You are AMAZING! Thank you for wearing that American Fiddle Method T-Shirt🤩🎻just bought it to work with my students…I would so love to play this way…I have a classical background and am a baby at fiddle playing!
Why Do They DO This ?? THEY Just LOVE Play'n MUSIC!! Thank You! My BLESSINGS Are to You, and All of Yours. PLEASE LEARN To Discern The Difference Between RIGHT And WRONG, GOOD, And EVIL. And To Live Well And To LIVE RIGHT ! Always B' Shalom! ב’ שאלום (()\ t.he O.ne E.ternal W.atcher /(-)) ה דייך למד מֱלָכִי־צֶדֶק ר גַבְרִיאֵל the Djin, Lamad: Mlki-Tzdq Rosh Javriel (Dean, Lamad: Melchizedek R Gabriel, d.d. L.-h' Z )
I started fiddling at jams with Roger at Folk School of St. Louis. His mother told me she took him to Winfield when he first violin in the hs orchestra. Roger asked, "Can I do that with my violin?" She replied, "Yes, you can." Yes, you can, Roger. Yes, you can!
Hi Roger - I restore fiddles for friends and fun. Can you remember what strings you were using at this time? Thanks! I just finished a 1850s Mirecourt and have Helicores on it but want more options. - jim p.s. found your videos via the Lazy John version you recorded at Book House in Maplewood, Missouri.. Great job!
I don't think Roger's seen this question, but I can tell you that at this particular time, Roger was almost certainly using either Prims or John Pearse steel core fiddle strings.
Hi Jim -- thanks for the compliment! Robin is right -- I was using John Pearse strings at the time, but it was honestly just because they were a fairly inexpensive option available. I'm still exploring different string options and haven't really settled on a favorite yet.
In my mind the fiddle is telling a story, something that happened deep in the bluegrass mountains; the guitar starts laughing and says tell me more! The fiddle is happy to oblige and continues telling the tale about a man who drank too much of his own moonshine and one day staggered drunkenly into a bear cave; the guitar laughs again and asks what happened next? Well, says the violin, the bear ate the man, which filled the bear with so much alcohol that it stumbled drunkenly through the forest until it fell over a cliff and drowned in the river below; the guitar laughs even louder and says so what's the motto of the story? The violin replies: "There ain't no motto, it's just a story I love to tell, so let me keep on tellin' it and you keep on laughin' at it, otherwise there ain't no music!"
Awesome!!!! I think the funny part of the video is Brad and Alex standing in the background and how when the tune ends Brad just looks at Alex and is like "c'mon man, let's get outa here"
