You Can be a FiddleStar

I post things about fiddling. And how we can all be better at it.

<p>And so it begins, again…</p>

<p>#nashvilleclawhammercamp #clawhammerbanjo #banjo #oldtime #fullyvaccinatedcamp (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)<br/>
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And so it begins, again…

#nashvilleclawhammercamp #clawhammerbanjo #banjo #oldtime #fullyvaccinatedcamp (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTV7wKMsytk/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 133 weeks ago
<p>Well friends, Nashville Fiddle Banjo Camp sold out first thing this morning. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm! @clawhammerist and @georgefiddle and @lamey_palvey and @rachelbaiman and @slocanramblers and I are so excited to see you all in January.</p>

<p>Oh, but if you still wanna go and didn’t remember that registration opened this morning, go to the Nashville Acoustic Camps website and get on the waiting list. Spots do come open from time to time!</p>

<p>#oldtime #fiddle #banjo #nashvilleacousticcamps #fiddlebanjocamp  (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)<br/>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSY9nlLh2m/?utm_medium=tumblr">https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSY9nlLh2m/?utm_medium=tumblr</a></p>

Well friends, Nashville Fiddle Banjo Camp sold out first thing this morning. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm! @clawhammerist and @georgefiddle and @lamey_palvey and @rachelbaiman and @slocanramblers and I are so excited to see you all in January.

Oh, but if you still wanna go and didn’t remember that registration opened this morning, go to the Nashville Acoustic Camps website and get on the waiting list. Spots do come open from time to time!

#oldtime #fiddle #banjo #nashvilleacousticcamps #fiddlebanjocamp (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSY9nlLh2m/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 134 weeks ago
<p>Got to play some music with some of the best people (and most talented songwriters and musicians!) last night. The Lights Chapel Boys let me be an honorary Lights Chapel Girl for their 5th Sunday singing and this is our band photo. You campers will recognize the guy who makes your pancakes back there in the back.</p>

<p>I love these people.</p>

<p>#bluegrass  (at Lights Chapel Baptist Church)<br/>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNOfiqLzBo/?utm_medium=tumblr">https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNOfiqLzBo/?utm_medium=tumblr</a></p>

Got to play some music with some of the best people (and most talented songwriters and musicians!) last night. The Lights Chapel Boys let me be an honorary Lights Chapel Girl for their 5th Sunday singing and this is our band photo. You campers will recognize the guy who makes your pancakes back there in the back.

I love these people.

#bluegrass (at Lights Chapel Baptist Church)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNOfiqLzBo/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 134 weeks ago
<p>I guess Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day was yesterday but I’m still going to take the opportunity to send love to our precious Winston who crossed that bridge a few years ago and is still missed every day. If you knew him, and I know so many of you did, you knew he was one of a kind. We love you Winnin.</p>

<p>#thewinnin #rainbowbridgeremembranceday #sirwinstoncup #bostonterrier #smushyfacecrew  (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)<br/>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTLBOagLvOy/?utm_medium=tumblr">https://www.instagram.com/p/CTLBOagLvOy/?utm_medium=tumblr</a></p>

I guess Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day was yesterday but I’m still going to take the opportunity to send love to our precious Winston who crossed that bridge a few years ago and is still missed every day. If you knew him, and I know so many of you did, you knew he was one of a kind. We love you Winnin.

#thewinnin #rainbowbridgeremembranceday #sirwinstoncup #bostonterrier #smushyfacecrew (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTLBOagLvOy/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 134 weeks ago
<p>I’d like to provide some context for this photo, but I don’t have a lot. Here’s what I can tell you. Based on the hair, I think it’s 1996 which means this is probably the Western Open fiddle contest and Americana festival (of which I was chairperson) which means this is probably the moment the entire power grid for seven western states failed and I couldn’t find the right union people to set up the generators so we had to move the whole thing outside and it was 113 degrees. I’m pretty sure this is that moment. Thanks to Linda Relph for the memory. I can laugh about it now.</p>

<p>#fiddle #fiddlestar #fiddlecontest #nevergiveup  (at Shasta College Theater)<br/>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIlXXWLAwK/?utm_medium=tumblr">https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIlXXWLAwK/?utm_medium=tumblr</a></p>

I’d like to provide some context for this photo, but I don’t have a lot. Here’s what I can tell you. Based on the hair, I think it’s 1996 which means this is probably the Western Open fiddle contest and Americana festival (of which I was chairperson) which means this is probably the moment the entire power grid for seven western states failed and I couldn’t find the right union people to set up the generators so we had to move the whole thing outside and it was 113 degrees. I’m pretty sure this is that moment. Thanks to Linda Relph for the memory. I can laugh about it now.

#fiddle #fiddlestar #fiddlecontest #nevergiveup (at Shasta College Theater)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIlXXWLAwK/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 134 weeks ago
<p>Hey there! I made a whole page on the <a href="http://www.nashvilleacousticcamps.com">www.nashvilleacousticcamps.com</a> site just for the previous Zoom workshops (the ones taught by the other people who aren’t me). Every session taught so far by @adamschlenker and @tristanscroggins and @clawhammerist is available for purchase. If you haven’t been able to attend any of the workshop blocks or you’ve missed one or two here and there, go grab them now! Click on Zoom Workshops in the navigation and you’ll see the drop down menu for Previous Zoom Workshops. Once you place your order, give me a minute and I’ll start sending the recording links and any accompanying materials. Workshop descriptions and pricing are all there but holler if you have any questions.</p>

<p>#mandolin #guitar #flatpicking #banjo #clawhammerbanjo #oldtime #bluegrass #zoomworkshops #onlinemusiclessons  (at Fiddlestar Camps)<br/>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTGCthkr_1f/?utm_medium=tumblr">https://www.instagram.com/p/CTGCthkr_1f/?utm_medium=tumblr</a></p>

Hey there! I made a whole page on the www.nashvilleacousticcamps.com site just for the previous Zoom workshops (the ones taught by the other people who aren’t me). Every session taught so far by @adamschlenker and @tristanscroggins and @clawhammerist is available for purchase. If you haven’t been able to attend any of the workshop blocks or you’ve missed one or two here and there, go grab them now! Click on Zoom Workshops in the navigation and you’ll see the drop down menu for Previous Zoom Workshops. Once you place your order, give me a minute and I’ll start sending the recording links and any accompanying materials. Workshop descriptions and pricing are all there but holler if you have any questions.

#mandolin #guitar #flatpicking #banjo #clawhammerbanjo #oldtime #bluegrass #zoomworkshops #onlinemusiclessons (at Fiddlestar Camps)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTGCthkr_1f/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 134 weeks ago
<p>Happy National Dog Day from me, your boy Lester. I wish you all unlimited Cheezits.</p>

<p>#shihtzu #shihtzusofinstagram #blackdog #nationaldogday #lesterpawfus  (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)<br/>
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Happy National Dog Day from me, your boy Lester. I wish you all unlimited Cheezits.

#shihtzu #shihtzusofinstagram #blackdog #nationaldogday #lesterpawfus (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTCzZ_zra7A/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 134 weeks ago
<p>Happy #tongueouttuesday from me, your boy Lester.</p>

<p>#icancurlmytongue #geneticallysuperior #shihtzu #shihtzusofinstagram #blackdog #tot #lesterpawfus  (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)<br/>
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Happy #tongueouttuesday from me, your boy Lester.

#icancurlmytongue #geneticallysuperior #shihtzu #shihtzusofinstagram #blackdog #tot #lesterpawfus (at Ridgetop, Tennessee)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CS-xoGALCFt/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 135 weeks ago
<p>Looky here! Edits are happening and I’m getting videos to approve and things are getting exciting over there at fiddlevideo.com! It’s getting closer and closer to my first batch of lessons being released. But you can go ahead and sign up now and choose me as your preferred teacher, so you know, feel free to do that. You know how honored I’d be.</p>

<p>#fiddle #fiddlestar #fiddleteacher #bluegrass #texasstyle #oldtime #fiddlevideo #fiddlelessons  (at Fiddlestar Camps)<br/>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CS5BZdtrvWj/?utm_medium=tumblr">https://www.instagram.com/p/CS5BZdtrvWj/?utm_medium=tumblr</a></p>

Looky here! Edits are happening and I’m getting videos to approve and things are getting exciting over there at fiddlevideo.com! It’s getting closer and closer to my first batch of lessons being released. But you can go ahead and sign up now and choose me as your preferred teacher, so you know, feel free to do that. You know how honored I’d be.

#fiddle #fiddlestar #fiddleteacher #bluegrass #texasstyle #oldtime #fiddlevideo #fiddlelessons (at Fiddlestar Camps)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CS5BZdtrvWj/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 135 weeks ago
<p>Zoom fiddle workshops this Saturday! (All workshops are recorded so you don’t have to attend live.) I’ve got one for int/adv and a totally different one for beginner fiddlers. Sign up now and let’s learn some new stuff this weekend! <a href="http://www.fiddlestar.com">www.fiddlestar.com</a> </p>

<p>#fiddle #fiddletunes #bluegrass #oldtime #fiddlestar #fiddlelessons #zoomworkshop #imadeagraphic #toomanyfonts (at Fiddlestar Camps)<br/>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuBZhqr7id/?utm_medium=tumblr">https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuBZhqr7id/?utm_medium=tumblr</a></p>

Zoom fiddle workshops this Saturday! (All workshops are recorded so you don’t have to attend live.) I’ve got one for int/adv and a totally different one for beginner fiddlers. Sign up now and let’s learn some new stuff this weekend! www.fiddlestar.com

#fiddle #fiddletunes #bluegrass #oldtime #fiddlestar #fiddlelessons #zoomworkshop #imadeagraphic #toomanyfonts (at Fiddlestar Camps)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuBZhqr7id/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted 136 weeks ago

 1/25/13
I am excited to embark on a new chapter of my working life - I recently gave my notice to the Pam Tillis organization and will no longer be touring with her or Lorrie Morgan (on their awesome Grits and Glamour Tour). I must admit, I'm sad to be leaving. It's been an incredible four years and I have learned so much. Thanks to Pam, her amazing husband/manager Matt Spicher, and my bandmates, especially the lovely and talented Mary Sue Englund, with whom I spent more time over the last few years than I did with my husband. And I wouldn't trade a minute of it...