Great line from a autobiography of a Texas Panhandle fiddler, Cowboy Fiddler in Bob Wills’ Band, by Frankie McWhorter, with John R. Erickson, editor (University of North Texas Press, 1997) “I told Daddy I’d bought me a fiddle. He said, ‘The heck you did. I thought we either needed to grease that windmill or there [...]
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Thought We Needed to Grease the Windmill
Posted in fiddlers & fiddling, old-time music, Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“MacPherson’s Farewell”
Posted in fiddlers & fiddling, legends & tales, Uncategorized on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“MacPherson’s Farewell” Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, The wretch’s destinie! MacPherson’s time will not be long On yonder gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he, He play’d a spring, and danc’d it round Below the gallows-tree. – Robert Burns The brash, fiddling Scottish highwayman James MacPherson was born about 1675, the son [...]
