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PP-001/002  64 Essential Fiddle Tunes   

I put this together a few years back as a learning tool for my students.  Contains 64 tunes, each played fast and then slow (except for the waltzes--they're already slow) for easy learning. Click here for complete tune list.

PP-006  Patt n' Possum: Hoedowns, Hornpipes and Hokum 

Recorded with the encouragement of the late Larry MacBride of Marimac Recordings in 1992 at Crown Point, Indiana.  With the lovely and talented Patt Plunkett on piano.  Tunes include: Dundee's Hornpipe/Joseph Won a Coated Fiddle; Walk Along John / Old Fort Smith; Little Burnt Potato; Belles of America / Step Up Susie; Duncan's HP / Angus Campbell; Victory Breakdown; Norma Lou's Waltz; Lady of the Lake / Oyster Girl; Grey Eagle; Paddy on the Railroad / Chicken Reel; Listen to the Mockingbird; Old Hen Cackle; Woodchopper's & St. Anne's Reels; Shamus O'Brien Waltz; Polk Co. Breakdown; Martha Campbell / Turkey in the Pea Patch; Quadrille in G; Old Ladies Pickin' Chickens; Casey's Hornpipe; Jim Clark's & Cincinnati Hornpipes.

PP-003  Draggin' The Bow 

Recorded in 1985 with John Stewart on guitar in Columbia, MO.  We were in the midst of a busy contest and giggin' season and so went in the studio to lay this down.  Tunes include: Wagner / Brenda's Reel / Martin's Waltz / South Missouri / Good for the Tongue / Little Red Barn Quadrille / Draggin' the Bow / Clyde Durst's Tune / Hell Amongst the Yearlings / Fiddler's Hoedown / Fiddler's Dream / Ford's One Step / Rustic Dance Schottische / Shannon Waltz / London-Lamplighter Medley / Clarinet Polka

PP-007  Traditional Fiddle Music of Missouri 

Recorded at R. P. Christeson's home in Auxvasse, MO in 1982.  With Emily Buckhannon on piano and Dennis Buckhannon on guitar.  Tunes include: The Irish Cobbler; Long John; Mother's Waltz; Tune in C; Stars and Stripes Waltz; Ned Kendall and Constitution Hornpipes; Vee Latty's Bb Waltz; Rosebud Hornpipe; Casey's Old-Time Waltz; Jesse's Quadrille; Irish Reel; Opera Reel; Smith's Reel; Bill Powell's Waltz; Carrollton County Breakdown; Spotted Pony; Zack Wheat's Piece; Johnny Don't Come Home Drunk; Bill Caton's Hornpipe.

PP-004  Missouri Fiddle Jam  Vol. 1

Recording of fiddle jam session in Bethel, MO, in 1988 when I was at the height of my fiddlin' powers (though now a mere shadow of my former self).  Tunes include: Eighth of January; Boys Around the World; Brenda's Reel; Casey's Hornpipe; Constitution Hornpipe; Dick Sand's Hornpipe; Fiddler's Hoe-Down; Frisky Jim; Goodnight Waltz; High Level; Jack Danielson's; Jesse Polka; Johnny, Don't Come Home Drunk; Joseph Won A Coated Fiddle; Herring Reel; Rustic Dance; Shannon Waltz; Smith's Hornpipe; South Missouri; Threshing Tune.

PP-005  Old Time and Hot Fiddlin'

Mike Miller and I live at the North Central Regional Fiddlers Convention in Hillsdale, MI, recorded August 11, 2001.  Tunes include: Beaumont Rag, Flopt-Eared Mule, Dill Pickles Rag, Forked Deer, Grey Eagle, Gardeenie Waltz, Creamy Georgianna Moon, Memphis Blues, Just A Closer Walk with Thee, New Soldier's Joy, Leather Britches, Listen to the Mockin' Byrd.

PP-008  PossTrax 

Again with my buddy, John Stewart, on the starvation box.  Recorded in 1994 in Evanston, IL.  Mostly oddball pieces and waltzes plus a few hoe-downs.  Dig it!  Tunes include: Whistlin' Rufus; Harry Truman's Favorite Waltz; Sowf; Swing #1; Peachtree Limb; Swing #2; Faded Ruv; Swing #3; Durang's Hornpipe; Love Somebody; Red Fox Waltz; Swing #4; Oklahoma Redbird; Swing #5; Swing #6.

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