FOG Tune Lyrics: Whiskey Before Breakfast
A widely known tune, often mistaken for a traditional old‑time tune.
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FOG Celebrates 30 Years of Old-Time Fiddling
October 3, 2021: 30 years and literally thousands of performances and jam sessions later, FOG is still going strong.
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Fiddlers of the… Farmers’ Market?
July 31, 2021: Patrons and vendors of the Webster Joe Obbie Farmers’ Market enjoy old-time fiddle music.
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Overflow Crowd At Chili Library Enjoys Old Time Music
February 15, 2020: It was “SRO” on a bright, crisp day as an audience of all ages bobbed in their chairs and sang.
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Circle of Fifths
It just so happens that if you start at any note, and go down a fifth (or up a fourth) to the next note, and continue to move down a fifth or up a fourth, eventually you get right back to where you started from!
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What is Old-Time Music Anyway?
“Old-time” usually refers to music that evolved in isolated regions of the Southern Appalachians and other places in the southern U.S., based partly on tunes from the British Isles and on the rhythm of the banjo, which was developed from a West African instrument. Old-time music predates bluegrass.
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The Cakewalk
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the “Cakewalk” was a dance sensation that swept the country. It was a couples’ dance that very often took the form of a contest.