I was playing some jambalaya and cold cold heart from my hank williams songbook last night and my girlfriend really surprised the hell out of me by getting her fiddle out of the closet and joining in. She played the melody while i sang and strum'd the chords and it was alot of fun. Does anyone know a website i could get some fiddle songbooks. Especially for bob wills or any western swing fiddle books. I can find songbooks arranged for piano and guitar all day long but no fiddlin' ones
Thinkin' bout the times we had
Some were good and some were bad
guitar fightin' the tv
i was thinkin bout you and me
glad to hear someone else likes country swing music.
I havent seen anything specific for arranging fiddle etc.
you may have to listen to the reissued CDs.
have you listened to Spade Cooley yet?
awesome bandleader/fiddle player.
truly classic stuff.
If you mean western swing fiddle tunes, you might check out the classic "The Fiddler's Fakebook," which includes fiddle tunes from several genres, including western swing. Stacy Phillips has some western swing fiddle books too. If you mean western swing songs fake books -- with fiddle parts -- that I haven't seen. Most of the fiddle books I have are for Irish or Bluegrass styles.
you beat me to the suggestion:
Fake Books!
aaaaah haaaa! the stacy phillips western swing fiddle book might be what i need, im ordering it from amazon. maybe i'll check out the fiddler's fakebook too if i can find a good deal on ebay. havnt checked out spade but will do... i love bob wills and merle haggards swing tunes.
Thinkin' bout the times we had
Some were good and some were bad
guitar fightin' the tv
i was thinkin bout you and me
if you like those guys you will go nuts with Spade. self proclaimed King of Western Swing.
Id agree.
look for his two CD disc Swingin..The Devils Music.
excellent.
