Some Tunes from Dennis Stroughmatt
Some tunes from Upper Louisiana, aka the old French district of Illinois and Missouri, straddling the Mississippi River down from St. Louis. Dennis here gives us a brief intro to each tune. More stories to come on March 18 at the Leadway.
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Old Man Lucky in the key of D: “Old Man Lucky I learned from Charlie Pashia, right at the source. It was a song (no lyrics) for a guy named LaChance. He was a lucky man, and that was his name too.”
Old Man Lucky slow
Grandmere In waltz time in G: “Grandmere is a story song. It means Grandmother Complains. I learned it from Ida Portell in Potosi , MO.”
Grandmere slow
D’ou Viens in A: “D’ou Viens Tu is iShepherd, from where did you come.’ It’s a Christmas song. Also from Ida Portell. But I got the fiddle part idea from Roy Boyer.”
D’ou Viens slow
Dennis Stroughmatt will be the featured guest at the Fiddle Club of the World meeting on Sunday, March 28 at 6:30pm at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen) in Chicago. Click here to register.
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | March 15, 2010 | Comments (0)
Some Tunes from Liz Knowles
Ready for some Celtic/Irish tunes. Before she headed off to China, Liz gave us these to try. Each recording has the tune played slowly, and then up to tempo.
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The Black Rogue – jig
Gone for His Tea – reel
The Factory Smoke – hornpipe
Liz Knowles will be the featured guest at the Fiddle Club of the World meeting on Friday, February 19 at 7:30pm at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen) in Chicago. Click here to register.
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | January 23, 2010 | Comments (0)
Kenny Stone tunes
Important Notice: We apologize, but once again we must postpone Kenny Stone’s visit to the Fiddle Club of the World. The workshop listing currently reads that the new date is March 7, 2010. That date is not yet confirmed. Check back soon. I guarantee that Kenny Stone will be our featured artist soon and help us become more bluegrass-worthy.
-Paul Tyler
Kenny Stone is veteran bluegrass fiddler, with a performing career that started when he was nine. He released his first album in 1989, at the age of nine, and followed that up with series of recordings and tours with a variety of bands, including his own, the Kenny Stone Unit and Midwest Wind. Family life and work has taken him off the road. But he continues to perform with the Chicago Bluegrass Band and to teach select students at his home in Dyer, Indiana.
Kenny Stone
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The Fiddle Club of the World is pleased to present Kenny Stone to a new audience of fiddlers. He’s looking forward to playing through a potpourri of standard old-time and bluegrass tunes. He’s also offered us several of his own originals.
Kenny Stone will be featured guest at the Fiddle Club of the World meeting on January 24, 2010 at 4:00 pm at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen). Click here to register.
Filed under: Meeting Schedule, Tunes by Paul | January 20, 2010 | Comments (0)
Pete Sutherland Tunes
Here are some Pete tunes, sent to us from the Champlain Valley of Vermont. These will be great to play in the jam. The reel is, in Pete’s words “from our local hero, Louis Beaudoin.” The second tune –pronounced tess-fie-yay–is an Ethiopian waltz song. The last is from the Skillet Lickers.
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or Pete Sutherland, along with Mark Roberts & Jeremiah McLane, will be performing at the Fiddle Club of the World’s meeting at 7:30 on Friday, October 16 at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen. Click here to register, or call 773.728.6000. or |
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | September 28, 2009 | Comments (0)
Arto Järvelä tunes
Here are solo fiddle performances by Arto of three tunes we can all play together at the jam. Arto learned both the march (marssi) and polska from Elias Tallari of Kuortane, Finland. The waltz (valssi) is “efter” (from the playing of) Johan Petter Ragvals of Övermark.
Peli-Jussin syömämarssi can also be heard on the CD “Arto Järvelä Plays Violin” (there is a tunebook with the same name) one of the many you can purchase from Arto during his residency at the Old Town School.
Both polskas and waltzes are in 3/4 time. But it is easy to hear that they are for totally different dances.
Go here to view Paul Tyler’s notation of Arto’s tunes.
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or Arto Järvelä will be performing at the Fiddle Club of the World’s meeting on Friday, September 25 at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen. Click here to register, or call 773.728.6000. or |
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | September 7, 2009 | Comments (0)
Some Tunes from Dan Gellert
| Click blue link to download or to listen to these .mp3s. orClick here for tips and troubleshooting on how to get at these .mp3s. Dan sent us recordings of these tunes played at a moderate tempo. The first two are in the key of C. The third is in Bb. Be brave and give it a try. Just added, a D tune, from a 1985 album of Dan’s band, Shoofly. Send a comment and let us know which two of these four tunes you especially want to work through at the Fiddle Club session. Dan Gellert will be performing at the Fiddle Club of the World’s meeting on Saturday, March 28 at the Leadway Bar & Gallery. You can register for the Fiddle Club meetings as a workshop. Cost is $20. Call 773.728.6000 or to register on line, go here. Space is limited. |
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | March 23, 2009 | Comments (0)
I’ve been thinking about Lotus Dickey.
I just found this old photo of the Sugar Hill Serenaders, a band formed in the 1980s around Lotus Dickey to perform at school assemblies for Young Audiences of Indiana.
Lotus Dickey, Paul Tyler, John Bealle, Teri Klassen
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Lotus’ tunes are always good to play. Here’s a couple.
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Besides Lotus, the only Sugar Hill Serenader heard on these recordings is your humble correspondent, who is trying to follow on guitar on the first two. On the third piece, Lotus is accompanied by Linda Handelsman and Dillon Buston at the 1981 Indiana Fiddlers Gathering in Battle Ground. This trio appeared on an earlier post to this blog with a rendition of Oyster River Hornpipe.
If you want to know more about Lotus, check out the Lotus Dickey Music website maintained by Grey Larson. Lotus was a very fine fiddler. But he also made his mark as a songwriter. I remember him mostly as a sage elder, a keen eye on the world, and a good friend.
Enjoy.
Paul Tyler, convener
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | March 22, 2009 | Comments (0)
Tunes from Karen Solgard
| Click blue link to download or to listen to these .mp3s. or Click here for tips and troubleshooting on how to get at these .mp3s. or Here are some tunes played by Karen Solgrad on a Norwegian hardanger fiddle. or or Reiselaat fra Hallingdal Steffasgard or Trondelag Bridal March or or Go to Karen Solgard’s transcriptions of these Norwegian tunes. or |
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | November 18, 2008 | Comments (0)
Alan Jabbour tunes
| Click blue link to download or to listen to these .mp3s. or Click here for tips and troubleshooting on how to get at these .mp3s. or Alan learned all these tunes from Henry Reed (1884-1968) of Glen Lyn, West Virginia. or or Granny Slow and medium versions of Granny. or West Virginia Highway Slow and medium versions of West Virginia Highway (aka Ebenezer). or Peekaboo Waltz Slow version of Peekaboo Waltz. or or Used with permission from Learning Old-Time Fiddle Appalachian Style with Alan Jabbour. or Go to Alan Jabbour’s transcriptions of these Henry Reed tunes. Alan Jabbour will be performing at the Fiddle Club of the World’s meeting on Wednesday, October 29 at Paddy O’Splaines. Click here to register, or call 773.728.6000. |
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | October 15, 2008 | Comments (0)
Ken Perlman tunes
| Click blue link to download or to listen to these .mp3s. or Click here for tips and troubleshooting on how to get at these .mp3s. or Ken learned these tunes from fiddlers on Prince Edward Island. or or Brae Reel Coming soon: a slow version of Brae Reel. or Miramichi Fire Coming soon: a slow version of Miramichi Fire. or Medley: The Brae Reel & The Miramichi Fire or or Used with permission from Ken Perlman, from his Island Boy CD. or Go to Ken Perlman’s transcriptions of these fiddle tunes. or |
Filed under: Tunes by Paul | October 12, 2008 | Comments (0)
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