Describes the role of the fiddle and the fiddler in Illinois music, including a sampling of fiddle tunes from various folk music traditions.
Funding
Sponsored in part by the We the People initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities through the Illinois General Assembly and the Illinois Arts Council.
Contents
Green sleeve / Garry Harrison & the Mule Team (2:46). -- Knox County stomp / Martin Bogan & Armstrong (2:17). -- Larry O'Gaff / Tommy Dandurand & his Barn Dance Fiddlers (3:09). -- Cielito Lindo / Sones de Mexico Ensemble (4:38). -- Pomalusku Nawracajcie (Slowly return) Obertas / Fr Dukli Wiejska Banda (3:14). -- Sail away ladies / Artie P. Crowder & the Tennessee Railsplitters (2:41). -- A Paddy Fahey reel-The tempest / Liz Carroll (3:55). -- Gotta Go! / Eddie South & his Orchestra (2:40). -- Medley of wedding tunes / Polish Highlanders (2:37). -- Going to London to get me a wife / Noah Beavers (2:11).
Waltz in A / The Nyen Family (1:28). -- Without a dime / "Banjo Ikey" Robinson (2:43). - Kansas City rag / Prairie Ramblers (2:58). -- Windy city rag / Alison Krauss & Union Station (2:29). -- The boys of bluehill-The stack of wheat / Pat Roche's Harp & Shamrock Band (3:14). -- Wolf Creek / Harvey "Pappy" Taylor (1:51). -- Vallerskogsvalsen / Nordic Cowboys (1:47). -- What a difference a day made / Johnny Frigo & his Quintet w/ Dick Marx (2:27). -- Oj Je Senske Duge Noci - Danilo's kolo / Sar Planina (3:30). -- Ol' Woodard's tune / Stephanie Coleman, Chirps Smith & Paul Tyler (3:07).