2013-10-24 Vivian and Phil Williams share some old time fiddle tunes

Vivian and Phil Williams share some old time fiddle tunes at the 2013 Western Open Fiddle and Picking Contest in Red Bluff, California.
Some of the tunes played:
1) The opening tune is only the last few measures and is unknown to me
2) Concert Reel
3) Lost Indian
4) Old Coon Dog
5) Nine Miles
6) My skip is on the shore (Lindon Waltz)
7) No name - Waltz #3 from Jack Wallsey (handwritten manuscript from The Willamette Valley ~1870)
8) Rye Straw (The unfortunate Dog) played at 1862 Wedding in Seattle by Jack Blake
9) Yellow Barber
For more information about Vivian and Phil Williams visit their web site: www.voyagerreco...

[@mimitabby]

I love how RUclips always brings me back here eventually...

[@danhouy4626]

You can tell how much you love this music.I loved hearing it.Truly enjoyable.

[@FiddleSupporter]

January 7, 2023. Just heard Vivian has passed away.
This is very sad. Vivian was a very good person, as was Phil. Vivian was an encyclopedia of fiddling knowledge, knew the complete history of tunes, who wrote it, when, and the other names the tune went by.

[@zacharywho5442]

SO grateful for RUclips when I want to learn something that I would have normally had to learn from the musicians in person.

[@jeffreyhicks4651]

Absolutely beautiful and great old time music love it

[@normhardy]

First heard Vivian and Phil Williams back in high school in the late 60's in Seattle when they were in the Tall Timber Boys band (later Tall Timber String Band). I fell in love with bluegrass and later also with fiddle tunes.

[@estherbraham1228]

I enjoyed your music very nice to hear the old time fiddle musicE in Toronto Canada

[@bikersgl1]

I am just starting to play the fiddle, thank you so much for your old time fiddle playing. I enjoyed your guitar and fiddle tunes.

[@michelleconnollyconnolly5106]

Brilliant fiddling style love the tunes...hup

[@buskerjames]

Wow Fantastic stuff

[@irvinslagter8298]

Wow! Vivian really knows how to get around on that thing!! Really enjoy it!

[@edenjohnson3342]

Thank God for you, very wonderful people and artists, thank God for you and for all the joy you have given us these years, thank God, thank You!

[@moonoggin]

This is the most comforting and beautiful music on you tube. Thank you so much for posting. All I need is a bow and I'm ready to try a song for my bucket list. The rest of my bucket list is 10 songs .. maybe even 30!!

[@peacebeing]

This is great! THANKS!

[@fazeassassin6077]

I love your music,keep up the playing and you'll live to be a hundred,lol lol.b.t.w.trenton,ga.

[@colinhesketh4710]

Lovely tunes..Greetings from the UK

[@olmmbill]

Delightful! The best of old time fiddling.

[@jacquesdurand5392]

i enjoy this music

[@AlyoshaK]

Legendary!
My first old time playing was out of "Mandolin Players Pastime" and "Pleasures of Home" so it is great to hear you two play. I feel like I've known you for years.

[@alyredoiron8140]

Very very nice... Greatly enjoyed listening... Alyre & Lorenzo.

[@mccypr]

Awesome! They sound great! Thanks! 🌞✌️😎🎻

[@johnnybx3254]

Just wonderful 👍👏👏🙏

[@etiennettetremblay5311]

Good evening Mesdame Vivian and messieur Phil Williams you play verry good is beautiful. I love you verry good is beautiful.

[@fazeassassin6077]

You two are fabulous. B.t.w Trenton ga.

[@jamesoconnor9027]

You guys rule!

[@thepressleygirls]

Sounds wonderful!

[@mariellefillion7012]

Very good

[@AlbrechtJ]

Beautiful.

[@9lontoonieful1]

Very good!

[@timothyboles6457]

Great stuff, you really hear the Celtic music in there, nice to hear what was before bluegrass

[@lowellmorse6723]

I love this women1

[@marionsquire2538]

Thanks, sounds great.

[@FiddleSupporter]

Glad you like it!

[@carolynmatott9417]

Absolutely bautiful😍❤

[@zymelin21]

wish i could back up that good

[@nealmont]

me too.

[@laurawallbank]

Just keep practicing!!

[@sersarsor]

wow such brilliant people!

[@bonjourtoi3894]

Quelle aisance. Bravo et longue vie en musique. Très Irlandais.

[@ThePianiolist]

I was dancing while laying in bed for the second one

[@laurawallbank]

The Pianiolist I was doing exactly the same thing! It’s a great tune!!

[@SigP229R]

Great flat picking and wonderful fiddling. Sounds like Irish tunes.

[@billmacaulay]

Scottish ,I reckon

[@3lackdog]

What you've titled "Rice Draw" is actually "Rye Straw" :-) the tune is actually a song that has scatological lyrics (because the unfortunate dog ate the straw and had digestion issues). That is as delicately as I can phrase it, hee hee.
Thanks for posting this.

[@FiddleSupporter]

Billy K Thank you so much for providing the proper tune name! Very much appreciated.

[@3lackdog]

FiddleSupporter Thanks again for posting this.

[@5viviana3]

Great!.

[@joceponce1674]

Great

[@Lloyd-mo]

nice

[@soupsandwich3271]

This is wonderful. I'd like to read the explanation for the single thumb's down.

[@mimitabby]

I think some people are just ignorant

[@merlynschutterle7242]

They are saxophone players.

[@Fonzymucha]

Great tone. Kinda reminds me of JP Fraley.

[@miriamc1876]

Cool

[@anitadavideduo]

Cool!

[@lowellmorse6723]

whar do you think Simon..goood fiddle!

[@bhaygood7306]

❤️❤️🙏🙏🎼

[@lowellmorse6723]

hEY, Simon what you think...good fiddle aye?

[@rogerlacombe6764]

ma musique poréféré

[@ElsewhereDotOrg]

Unknown tune #5 here is called "Nine Miles". See ruclips.net/video/qxwR3NumRbw/видео.html

[@FiddleSupporter]

ElsewhereDotOrg Thank You for the missing tune name.