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22 May 03 - 12:15 PM (#957715) Subject: Limerock- Do you play it? From: Margo Just curious... I'm learning "Limerock" on the guitar, a fiddle tune by Kenny Baker. Do any of you play it? I thought it would be technically very hard, but it isn't that bad. I find "Salty" much more difficult. Do any of you play this kind of stuff? Margo |
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22 May 03 - 05:08 PM (#957881) Subject: RE: Limerock- Do you play it? From: GUEST,Egal I play the limerock polka is that the same tune? :0) |
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22 May 03 - 06:33 PM (#957921) Subject: RE: Limerock- Do you play it? From: Margo Hum a few bars... No, actually, I don't know. :o) The Limerock I play is written by Kenny Baker, unless I'm mistaken... |
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02 Oct 14 - 04:28 PM (#3665453) Subject: RE: Limerock- Do you play it? From: GUEST,Darwin Long You are mistaken. Limerock is not written by Kenny Baker. It is much older tune than that. It is however closely related in structure to a polka and that is the most effective and common dance done to the tune. |
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02 Oct 14 - 05:44 PM (#3665480) Subject: RE: Limerock- Do you play it? From: GUEST,leeneia It's a lovely tune! I wish I had the music for it. or an ABC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnvjxtJw0Ic |
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03 Oct 14 - 05:54 AM (#3665609) Subject: RE: Limerock- Do you play it? From: Jack Campin It's a reel, not a polka. Sounds like a distant relative of St Anne's Reel. It also sounds helluva difficult in the Johnny Gimble version, but I'm not a fiddler. Looking for the dots with Google, I didn't expect all that motor racing stuff. Is there a connection? |
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03 Oct 14 - 12:02 PM (#3665738) Subject: RE: Limerock- Do you play it? From: GUEST,Arkie This is heard at quite a few fiddle contests and is attributed to a Texas fiddler. The version heard most frequently these days is related to an arrangement made by Benny Thomasson, a legendary Texas style fiddler who has been an influence on many younger fiddlers. A local Arkansas fiddler, Brandon Apple, does a particularly good version of this tune. Brandon has won several major fiddle contests and played for a time in Clint Black's band. This site has some information on the tune. Limerock |
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03 Oct 14 - 01:07 PM (#3665753) Subject: RE: Limerock- Do you play it? From: Susan of DT Jack - Limerock is a race track in NW Connecticut. Dick's son races there, among other sites. There is a camp nearby - Camp Isabella Friedman (no relation) that has been used for music gatherings on occasion. |
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03 Oct 14 - 01:54 PM (#3665766) Subject: RE: Limerock- Do you play it? From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for the link, Arkie. I enjoyed Benny Thomasson's version, though I quickly covered my sensitive ears at the first high E. I agree with Darwin Long - no matter what 'legendary fiddlers' have done to it, it's a polka. I've made a MIDI of it to play on the piano, eliminating the variations I don't care for. |