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"Red Wing" is a popular song written in 1907 with music by F.A Mills and lyrics by Thurland Chattaway. Mills adapted the music of the verse from Robert Schumann 's piano composition "The Happy Farmer, Returning From Work" from his 1848 Album for the Young , Opus 68.
The Westphalia Waltz is an historic Texas waltz by Cotton Collins, a fiddler with the Lone Star Playboys, named after the town of Westphalia, Texas. [2] [3]The Westphalia Waltz melody is derived from a well known Polish tune that goes by several names, among them "Pytala Sie Pani" and "Wszystkie Rybki."
The types of tunes found in old-time fiddling are called "fiddle tunes", even when played by instruments other than a fiddle. The style originates from the colonization of North America by immigrants from England , France , Germany , Ireland , and Scotland , who brought their native fiddling traditions with them, mixed with influence from ...
The first is a morris dance tune, the second has 5 beats within a four-bar phrase, and the third was recorded by Stanley Holloway in 1959 "Church Street/ Redwing/ St Mary's" (Trad/ Kerry Mills/ Trad) "Redwing" is frequently credited as "Trad" but was written in 1907. "Flowers of Edinburgh/ Soldier's Joy/ Morpeth Rant" (Trad/ Trad/ Trad)
Gimble was nominated for a Grammy for his performance on the 1993 Mark O'Connor album Heroes, and was awarded two Grammy awards: 1) in 1994 for his arrangement of "Red Wing" on the Bob Wills tribute album by Asleep At The Wheel; 2) and in 1995 for Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Hightower" with Asleep At The Wheel.
She was also invited to television shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies, The Art Linkletter Show, Captain Kangaroo, The Bob Braun Show, Live with Regis and Kathy Lee, and CBS Evening News. [3] In 1974, Hensley (along with her family) released the first of three albums called Old Time Fiddle Tunes. Nine and forty years later respectively, she ...
"Union Maid" is a union song, with lyrics written by Woody Guthrie in response to a request for a union song from a female point of view. [1] The melody is the 1907 standard "Red Wing" by Kerry Mills, [2] which was in turn adapted from Robert Schumann's piano composition "The Happy Farmer, Returning From Work" in his 1848 Album for the Young, Opus 68.
Jabbour was an apprentice to Reed, listening, recording and learning Reed's tunes on the Fiddle and harmonica. [1] Alan Jabbour's band, the Hollow Rock String Band, used many of Reed's tunes in their music. As the band played Reed's tunes at more shows he became more of a public figure, and eventually began to be recognized for his music. [1]