Fiddle Tune Tuesdays: Week 8 - June Apple

Happy Summer!
We’re back for Week 8 of Fiddle Tune Tuesdays with another tune from North Carolina, this time with “June Apple,” popularized by the prolific Mt. Airy, North Carolina, fiddler Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985).
Over the course of his career, Tommy Jarrell recorded seven albums and toured extensively. In 1982, three years before his death, he was selected as one of fifteen master folk artists in the first National Heritage Fellowships of the National Endowment for the Arts.
As with all oral tradition, the exact origins of “June Apple” are unclear. Jarrell didn’t write the tune, but his rendition of the Appalachian classic became particularly popular, especially his inclusion of singing in the second section. Yet even in that regard, he wasn’t alone. Other renditions of “June Apple” borrow lyrics from the tune “Train on the Island,” and yet other versions include different, original lyrics of the singer’s making.
Regardless of the version, by every account the tune takes its name from a group of early-ripening apples in the southern United States. There are many varieties of heirloom June apples with names like “Taylor Sweet” or “William’s Favorite” that each tell their own small story.
We hope you enjoy the last day of June!
All our love,
Late for the Train
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[@AnnaliseRobinson]

Beautiful! Wonderfully played😊

[@Sparky-b2j]

Good Job. Well Played.

[@johnbrown1851]

Dang that made my heart feel good ❤❤❤❤❤!

[@amynatzke1050]

Awesome!!!

[@johannessauer3758]

Great fiddling, great singing, loved it. Just stumbled across this channel, will definitely check out more of it 🙂

[@MrTalentwasted]

very nice..

[@markpotter4059]

Very nice arrangement, beautifully played! Love you guys

[@LatefortheTrain]

Thanks so much!!

[@taylormorris_]

Awesome! Love your flow of the fiddle tune, the chops had a reggae vibe, and I love reggae too!

[@LatefortheTrain]

Thanks so much Taylor! We appreciate it! So glad you enjoyed it!!

[@rudolphserrano3976]

Thank you 💕

[@LatefortheTrain]

Thank YOU!

[@janamcburney-lin2526]

Lovely. Brought a smile to my day. Thank you.

[@LatefortheTrain]

More than welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kcalhoun32]

Excellent renditon folks! Tommy Jarrell would be proud!!

[@LatefortheTrain]

Thanks so much! That's tall praise indeed!

[@sharonammirati2042]

missing these fiddle Tuesdays, such variety and fun.

[@LatefortheTrain]

We should reinstate them!

[@Kesslerman1]

Beautiful.

[@LatefortheTrain]

Thank you!

[@fjartgurk]

❤️

[@cafiend]

Since we just play the instrumental hereabouts, I forgot there were lyrics. And is he telling his true love, “bite me?”

[@LatefortheTrain]

In short, yes!

[@lesliewaldo3342]

Completely different version than Tommy Jarrell's!!

[@LatefortheTrain]

Yep, we definitely don't do his playing justice, but we love the tune!