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Sheet music for Yew Piney Mountain here; The Digital Library of Appalachia provides online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region. The contents of the DLA are drawn from special collections of Appalachian College Association member libraries. Hawks and Owls Stringband ...
Wells, a bluegrass teacher, asserts that the tune is a standard in the bluegrass banjo repertoire. [13] Tony Rice recorded an influential version of the tune on the album, “Manzanita.” The subsequent Mark O’Connor recording is a more progressive improvisational interpretation.
The Fiddler's Fakebook, by David Brody, is a collection of fiddle tunes in lead sheet form (naturally without lyrics). It includes tunes in the following styles: [1] England; Scotland; Ireland; Shetland; French Canadian; Nova Scotia/Cape Breton; New England; Old-Time; Bluegrass; Texas Style; Western Swing
He was named fiddle player of the year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards in 1996. [10] Howard died of cancer in 1999. [11] That year, he was once more named fiddle player of the year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards. [12] [13] An album of his recordings, I Rest My Case, was released posthumously by Sugar Hill Records in ...
"Soldier's Joy" is a fiddle tune, classified as a reel or country dance. [1] It is popular in the American fiddle canon, in which it is touted as "an American classic" [1] but traces its origin to Scottish fiddling traditions. [2]
Fiddler Kenny Baker. Kenny Baker is perhaps the most famed early bluegrass fiddler; he met Bill Monroe and cut a record with the Bluegrass Boys in 1957. [4] Kenny Baker served more years in Monroe's band than any other musician and was selected by Monroe to record the fiddle tunes passed down from Uncle Pen Vandiver.
Williams played fiddle in Bill Monroe's band and with such notables as Mac Wiseman, Reno & Smiley, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Grandpa Jones, Jimmy Martin, Kitty Wells & Johnny Wright, Stonewall Jackson, and Marty Robbins. [1] He was a recipient of the IBMA Pioneers of Bluegrass award. [2]
Bluegrass music originated with the fiddler Bill Monroe. According to Haigh, "Monroe always considered the fiddle to be the key instrument of bluegrass". [6] Other key fiddlers in bluegrass include: Chubby Wise - Played with Monroe. Also a Texas Swing player. [6]