HOMESPUN

Taught By Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Bruce Molsky.
Level 2
One CD plus music and chord book
With Bruce Molsky, fiddle; Cathy Fink, banjo; Marcy Marxer, guitar and mandolin; and Joe Fallon, bass

Here’s an exciting way to increase your repertoire of old time tunes and gain confidence when you join in the sessions at parties, festivals, camps and other musical events. Bruce, Cathy, Marcy and Joe play these thirteen instrumentals up to speed for those ready to jam and at half speed for the sake of beginning/intermediate pickers who want to play along at a more relaxed tempo. The repertoire includes both standards and some less well-known but important tunes. Whether your instrument is fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass or guitar, this play-along CD will help move your playing to the next step. Fiddle and banjo tunings are included along with suggested chords and notes on the sources of each tune.

Tunes: "Susananna Gal," "Tennessee Gals," "Martha Campbell," "Sunny Home in Dixie," "Flatwoods," "Paddy On The Hand Car," "Wild Horse at Stoney Point," "Wild Hog in the Woods," "June Apple," "Pretty Little Widow," "Jenny on the Railroad," "Tippy Get Your Hair Cut," "Texas Gals."

The players on this CD are skilled multi-instrumentalists and long time veterans of the folk, old time and bluegrass music scenes. They have appeared on numerous recordings, both under their own names and as members of various well-known groups. In addition to performances throughout the U.S. and abroad, each is also an experienced teacher. Cathy, Marcy and Bruce have each made audio and video instructional materials for Homespun Tapes.

One of the most influential old-time fiddlers on the scene today. He's also a remarkable guitarist, banjoist, and singer who learned directly from renowned musicians Tommy Jarrell and Albert Hash, two of his mentors in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Thanks in part to his time spent with these old masters, Bruce has earned numerous awards at fiddle and banjo contests around the South, including: Galax, Virginia; Mount Airy, North Carolina; and the Appalachian String Band Festival in West Virginia. Bruce has performed extensively at festivals and concert venues throughout the US and abroad. He is a highly sought-after fiddle and banjo teacher, and teaches his own intensive fiddle workshop program all over the United States. He is a regular instructor at Augusta Heritage Center, Jay Unger and Molly Mason's Ashokan Music Camp, and Alisdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle Camp, among others. His most recent CDs, " Poor Man's Troubles" and " Lost Boy" are on Rounder Records.