Work in progress.
Sorry, not the Irish Fiddle Tune (made you look though) 
. This doesn't have much fiddling itself, as this is cover of Steve Earl song. Lots of Irish folks covered it, almost always include Sharon Shannon on accordion. I found it's a good popular song at Pubs; and fits Irish instrumentation and style.
That said, Sharon's accordion riff has very cajun feel to it, so going off that, trying to work up arrangement for band.
Scrapped together in my small home office (not treated); with a cheap mic I got at GC (for like $30), might be little noisy.
No AI involved, just maybe bit of Natural Stupidity 
Edited by - alaskafiddler on 01/19/2026 00:21:56
Cool. It has sort of a Cajun sound to me.
Lovely!
Thanks for waking up the Sound Off section :-)
quote:
Originally posted by groundhogpeggyCool. It has sort of a Cajun sound to me.
We are working up this for a set at Anchorage Folk Festival. Band is more OT tunes/songs; banjo and fiddle (sometimes 2). The one fiddler also plays Cajun diatonic accordion, so we have been incorporating that... sort of hybrid idea (trying to avoid it sounding too "Irishy" - this recording, the other players were unavailable so it's just more sketch/beta; including I had to make accordion like part with harmonica. He will prabably come up with better accordion part/playing. It would probably work as a more Cajun song, just hard to get the banjo to fit. (though banjo player could play guitar, could do accordion and 2 fiddles, or one play percussion) Might help do it in G, as a pull tune, not sure if I can sing it in G.
Might ditch that idea and go with more as conventional OT version, with good CH banjo groove; and medley it with a tune like "Lost Indian" as it has similar structure. Will see what the band works out... set is in Jan 31 at 8pm. Stop by if want.
So many possibilities. (maybe even a nice relaxed groundhog version?)
Edited by - alaskafiddler on 01/19/2026 18:32:09
Yeah...lol...sounds like a lot of choices lie before you. It'll be a lot of fun working it up.
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Privacy Consent (EU/GDPR Only)
Copyright 2026 Fiddle Hangout. All Rights Reserved.
