This is Métis fiddle player Calvin Vollrath from Alberta, & well-known in the international fiddle community. Métis people are of mixed French and Indigenous blood , hearkening back to pioneer days on the prairies. Their style of fiddling has a unique quality; here’s a sample.
facebook.com/calvin.vollrath/v...&s=TIeQ9V
Edited by - chuckv97 on 11/12/2024 16:51:49
How's this young fella doing?? https://www.facebook.com/528345879/videos/pcb.10159270587415880/145328008605423
[Fwiw, his rendition of Florida Blues is one of my wife's favourites.]
Edit: ^^ not to be confused with "... one of my wives ... etc." 
Edited by - Owen on 11/12/2024 17:59:01
He’s doing jest fine, Owen,,, maybe in a yr or 2 he’ll pick up the tempo a bit,,, (but don’t tell that to an of your wives). Then again,, maybe he likes at tha tempo.
Edited by - chuckv97 on 11/12/2024 18:13:03
Tempo any better on this one?? https://www.facebook.com/528345879/videos/pcb.10159270587415880/877423713991105
regarding Florida Blues -that tempo works good for my taste when listening to that type of blues but to each their own-I have Arthur Smith playing it
-the metis guy gets a barrel full of tone--and it seems slightly related to cajun--maybe because of the french connection--but it is easier for me to comprehend than some cajun,that has that signature resolve
Edited by - Tractor1 on 11/12/2024 18:35:02
I always think of the 2 Florida fiddlers when I hear Florida blues - Chubby Wise and Vassar Clements
Calvin is a force, brother! He and his group played at our local BG Fstvl last July and they were super. He’s got 2 young champion fiddlers with him on guitar but when they all fiddle together it’s fantastic.
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Originally posted by OwenTempo any better on this one?? https://www.facebook.com/528345879/videos/pcb.10159270587415880/877423713991105
Better is a relative term,, fer eech toon one must endeavor to play it where it shines the best
Here's a great album by Andy Dejarlis, my favorite Métis fiddler.
He made roughly 35 LPs for London Records of Canada.
youtube.com/watch?v=NasYpCa7T2...F2Evo36oh
Andrew's link led me to this one--a wonderful new to me free collection--thanks
youtube.com/@goldenagemedia207/playlists
I like that link --that fiddling is clean and to the point -with great taste--
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Originally posted by Tractor1Andrew's link led me to this one--a wonderful new to me free collection--thanks
youtube.com/@goldenagemedia207/playlists
Thanks for the trip down memory lane Tom. As a kid, we didn't splurge on many extras (?) but we did have a record player and some 78s and LPs. A quick once over of your link produced several of my Mom's favourites ... Don Messer, King Ganam, Andy DeJarlis, Ward Allan, Ned Landry, Graham Townsend. We probably had recordings of half 'em. 
Some of her extended family "down east" [i.e. Ontario] apparently won local/regional fiddling contests and I don't know whether I'm dreaming it up or not, but somehow I think there may have been some tenuous (?) link to Graham Townsend.
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Originally posted by Andrew RoblinHere's a great album by Andy Dejarlis, my favorite Métis fiddler.
He made roughly 35 LPs for London Records of Canada.
youtube.com/watch?v=NasYpCa7T2...F2Evo36oh
Thank you, Andrew. I used to see Andy on the Don Messer Show on Canadian TV
I know there are many regional "styles," but dunno where this fits. The young lady used to be a regular at the MOBS campouts... but then she went off to university.
More ribald music ,, love the fiddle coming in. French-Canadian,, LeBlanc being a common name in New Brunswick ,,, as were the Whites - Roland, Clarence, and Eric.
fb.watch/v_x9fpHFnV/?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V
Edited by - chuckv97 on 11/20/2024 22:01:38
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