{"id":2360,"date":"2012-04-29T19:55:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T00:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldtownschool.org\/connect\/fiddleclub\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2014-05-11T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T15:15:30","slug":"tune-of-the-week-for-april-23-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/2012\/04\/tune-of-the-week-for-april-23-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune of the Week for April 23, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

When thinking of English folk music, most folks probably picture foremost a variety of squeeze boxes–concertinas and melodeons–and with good reason. But Merry Old England did enjoy a wealth of master fiddlers, and the influence of English fiddle traditions upon American old-time music proved just as strong as that of the more celebrated “Celtic” traditions of Ireland and Scotland. This week’s tune is a tribute to the lively and driving traditional music that English folk have danced to for centuries, throughout the length and breadth of their land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Albert
\nAlbert Farmer<\/td>\n		\"English
\nEnglish band pictured on Bocastle Breakdown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Albert Farmer<\/strong>, a butcher before heading off to fight in the second World War, returned home to find his shop was gone. In a career change, he added a drum to his melodeon and became a one-man band and street musician. Click this link for more of his story and the story of the bonfire as told in the Traditional Tune Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And now for the tune . . .<\/p>\n

Bonfire Tune<\/span><\/a>, as played by Albert Farmer in 1964
\n(from a 1970s LP on the Topic Label, Bocastle Breakdown<\/a>)
\n
\n
\nAlbert Farmer’s Bonfire Tune<\/span><\/a>, as played by the Bismarks, circa 2000
\n(from the CD Hardcore English<\/a>)
\n
\n
\nThe Bismarks are Nina Hansell (fiddle), Gareth Kiddier (piano) and Ed Rennie (melodeon).<\/p>\n

X:17
\nT:Albert Farmer’s Bonfire Tune
\nM:C|
\nL:1\/8
\nS:Albert Farmer
\nK:D
\nde | f3d A2F2 | G2GF G2B2 | edcA B2c2 | dffd A2de |
\nf3d A2F2 | G2GF G2B2 | edcA B2c2 | d2dc d2 ::
\nde | f2fd f2fd | gefd e2ef | gfed cABc | dffd A2de |
\nf3d A2F2 | G2GF G2B2 | edcA B2c2 | d2dc d2 :|<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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