{"id":841,"date":"2010-03-24T11:14:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T09:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2013-03-04T15:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T13:18:13","slug":"lonesome-fiddle-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Lonesome Fiddle Blues &#8211; One of my favorite tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the last weeks I have learned the <strong>Lonsome Fiddle Blues<\/strong>, a tune composed by Vassar Clements. I like to play this tune very much, and we are going to play it with my bluegrass band too.<\/p>\n<p>I have first heard the Lonesome Fiddle Blues in a youtube video where Sierra Hull &#8211; aged 10\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 played this together with Sam Bush in a Woodsongs Radio Show in 2002. The video had been removed from youtube, but it is available again now:<\/p>\n<h2>Sierra Hull &amp; Sam Bush &#8211; Lonesome Fiddle Blues<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>An historical artifact in the (early) career of the finest bluegrass mandolinist working today&#8230; besides Sam Bush. This gem from 2002 shows the emerging talent of a very young Sierra Hull at age 10, performing for a weekly music radio show in Lexington, KY<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The introduction of Sierra Hull at 2:39 and the Lonesome Fiddle Blues starts after 4:50<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sierra Hull &amp; Sam Bush\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BQJHtM2CZDg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Sheet music for Lonesome Fiddle Blues<\/h2>\n<p>A very good resource for sheet music for guitar and mandolin and some usefull playalong Files:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluegrassbooksonline.com\/february06lesson.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bluegrassbooksonline.com\/february06lesson.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another source for the sheet music &#8211; although the accidentals for the middle part are missing. The middle part should be in d major (2 #)\u00a0 and a major (3 #)\u00a0 (chord sequece G D E7 A7). If you add the accidentals you can use this version: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/bluegrass-songbook\/006218.HTM\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/bluegrass-songbook\/006218.HTM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have added many version in my following playlist, with a preference of versions including the mandolin:<\/p>\n<h2>Playlist Lonsome Fiddle Blues<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL518B6678992EF035\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL518B6678992EF035<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bluegrass - Lonesome Fiddle Blues\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL518B6678992EF035\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the last weeks I have learned the Lonsome Fiddle Blues, a tune composed by Vassar Clements. I like to play this tune very much, and we are going to play it with my bluegrass band too. I have first heard the Lonesome Fiddle Blues in a youtube video where Sierra Hull &#8211; aged 10\u00a0 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