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Hell Among the Moonshiners

Taught by Vi Wickam

March 14, 2017

Fiddle • Advanced

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About Hell Among the Moonshiners:

Hell Among the Moonshiners is a traditional hornpipe fiddle tune in the key of Bb.

I first heard this tune on Matt Wyatt’s album, back porch fiddling. I asked Matt about it, and he learned it off of a recording of Benny Thommasson playing it. I have added a little bit of my own variation to it. According to my sources, it’s an old fiddle tune that has a few other names that it’s known by. I think it’s a particularly fun tune to play and since it’s a Bb hornpipe, I guess that’s no surprise.

Hell Among the Moonshiners According to the Fiddler’s Companion:
HELL AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. AKA and see “(Big) Chief Sitting Bull,” “Indian on a See Saw.” Old-Time, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Gary Lee Moore (Seattle, Washington) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 195.

Vi Wickam

Vi Wickam

Vi Wickam of Loveland, CO has been performing fiddle and writing music since before he could read. Along with his brothers and dad, The Wickam Family Band performed regularly on Blinky’s Fun Club, a nationally syndicated TV program. Vi’s fiddling can be heard on numerous CD recordings, including two of his own. He’s played with many different bands throughout the United States, and even briefly in England. Among his fiddling honors, Vi has won the Colorado State Championship twice, and been a finalist four times at the Grand Masters’ Fiddler Championship. He has judged fiddle contests throughout the US, and directed regional and state level fiddle contests. Read More About Vi→

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