New Season, First Meeting
Sunday, Sept. 19, 6:30p, at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen)
Starting this season, Fiddle Club is going to a (more or less) regular meeting schedule. We’ll get together on the third Sunday of each month, unless there’s a good reason to change to another week or another day. Looking at the Fall calendar, meetings will be held on Sept. 19, Oct. 24, Nov. 21 and Dec. 12.
Also, some meetings will be just for playing together, such as the meeting on Sept. 19. We’ve amassed quite a few great tunes from our featured guests. These tunes need to be played. So that’s what we’ll do on Sept. 19. Below are two sets of tunes worth working on. The first list is mostly old-time. The second list is more global. You can find recordings of all of these, including some at a slower tempo, on earlier posts. Or you can go to this list (just click), compiled by a loyal Fiddle Club member, with links to the 100+ tunes posted on this blog in the last couple of years.
I’m looking forward to playing these tunes with y’all in the coming months.
Paul Tyler, convener
Old-Time &c
Mississippi Palisades – Chirps Smith – April ’08
Chopique Two-Step – Will & Holly Whedbee – May ’08
Granny – Alan Jabbour – October ’08
Brushy Run – Dan Gellert – March ’09
Dad’s Reel – Pete Sutherland – October ’09
D’uo Viens – Dennis Stroughmatt – March ’10
Who’ll Cut the Britches – Genevieve & Smith Koester – April ’10
Fire on the Mountain – Matt Brown – May ’10
Sugar in the Gourd - Paul Brown (Mostly Mountain Boys) – June ’10
Daylight in the Morning – Jim & Kim Lansford – July ’10
Global &c
Kerry Slides (Irish) – Paddy Jones – March ’08
El Caballito (Mexican) – Felipe Valle – July ’08
Steffasgard (Rorospols) (Norwegian) – Karen Solgard – November ’08
Mäläskän kuoleman polska (Finnish) – Arto Järvelä – September ’09
Gone for His Tea (Irish) – Liz Knowles – February ’10
Der Einfache (Austrian) – Rudi Pietsch – June ’10
Viktor’s vals (Finnish) – Kukka Lehto (Polka Chicks) – June ’10
plus we have to add . . .
Koputus polkka from Arto Järvelä’s month long residency in 2009.
Filed under: Fiddle Club,History,Meeting Schedule by Paul | August 23, 2010 | Comments (0)
Midwest Fiddle Champs for 2010, part 2
Our 8th annual contest was held back in July. Part 1 of this post highlighted the 4 winning bands in the Open Division contest held on the 8th in Giddings Plaza. Part 2 will show videos shot on July 10th from the stage as four bands competed in the Invitational Division at the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival.
While the judges consulted on the final order, we had performances by 1st place winner’s in the Open Division — the Rachel Baiman Band — and the Youth Division — Maddy & the Hillions
In reverse order, here are the top 4 prize winners in the Invitational Division.
4th Place – Moravska Cimbalovka (Moravian Cymbalom Band), led by Andrew Tokarz
Their first tune was a traditional Moravian folk song.
3th Place – Paulina Hollers, Elizabeth Lamberti & Jim Becker & Kristen Bern, fiddles, & with Lea Tschilds on guitar & Clayton Brown on bass. They brought along the Chicago Prairie Cloggers, led by Rebecca Unger.
They followed up with “Back-Step Cindy.”
2nd Place – Stil Hua, Kristen Bern on fiddle, with Kevin Carey on flute, Siobhan Wojcik on bouzouki & Andrew Serb on bodhran. Rory Ward was their dancer.
Their second tune was a medley of an air and a reel.
1st Place – Cajun Vagabonds, Dorian Gehring-fiddle with Stewart Gehring-guitar, Eli Leki-Albano-bass & Monica Vachon-triangle. They brought two dancing couples from the Chicago Associate Chapter of the Cajun French Music Association.
Their second tune was “Lacassine Special”, a two-step. The dancers really got it going.
Filed under: Reports,Video by Paul | August 19, 2010 | Comments (0)
Midwest Fiddle Champs for 2010, part 1
Our 8th annual contest was held back in July, with the Open Division on Thursday the 8th in Giddings Plaza in Lincoln Square and the Invitational Division on the main stage on the 10th at the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival. The Open Division attracted 12 fiddlers with their bands, including . . .
Kolleen Blume with Walter’s Dream
Bill Bodle with the Wild Onion String Band
Caroline Fernald with the Bell Flowers
Claire Halpin with the CH4
Ted Johnson & Elise Dalleska
Lynn Malnekoff with Innisfree
Chris Marshall & friends
Miles Mibeck with Siobhan Wojcik & Megan McKeon
Kit Paulson with James Kreigsmann & David Stokman
The evening also featured performances by the three top prize winners at the Youth Division competition held in June:
3rd Place – Ethan Matlin with Last Minute Deal
2nd Place – Abigail Burrus & Sean Mythen with Sarah Mythen
1st Place – Maddy & the Hillions, Max & Anna Hill, fiddles & Maddy Tyler, guitar
In reverse order, here are the top 4 prize winners in the Open Division.
4th Place – Twin Sisters, that is Debi Lewis on fiddle with Deborah Fausch on banjo
They started off with “Oak Ridge Stomp.”
3th Place – Chirish, Maggie Danaher & Kristen Bern, fiddles, & Andrew Serb, guitar
(It was too dark to film in the plaza when this group played, so all we have is an audio recording.)
They played a medley of “The Gentle Maiden” and “Tommy People’s Reel.”
2nd Place – Po’ River Boys, Dan Gillespie on fiddle, with Jeff Yonkis on fiddle & washtub bass & Evan Collins on banjo
Their first tune was “Black-Eyed Susie.” Later, in a playoff, they played “Gospel Plow.”
1st Place – Second String, Rachel Baiman & Eva Walsh, fiddles with Greg Reish on guitar and Ethan Philion on bass
They started with “Oh My Little Darling,” and performed “Red Rocking Chair” for the playoff.
Part 2 will feature videos of the four bands that competed in the Invitational Division at Folk & Roots.
Filed under: Audio,Reports,Video by Paul | August 19, 2010 | Comments (0)
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