Catskill NY fiddler - 1929

Unidentified Catskill NY fiddler, age 70 in 1929, from old Fox newsreel footage, posted with permission from University of South Carolina Newsfilm Library. The tune has been identified as "Boyne Hunt".

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Music

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• oldtime fiddle
• fiddle
• fiddler
• dance tune
• catskill NY

[DaveRuch]

I don't think so Bob, as John Coss Sr. was born in 1901 and was based in Andes. This guy would have been born circa 1859.

[DaveRuch]

Thanks, I thought so too. I don't have anything else to upload right now, but if I come across more and can secure permissions, I certainly will.

[TCarvaja1]

Awesome! Cow at 3:11 !!

[mywidescreen3162]

What a crack! kept me rollin. Minds me of my grandpa

[sabrinaeden]

Suitably inspired, I've been using a dolly peg mute of late - it's a bit like sticking a Harmon mute on a trumpet - a sound modifier rather than making it quieter as such. Looks cool too, though not as cool as this bloke...

[HenfieldWill]

Thanks for posting this, Dave - it's surreal! For one moment, I thought the whole thing was a weird piece of satire... Is the dolly peg actually being used as a mute? The fiddle sounds too clear to me - and it actually almost looks as though its being used as a bridge~! :-)

[sabrinaeden]

Brilliant! A consummate pro! Must try using a dolly peg for a mute & spitting on the pegs to help them stick. Real music - not like the jolly bourgeois Morris Dancers from 1929...

[shirehorse9]

His style really sounds Canadian.

[BobLuskmusic]

Good stuff Dave. Could this be John Coss?