Bruce Molsky--fiddle tune 2

[stigandr5]

Yaeeh! Man, what a fire!

[tribchb]

The first tune is Sandy River, which Marcus Martin of NC recorded for the Library of Congress many decades ago. It's in it's own tuning. Don't know the second tune.

[rpgnostic]

Saw Bruce play this very tune at the Potomac Celtic Festival in Leesburg this past June. I love his playing style. I'd love to see him play alongside one of the Cape Breton Fiddlers.

[isaaaroo]

The second one is called Pickin' the Devil's Eye. Also known as the most delicious tune ever written.

[vinchinzo123]

I heard about him through caswell, he is so good.

And he can hold it any way he wants! Hes that good

[CamFamBand]

First tune is Sandy River from Marcus Martin.

[MCPRE]

WOW

[mandobuilder]

Sounds a lot like Black Mountain Rag

[arkhatych]

It's called "Sally Goodin'"

[Artcarnie]

Thanks for putting these up! And Thanks Bruce!!!!

[becca3k]

Classic Molsky. I took a group fiddle lesson from

Bruce in Chatham, NY about 4 years ago and heard

him play with Jay Ungar at a jam in Saugerties.

What a night!

[CaptainBeeFart]

Wait a minute! This isn't "Chocolate Rain"!

[TheBachands]

Wow! We have seen Bruce at a concert here and listen to his CD all the time. He is a master of Old time fiddle, Appalachian, Kentucky, West Virginia. He plays it the way it is supposed to be played, he is an amazing musician and a wonderful human being. Incredibly talented, as you can see we are BIG fans!

[hayouni1968]

i bet anyone who listens to this will love it, i just do

[xms32]

goes to show anybody who cross tunes and pretends to play can sell mel bay books.

[tnoelle]

whoa, don't tell me you're accusing Bruce Molsky of "pretending to play"! He's one of the best old-time fiddlers playing today.

[Wishuey]

And how many fiddle tunes have YOU performed?.....

[tnoelle]

Not nearly as many as Bruce, but I do what I can...

[Wishuey]

My comment was meant for "xmas32" in response to his snotty remark about cross tuning and "pretending to play". If I were one tenth as accomplished as Molsky on fiddle (or banjo) I`d be one happy camper indeed.

[fiddler317]

pretty much advertising yourself as someone who doesn't know anything about old time fiddle.

[xms32]

:) and you don't even know how to hold a fiddle. haha.

[Flerick]

lmao you told that sucker! XD

[TBCSS]

@xms32 if you didn't notice... he's not crosstuned. :-P beautiful tunes.

[slb22000]

The second tune is doubtlessly Pickin' the Devil Eye.

[FiddlingMike]

BrendanBjo is dead on. Sandy River and Pickin' the Devil's Eye. Great music.

[luxlibido]

Absolutely ridiculously good.

[BrendanBjo]

The first tune is Sandy River, from the Library of Congress recordings of Marcus Martin; the second tune is indeed Picking The Devil's Eye (not Bill Brown or Horseshoe Bend), both in AEAC# tuning.

[Stev187]

Yup, that's Bill Brown. Bruce did a fiddle workshop at my house about the time he released Lost Boy (10 years ago). I had the honor of playing with him at a party that night--man, was that fun. He's a great guy.

[walkingpictures]

That fiddle playing is absolutely amazing....gobsmacked here

[stone1home]

Second Tune, first part: Fall On My Knees.

Second Part: Horseshoe Bend

[stone1home]

The first part of the second tune is "Fall On My Knees"; the second part is a snip from "Horseshoe Bend".

[stone1home]

Oops tilt! The first fiddle tune is a variant of "Sister Ann" (which is itself a variant of "Ragtime Annie") as I heard recorded by the -I think- Hard Luck String Band.

I play the tune out of D; I think he has it in cross tuning.

Ben

[Michaelatmo]

Well, we are all wrong. This tune ("fiddle tune 2") is definately not "picking the devil's eye" - or three forks of cheat - it's "Bill Brown", a John Salyer tune, which Bruce recorded on his Lost Boy CD.

Thanks to my wife Doria, who gladly listened to every tune Bruce has recorded in this tuning to identify it!

[smdtmtl]

I think Glennfiddler has the titles right. I have all of Bruce's recordings. This Lost indian is a little different from the DVD version, but that's not surprising. Of course, in the world of old time music, this could also be yet another version of Grey eagle, or Sally Ann... (just kidding.) Bruce is great.

[GlennFiddler]

Well the first tune sounds a lot like Eck Robertson's Lost Indian (he teaches it on his DVD) and the last tune is definitely Picking Out the Devil's Eye. You can tell because you can hear him picking out the eye with the left hand pizzicato!

[Michaelatmo]

is it Three Forks of Cheat? all those AEAC# tunes sound alike! and I love 'em!