet music. I almost have it up to the fiddle player's pace - boy I wish I could have played that well when I was 17

Rob

[Sean Greer]

Currently working on Bury Me Beneath the Willow. My instructor worked up a nice simple melody that features a good amount of tremolo, something that I'm just learning to incorporate into tunes. Oh yea, Long Black Veil is another recent project.

[Steve G]

Banish Misfortune.

[John Ritchhart]

I'm now doing Russ Barenberg's "Drummers of England". Not a fiddle tune per se but anytime Aly Bain is playing it's a fiddle tune to me. I love the sound of it and it's easy to play by ear.

[JeffD]

I have been playing Glass Island Reel.

Its a fun tune to learn, but I am sure I will get tired of it soon. Its like Blackberry Blossom, Devil's Dream Hornpipe, Brilliancy, and a few others - fun but not enduring. More sizzle than steak.

Whereas something like Banish Misfortune, mentioned earlier, or Wild Rose on the Mountain, or Kid on the Mountain, or Pig Ankle Rag, or Maggie Brown's Favorite, or any of a number of equally intense tunes are both flashy and meaty. And I never tire of them. Playing or hearing.

[TWINGDAE]

In the Holiday Spirit !
Tremoloooo-ing along...3 of my favorites:

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
What Child Is This?

[lenf12]

I haven't read through this entire post yest but jbrwky mentioned Ali Bain which reminded me that I recently learned "Shove the Pigs Foot Further Into the Fire" from a really good rendition featuring Ali, Bruce Molsky, Phil Cunningham, Jerry Douglas and a bunch of other folks sitting around the living room, playing their hearts out. I think it's a youtube video if you want to do a search for it. It's really worth the effort to find and to learn. Good stuff!!

Len B.
Clearwater, FL

[sgarrity]

Do a search for Shove the Pig's Foot.....there's a whole thread about that tune. It's one of my favorites. I recorded it and put it on my YouTube page. Not nearly as good as the Molsky version, but I'm tryin!