Monday, June 10, 2013

Buddy Spicher - Black Mountain Rag





Ed. Note:
I just posted this Buddy Spicher video b/c I liked it and it seemed so dated with the host dressed in a gold lame coat but turns out Buddy Spicher is a pretty big deal in the fiddle world.
Even in the Hall of Fame!
Cool stuff.

Well, I'm in a mood today, ain't I!?!

Listen to this fella play.

Bluegrass makes me want to jump around just like heavy metal used to - only without wanting to break stuff.



Buddy Spicher

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Buddy Spicher (born July 28, 1938 in DuBois, PA; pronounced “Spiker”) is an American fiddle player.
Spicher started in the late 50s as part of the backing band for Audrey Williams, the widow of Hank Williams, later with Hank Snow, the Charles River Valley Boys. Spicher became a Nashville-based session musician, backing the likes of Bob Dylan.[1] He was also one of the band members of Area Code 615 with other Nashville sessions musicians and Asleep at the Wheel.
Buddy can be heard playing the fiddle (“vioin” in the credits on the record jacket) on Christian singer Don Francisco's 1977 album Forgiven. Most of the tracks feature the fiddle, including the Dove-award winning “He's Alive”.[2]
He joined producers Randall Franks and Alan Autry for the In the Heat of the Night cast CD “Christmas Time’s A Comin’” performing on the title track with the cast on the CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA for one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers. He also shared his talents on the feature performance of “Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella” by late TV legend Carroll O'Connor. He can also be heard on Amarillo By Morning. He has a brother, Bobby, who also is a musician.


http://www.nationalfiddlerhalloffame.org/HallOfFame/buddyspicherbio.html







1 comment:

  1. Thank you.......that was SOOOOOO needed today. It is not possible to frown while listening to this. Try it, you can't.

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