Fiddling At Its Best

Subject: Fiddling At It's Best
From: Beer
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 09:06 PM

For you members and guests who like to rosin up the bow go to
http://www.capebretonlive.com/ Truly wonderful.
Beer

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 11:47 PM

DANG, Beer, you got us a winner!

~S~

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: Pauline L
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 11:59 PM

Wow!! Thank you!!

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: open mike
Date: 25 Jul 06 - 12:22 AM

if there was video too you would see that long legged natalie mcmaster
doing an amazing high stepping dance while playing!!

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: Beer
Date: 25 Jul 06 - 07:23 AM

When your on the main page, click on video and enjoy a house concert on each clip for about an hour each.
beer

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: Beer
Date: 25 Jul 06 - 09:52 AM

You've got to hear this.
Go to the second picture down from the video page.
Where it says October 7th. 2005
Click there.
Scroll down to "Phil Cunningham".
Click there.
Listen to the second number. It is a slow piece. It builds and builds. The hair on your back or chills will be felt   Truly beautiful.
Beer

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: radriano
Date: 25 Jul 06 - 02:32 PM

Yeah, sure, if you like Cape Breton fiddling.

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: Beer
Date: 25 Jul 06 - 09:52 PM

So do you like fiddling?? And if so, what style??
beer

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jul 06 - 10:16 PM

rad only likes sea shanties.

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: radriano
Date: 26 Jul 06 - 11:05 AM

I've played fiddle for many years and sing many different kinds of songs although it's true that for the last few years I've concentrated on sea shanties.

I really like the Clare style of Irish fiddling.

My first post to this thread was really a reaction to the spate of "best of ..." threads on Mudcat. I mean, why can't you say "Great Cape Breton fiddling" instead of "Fiddling at its best"? The "best" threads ignore or belittle the existance of other styles.

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jul 06 - 12:14 PM

All music is great. And I'm also a singer of sea shanties and love the songs. If your pissed off because of the name of the thread to f....ing bad.
Beer

Subject: GREAT CAPE BRETON FIDDLING
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Jul 06 - 12:20 PM

Fellas, this is a music thread that will sit here as a resource for years to come. How about we let the rest go? I've retitled the subject line of my post so that GREAT CAPE BRETON FIDDLING will show up later on a Supersearch. OK?

~Susan

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: Beer
Date: 26 Jul 06 - 12:43 PM

Thanks Susan. Also apologize to Radriano. This not like me
Beer

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Jul 06 - 01:11 PM

Gracious words, Beer.

Love ya both.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: Willie-O
Date: 26 Jul 06 - 02:02 PM

Natalie was just appointed to the Order of Canada, in membership wherein she will join her Uncle Buddy!

Membership in the Order "Recognizes: a lifetime of distinguished service in or to a particular community, group or field of activity"

I'm sure she's one of the youngest appointees.

Subject: RE: Fiddling At Its Best
From: GUEST,Obie
Date: 26 Jul 06 - 04:27 PM

Sometimes other fiddlers will put Cape Breton music down a bit simply because they can't play it. Even the great Don Messer was not able to play the Cape Breton style. Cec MacEachern did a much better job on it on the old Messer show. It is very exact in timing and the bowing is intricate. It came mostly from Gaelic Scotland and has been preserved here. The music in Scotland has changed and is no longer the same, but some there are adopting more of a Cape Breton style.
                  Slante,
                      Obie