![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Roll Over Mozart (Turkish Rondo) - Ian Jacks and Tom Joad Mozart's "Turkish Rondo" played to a backbeat. Recorded in 1999. Source: Born digital Keywords: Fiddle Tune Downloads: 1,701 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Martha Campbell - Moe Kunkle Roger Cooper on fiddle and Moe Kunkle on guitar. Recorded during one of our practice sessions in the mid-1970's. Source: Home recorded cassette tape. Keywords: Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune Downloads: 1,067 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[movingimage]](/images/mediatype_movingimage.gif) | Living Room Recordings 004 Booth Shot Lincoln - Matchbook Films Old-time fiddle tune featuring Barbara Hansen, Stephanie Prausnitz, and Matt Knoth Keywords: fiddle; old-time music; fiddle tune Downloads: 641 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Eck Robertson - Ragtime Annie - Eck Robertson Great performance of a traditional tune by fiddler "Uncle" A.C. "Eck" Robertson in this 1922 recording. From 78rpm. Source: Original 78rpm disk digitized by old78collector Keywords: Music; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm; Oldtime Downloads: 5,323 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Arkansaw Traveler - Henry C Gilliland and A C (Eck) Robertson Very early country fiddle duet, recorded June 1922. Arkansaw Traveler played by Henry C Gilliland and A C (Eck) Robertson. From the original 78rpm disk (Victor 18956). Source: Victor 18956 digitized by old78collector Keywords: Music; Country; Folk; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm; Oldtime Downloads: 5,961 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers-Shootin' Creek - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Reorded on July 23, 1928. This tune is clearly related, if not the same tune, to the old-timey and bluegrass standard "Cripple Creek." Alan Jabbour has speculated that the "Cripple Creek" title may be related to certain labor disputes in the Cripple Creek area of Colorado during 1903 and 1904. On the other hand, a Cripple Creek flows through Grayson and Carroll Counties in Southwest Virginia. As for the title "Shootin' Creek," there exists a Shooting Creek region in Franklin County also in South... Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Blue Ridge Highballers - Flop-Eared Mule - Blue Ridge Highballers Traditional "Mountain Dance Music" tune, recorded March 23, 1926 by the Blue Ridge Highballers ("led by Charley La Prade, fiddler"). From 78rpm disk. Source: Original 78rpm disk (Columbia 15081-D) digitized by old78collector Keywords: Music; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm; Oldtime Downloads: 7,288 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Skillet Lickers-Soldier's Joy - The Skillet Lickers Recorded on October 29, 1929 in Atlanta. The Skillet Lickers on this rendition of "Soldier's Joy" feature what is considered to be the classic line-up of this crazy string band: Gid Tanner on fiddle, Riley Puckett on vocals and guitar, Clayton McMichen on fiddle and Fate Norris on banjo. "Soldier's Joy" is probably the best known fiddle tune of all, with versions being found in Scandinavia and France... Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 7,066 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Blue Ridge Highballers - Fourteen Days In Georgia - Blue Ridge Highballers Traditional "Mountain Dance Music" tune, recorded March 23, 1926 by the Blue Ridge Highballers ("led by Charley La Prade, fiddler"). From 78rpm disk. Source: Original 78rpm disk (Columbia 15081-D) digitized by old78collector Keywords: Music; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm; Oldtime Downloads: 6,897 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers-Blues In The Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers Recorded on March 28, 1928 in San Antonio, Texas. This recording is considered one of the first of what would be later categorized as "Western" or "Texas" Swing, popularized later by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. The style is a unique amalgam of blues, ragtime, jazz and old time fiddle music. Michelle Shocked claims that Prince Albert Hunt chose to live "on the wrong side of the tracks." He was shot to death outside of a Dallas bar in March of 1931. Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Instrumental; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 5,232 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Skillet Lickers-Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A Drink - The Skillet Lickers Recorded on April 17, 1926 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Skillet Lickers recorded extensively throughout the late 20s. They were known for their off-the-wall arrangements of old-time fiddle tunes. This was recorded at their first recording session and included Gid Tanner and Clayton McMichen on fiddles, Fate Norris on banjo, Riley Puckett on guitar and lead vocals, as well as a cast of unidentified performers. Source: 78rpm>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 5,653 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Fiddlin' John Carson-Little Old Cabin In The Lane - Fiddlin' John Carson Recorded on June 13 or 14, 1923 in Atlanta. Polk Brockman ran a furniture store in Atlanta and in order to market phonographs had devloped a flourishing business selling "race" 78rpm recordings. In 1923, Ralph Peer arrived in Atlanta looking for black talent to record. Brockman imposed on him to record local fiddle champion Fiddlin' John Carson. Peer recorded Carson, but was unimpressed and issued this recording without even a label to the Atlanta market only... Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 2,767 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | DaCosta Woltz' Southern Broadcasters-Are You Washed In The Blood Of The Lamb? - DaCosta Woltz' Southern Broadcasters Recorded in 1927. This string band included Ben Jarrell on fiddle (father of '60s fiddle prodigy Tommy Jarrell), Frank Jenkins on banjo (father of '60s banjoist Oscar Jenkins) and DaCosta Woltz, also on banjo. Woltz was a one-time mayor of Galax, Virginia, a long-time hot bed of old-timey banjo-fiddle string bands and site of the famous Fiddlers' Convention. Source: 78rpm>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Gospel; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 3,684 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dave Payne West Virginia State Harmonica Championship 2009 Elk River Blues - Dave Payne Second place winner of 2009 West Virginia Harmonica Championship. West Virginia fiddle tune written by Ernie Carpenter. Keywords: dave payne elk river blues harmonica contest championship west virginia ernie carpenter fiddle tune Downloads: 28 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ragtime Annie - Gerry Dempsey, ian Jacks and Tom Joad Traditional US folk tune played here in an improvised style. Mandolin: Gerry Dempsey Fiddle: Ian Jacks Guitar: Tom Joad Source: Born digital Keywords: Country; Fiddle Tune; Oldtime; Country Rag; Improvisations and Jazz; Bluegrass; Violin Downloads: 3,117 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Don Richardson - Arkansas Traveler - Don Richardson A very early recording of the traditional country fiddle tune "Arkansas Traveler", played by Don Richardson, dating from April of 1916. There is a barely audible piano accompaniment. This is from the original 78rpm disk, which is not in great shape, and there is considerable noise. But this recording does not seem to be widely available even as a reissue, so I thought it worthwhile to post it despite the condition. Source: Original 78rpm disk (Columbia A2140) digitized by old78collector Keywords: Music; Folk; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm; Oldtime Downloads: 6,657 Average rating: (9 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Don Richardson - Durangs Hornpipe with Little Brown Jug - Don Richardson "Durang's Hornpipe - introducing Little Brown Jug", is played by fiddler Don Richardson in this 1916 recording. This is arguably the first country music recording session. From 78rpm Source: From original 78rpm disk digitized by old78collector Keywords: Music; Folk; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; Fiddle; 78rpm; oldtime Downloads: 5,444 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Don Richardson - Mississippi Sawyer - Don Richardson Fiddler Don Richardson plays traditional tune "Mississippi Sawyer" in what may be the first country music recording session in April of 1916. The tune dates from the 1830s, as far as I can determine. From the original 78rpm disk. Source: Original 78rpm disk digitized by old78collector Keywords: Music; Folk; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; Fiddle; 78rpm; Oldtime Downloads: 1,624 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | J. W. Day-Way Up On Clinch Mountain - J. W. Day Recorded on February 27, 1928 in New York City. J. W. Day was the real name of a fiddler who later performed as Jilson Setters. Jilson Setters, the character, was held out to the public by a folk festival organizer as a modern day Rip Van Winkle. Setters purportedly spent his life in the mountains never to come into contact with the modern world, still retaining vestiges of his English ancestry , not to mention original British ballads... Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 3,081 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Leake County Revelers-Molly Put The Kettle On - The Leake County Revelers Recorded in 1928. The Revelers were Will Gilmer on the fiddle, R.O. Mosley on the mandolin, Jim Wolverton on the banjo and Dallas Jones on the guitar. Only Wolverton was actually from Leake County, Mississippi, the rest of this string band was from Scott County, Mississippi. "Molly Put The Kettle On" is also known as "Jenny Put The Kettle On" as well as "Polly Put The Kettle On." It is an Old-Time Southern Breakdown and is believed to have been part of the African-American string band tradition. Source: 78rpm>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 3,650 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly-Streak Of Lean, Streak Of Fat - A. A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly Recorded on March 20, 1930 in Atlanta. A. A. gray plays the fiddle and John Dilleshaw (more popularly known as Seven Foot Dilly) plays guitar. It is my understanding that "streak of lean, streak of fat" is a reference to a southern side dish called "salt pork," a variation of what used to be known as "bacon." Dilly was much recorded during the twenties, both with Gray, and with his own stringband: Seven Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles. Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Instrumental; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 8,081 Average rating: (6 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Grayson & Whitter-Ommie Wise - Grayson & Whitter Recorded on October 18, 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia. G.B. Grayson on fiddle and vocals. Harry Smith, editor of "The Anthology of American Folk Music," summarized "Ommie Wise" with this headline: "Greedy girl goes to Adams Spring with liar; lives just long enough to regret it." This tune is apparently based on the real life drowning of the pregnant Naomi Wise in North Carolina in 1808. Source: 78rpm>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Ballad; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 2,550 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers-Sally Ann - Frank Blevins & The Tar Heel Rattlers Recorded on November 8, 1927 in Atlanata, Georgia. Fiddler Frank Blevins was only 16 years old at the time that he recorded this tune with his brother Edd Blevins on guitar and fred Miller on banjo. According to Marshall Wyatt they received at least part of their inspiration for this wild version thanks to some choice shots of corn liquor. "Sally Ann" is a version of a tune that also goes by "Great Big Taters In Sandy Land," "Briar Patch," and "Sail Away Ladies." It is one of the most popular of... Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 2,941 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Eck Robertson-Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson Recorded on June 30, 1922 or July 1, 1922 in New York City. Although it is indeed possible, if not likely, that country or hillbilly performers had been recorded earlier, these sessions with Texas fiddler Eck Robertson are the earliest documented recording sessions of a country performer. The recordings were not released until about a year later. "Sally Gooden" is another ubiquitous old-time fiddle tune that is rivalled only by "Soldier's Joy" in popularity. Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Instrumental; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 6,118 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Aiken County String Band-High Sheriff - Aiken County String Band Recorded on September 19, 1927 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Nothing is known about this string band, other than that it is believed that they were from South Carolina. That and they sure could pick a mean mandolin. Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Instrumental; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 7,602 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dykes Magic City Trio-Tennessee Girls - Dykes Magic City Trio Recorded on March 10, 1927 in New York City. John Dykes plays the fiddle, Hub Mahaffey plays guitar and Miss Myrtle Vermillion plays autoharp. This trio, along Dock Boggs, impressed the Brunswick label enough during an audition in Norton, Virginia that they were invited, with Boggs, to New York to record. This tune is a variation of a fiddle tune more popularly known as "Johnson Boys." The "Magic City" referred to in the name of this string band was Kingsport, Tennessee, which was a planned city... Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3 Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm Downloads: 2,517 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Frolicking Ladies Playing Banish Misfortune - Tina E Andrus Pennywhistle and flutes, wildlife track. Banish Misfortsune is a very popular traditional Irish jig. Whistle plays the traditional melody. How many flutes do you hear? Keywords: Irish; Folk; Traditional; Celtic; Flutes; Pennywhistle; Fiddle Tune; Singing Birds; Jig; Double Jig; Danceable; Toe Tapping; Spirited; The Wild Earth Mother Sings to Us; Tina Andrus; Earth Energy Music Downloads: 528 |