Katydid Waltz - Jim Herd, fiddle

Jim's family was playing fiddle in America before the Revolutionary War. They moved to Tennessee, and then to Missouri. Jim moved to Sunnyside, WA, about 55 years ago. He taught a lot of young fiddlers in the Pacific Northwest tunes that had been handed down in his family for many generations. This recording session at the Williams' camp at the 1991 National Oldtime Fiddler's Contest, Weiser, ID, was issued on a Voyager CD, available at www.VoyagerRecords.com. He is backed up by Laura Smith, banjo, Vivian Williams, guitar, Phil Williams, bass. Video by Barry Brower.

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Music

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• fiddle
• oldtime
• music
• alternative
• traditional
• folk
• Ozark
• Missouri
• Weiser
• vpwillnw

[mywidescreen3162]

Fine playing, when I saw the name "katydid", that reminded me of what I called my cousin when we were small. This is a very nice waltz piece. Tks

[hornbeampromise]

A joy ~ I keep coming back to this. Many many thanks ~ Chris

[colindominy]

This is a very sweet old waltz-time fiddle tune, played by a very capable 'old-timer'. It's the old-timers who, by virtue of their long, long years of practise, have acquired by experience, that magic inherent sense of TIMING & RHYTHM, in respect to the fiddle tunes they play. The timing & rhythm here is SUPERB and very sweet to the ear. As the immortal, dearly departed John Hartford was so fond of saying, "Not Too Fast, Not Too Slow - Just Right !!". Thank you John Herd & thank you vpwillnw !

[docrw]

Jim was my neighbor since I was a kid and one of the finest people I've ever known, along with his wife Lou.