THE MAIDEN'S PRAYER.wmv

A sweet old fiddle tune and one of Chubby's most popular. He has an incredibly bluesy style and amazing moves that he adds to tunes that are so uniquely Chubby. This tune has a beautiful break by Ellis "Buz" Butler on the dobro. Chubby loved to hear that "old biscuit board", as he called dobros...and he really loved to hear Buz play the dobro.

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• maiden's
• prayer
• bluegrass music
• fiddle

[canopyroad]

Thank you all so much. He was an incredible musician and we were honored to have the opportunity to share a stage with him. He was also a friend and a fine man and mentor. Thanks for the posts! We have some more clips still to post as soon as we can get them up.

[canopyroad]

Hi Ralph and thanks for your comment! I play the banjo and guitar upside down and backwards, just never changed the strings around. I decided to do it that way because i didn't want to have a banjo different from anyone else's...made sense to me at the time. Chubby was a joy to pick with. I'll send you a link of me playing that you may be interested in because it is closer and you can see the strings are actually upside down.

[ralph5656]

Strange, I didn't notice it before that the banjo player is left handed.. Left handed myself and all these years I couldn't find a lefthanded banjo. I have one now and so got a video to learn from! Gteat fiddle and dobro playing. Sad so many good musicians have left us but we can keep the music alive.I like his fiddle the best.

Ralph

[canopyroad]

@ralph5656 Hi Ralph and thanks for your comment! I play the banjo and guitar upside down and backwards, just never changed the strings around. I decided to do it that way because i didn't want to have a banjo different from anyone else's...made sense to me at the time. Chubby was a joy to pick with. I'll send you a link of me playing that you may be interested in because it is closer and you can see the strings are actually upside down.

[canopyroad]

Thanks so much. He was one of a kind.

[canopyroad]

We remembered him getting it and how proud he was of it, but we could not remember the details. So happy to hear you are still making great music with it! I know Buz is delighted about that...! We have an acquaintance here in Tallahassee named R. Q. Jones who used to make dobros and I think he was somehow associated with Bob Reed. I know R.Q. made dobros, too, and was living in Oklahoma for a long time. He is a fine man and great dobro player, also.

[TModel15]

It takes great talent to take a simple tune, turn it inside out and play it every which way. What a wonderful opportunity you are providing for those of us who never got the chance to see and hear this musician during his time on this earth. If we are lucky maybe we can all learn to play a little bit like Chubby Wise.and keep his music going on and on.

[RoddoRexx]

This tune has a real sweet sound. I wish music could be beautiful, heart felt and fun again. This generation could learn a lot from real musicians like Chubby Wise.

[dcgilleland]

First heard this as a kid in Houston back in the 60's when Chubby cut this on the Stoneway label as a single. It was being played about once an hour down there.

Will still fill a BIG Texas dance floor when played!

[buzfan01]

@drifterls You got it right man, he's awesome.

[drifterls]

Theres a lot of great fiddle player out there ,,but Chubby,s the king.,He can really make that fiddle talk.. Thanks so much for posting ... R I P Chubby.