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"Orange Blossom Special" is a fiddle tune about the luxury passenger train of the same name. The song was written by Ervin T. Rouse (1917–1981) in 1938 and was first recorded by Rouse and his brother Gordon in 1939. Often called simply "The Special" or "OBS", the song is commonly referred to as "the fiddle player's national anthem". [1] [2]
Ervin Thomas Rouse (September 19, 1917 – July 8, 1981) was an American fiddler and songwriter, largely known for his widely recorded "Orange Blossom Special" (1938).He also wrote the 1940s Moon Mullican hit "Sweeter Than The Flowers", which has also become a bluegrass standard.
Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band is a compilation album by American musician Charlie Daniels. Released on August 18, 1998, the album consists of re-recordings of a number of his hits.
Arrival of the Orange Blossom Special, December 1938 in Plant City, Florida. It happened during the maiden run of the new streamlined train at the Jacksonville Seaboard Railroad Station that Ervin T. Rouse and Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise saw this train. Rouse and Wise wrote the Orange Blossom Special song as a fiddle tune. The tune was first ...
American fiddle-playing began with the early European settlers, ... Orange Blossom Special exploits the capacity of fiddle or violin to imitate various mechanical ...
FAMU will participate in its final Orange Blossom Classic on Sep. 3, at least for the next three years, after FAMU AD Tiffani-Dawn Sykes rejected the OBC’s $1.475 million offer
Hoyt Axton Live – Hoyt Axton – 1981 – on fiddle and harmonica – featured as a solo on "Orange Blossom Special" and "Roanoake". Pistol Packin’ Mama – Hoyt Axton – 1981 – on fiddle and harmonica on all tracks. Lonesome Feeling – Herb Pedersen – 1984 – on fiddle; Plunge – Michael Stearns – 1986 – on fiddle; Polka Party!
This was the first time that Alabama State competed in the Orange Blossom Classic, and the first time since 1951 that North Carolina Central was included in the game. While the attendance numbers ...