Thirty Fiddle Tunes For the Mandolin
HOMESPUN
Taught By Butch Baldassari.
All Levels
Two CDs plus music and tab book

These thirty classic fiddle tunes will add depth to your mandolin repertoire, and increase your technical profiency on the instrument so you can jam with confidence. Butch plays each piece both slowly and up-to-speed, and provides rhythm tracks (with mandolin and guitar) which allow for instant practice sessions, anytime. The CD format allows you to access any track instantly, with no rewinding or fast-forwarding to seek out a tune or a lick.

Songs: St. Anne's Reel, Fisher's Hornpipe, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Little Rabbit, Cherokee Shuffle, Money's All Gone, Fire On The Mountain, Fire On The Mountain (Twin), Ice On The Road, Midnight On The Water, Methodist Preacher, Fiddler's Dream, Kentucky Mandolin, Moonlight Waltz, Snowflake Reel, Town And Country Fiddler, Azalea Waltz, Morgan Megan, Angeline The Baker, Pass Me Not, Bill's Dream, Sugar In The Gourd, Seneca Square Dance, Chinquatin Hunting, Blue Eagle, Miller's Reel, Cattle In The Cane, Over Yonder, Beach Bottom, Hickory Leaf Breakdown, Chief Sitting Bull.

About Butch Baldassari

Butch Baldassari has been considered one of the rising stars of bluegrass mandolin since the release of his first album "What's Doin'" (Cactus Records). His work with Weary Hearts delighted fans at festivals and club dates throughout the country, and the groups' 1989 Flying Fish album was released to great critical acclaim. He has since released "Old Town," a solo album of bluegrass instrumentals on Rebel Records and "Evergreen," a collection of traditional Christmas music played on several instruments in the mandolin family. Butch is currently a columnist for Bluegrass Now Magazine and the leader of the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble. His two-video set, “You Can Play Bluegrass Mandolin,” has been one of Homespun’s most popular instructional products.