Possum's Big Fiddle Show

This episode features excerpts from the Big Fiddle Show broadcast on March 29, 2020. Our featured tune is Salty River[...]

This episode features excerpts from the Big Fiddle Show broadcast on March 27, 2020. Our featured tune, one “Straight Outta[...]

An episode of the Big Fiddle Show from the depths of the Great Pestilence. Originally broadcast on March 26, 2020. With Charlie Walden & Patt Plunkett. Our featured tune is Bob Walter's Breakdown in C.

Who could believe? It's another Episode of Possum's Big Fiddle Show @NITE! with Patt! We play a bunch of old-time favorites like Georgianna Moon Waltz, Spootiskerry, Over the Ocean Waves, Going Across the Prairie, St. Anne's Reel, KENTUCKY, Cincinnati Hornpipe, Valse Bleue, Buck Fever Rag, Miller's Reel & Jeff City.

Well bust my buttons! It's another episode of Possum Big Fiddle Show @NITE! with Patt. We ring the bell and squeeze the chicken. Then we play some great old fiddle tunes like: Echoes of the Ozarks, Crooked Stovepipe, Stars & Stripes Waltz, Acorn Hill Breakdown, Harrington Valley Two-Step, I Like Mountain Music, Gilsaw, Rocking Chair Jig, Stan's Jig, Bowing the Strings and Billy in the Lowground.

Woah Nellie! It's time for another edition of Possum's Big Fiddle Show @NITE! with Patt! Join us for the usual hi-jinx several great old-time fiddle tunes including: My Little Home in West Virginia, Zack Wheat's Piece, The Farmer's Jamboree Jig, Waltz of Shannon, Lazy Kate, You Gotta See Momma & Beaumont Rag.

Jumpin' Gee-Hoss-A-Phat! It's another epi of Possum's Big Fiddle Show with Patt on the keyboard. Right into your living room or earbuds with the best old-time fiddling you'll hear any where - well, almost! We chaw down on the following tunes: East Tennessee Blues, Lady on the Green, Kentucky Waltz, Bailey's Breakdown, Dwight Grover's Quadrille in C & Rachel.

Hey kids! It's another episode of Possum's Big Fiddle Show this time @NITE! with Patt!! I'm joined by the lovely and talented Patt on piano for a rousing session of bad puns and good fiddle tunes. In this program we play such classics as: Irish Washerwoman Jig, Arkansas Traveler, Valse Gisele , Darktown Strutter's Ball, Chinese Breakdown, Old Melinda ,Hull's Victory, Homage Joseph Bouchard and Salty River Reel.

It's another brain-numbing episode of Possum's Big Fiddle Show - Tunes with Don. We take calls from the hotline! Don plays a number of memorable tunes such as Rachel, No Title (one of my personal favs), Boys Around the World, Another unidentified tune, and Chase the Squirrel. Of course, there are lots of puns and bad jokes.

Woah Nellie! It's another edition of Possum's Big Fiddle Show - Tunes with Don. It's Don sawing the fiddle and me on the starvation box playing tunes, telling jokes, listening to the Hotline and crackin' wise on the important topics of the day - NOT!! Don plays Leake County Two-Step, Ora Lee, Green Willis & Lafayette. A very strange man calls us, he's a veteran and he observed something quite odd on his a radar set during the Cold War. There are many puns and odd sounds to boot.

It's another edition of Tuesday Tunes with Don, this time on Friday. Who could have guessed it. Recorded live and simulcast on both Twitch and YouTube at 11:00 AM on February 14, 2020. Valentine's Day for you lovers out there. Don plays some great tunes in this episode and we launch the WORLD PREMIERE of a new tune - The Illinois Bicentennial Schottische. Get the music by emailing BigFiddleShow@gmail.com. We take two crazy calls from the hotline - WHOA NELLIE!!

Woah there hoss! It's another Episode of Possum's Big Fiddle Show @NITE! What to we do on PBFS@NITE! you may ask. Well pard', we play along with the greatest fiddlers of all time on YouTube and you can play right along. Tonite we're sawin' along with Ontario fiddle legend Ward Allen. Tonight it's Maple Leaf Two-Step, Blue Pacific Hornpipe, Fiddler's Dream, Marie Ann Reel, The Old Box Stove, Snowflake Reel, and finally the beautiful Peek-A-Boo Waltz. Get your fiddle out and join in!

Hey everybody it's Possum's Big Fiddle Show @NITE! We play along with the greatest fiddlers of all time on YouTube and you can, too! Tonight it's Tommy Jackson. The Wiley Ol' Possum plays Liberty, Ragtime Annie, The Girl I Left Behind Me, Chinese Breakdown and many more!

It's BigFiddleShow@NITE! for February 11, 2020. We played from a list of six Andy DeJarlis tune tongiht: Romeo's First Change, Andy's Centennial Two-Step, Golden Boy Two-Step, Backwoodsman's Reel, Jimmy's Jig and The Lucky Trapper Reel. Join in the fun next time and get your fiddle out and play along.

Don's in Florida getting his tan on, but he joins us by phone. I play along to the new Spencer & Rains CD so that you can only hear me. We try out the new theme song and preview next week's show.

In this episode we ring up our old pal Geoff Seitz and catch him working at his shop. Don plays Ora Lee & Rachel. The all heck breaks loose - we lose our internet connection and the show goes dead air. So enjoy this somewhat abbreviated version of Possum's Big Fiddle Show!

What an action packed episode! We play calls from the Hotline and some were down-right weird. We play a bunch of tunes and even premiere a brand new tune written especially for this episode. @BigFiddleShow.

I'm back with my sidekick Don playing tunes and cracking wise. In this episode we take more bizarro calls from the Hotline and play tunes like "The Battle of Brewersville, "Old French" and "Old-Time Billy in the Lowground". Plus there's a new Mystery Tune! Join in the fun by calling 847-920-7587.

This past October 10 to 14, 2019, marked the 32nd annual Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival (SAFF) held in the Shetland Islands. In my last post I told you how to get to Shetland from America. This is part one about our experience at the festival and focuses on the festival club and the various venues around the islands. For a quick overview refer to the festival program HERE. More information is available at the festival website https://www.shetlandaccordionandfiddle.com/. I play you...

It's another Tuesday Tunes with Don live from Chicago, IL. This week we take a very interesting call on the Hotline from a Mr. Gilbert Gnarley. Don performs a science experiment on an egg and we play a bunch of good tunes. We're using an entirely new audio set-up with mixer and stereo microphone. Hope you like the improvement in sound quality. The tunes include: Peg Leg, Five-Finger Joe, Zack Wheat's Piece, Duck's Eyeball, Old Moze and Rolling the Log.