Michael Romkey

An old Mississippi fiddle tune.

Another fleeting brush with fame.

The dignified group photo:

The video:

The Fiddlers of the Apocalypse will descend upon the Illowa Folk Dance @ Singing Bird Nature Center, Black Hawk Park, 7:30 p.m. tonight. An epochal vortex of bluegrass, old time, Irish and classical fiddling, with Matt Manweiler, Joe Noebling, Mike Romkey and Amy Klutho.

Catharsis/Julia Delaney

Grub Springs

Grub+Springs

Miss McLeod’s/Drowsie Maggie

Merry Christmas!

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New Rochelle Depot

And now, for your listening pleasure, a little tune called “This Here Bottle.”

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Downloadable: This Here Bottle.2

The Heah Bottle

Weary Blues:

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I finally got around to doing a mix from the two days of recording Milltown did at my house. And the only reason I got this done, frankly, was by bringing my external hard drive to work and mixing it at my desk, wearing ear buds, between work interruptions. No doubt I’ll make some additional corrections when I can hear it on my near-field monitors. (I think that’s Luke you hear grunting during his intro. G) I’m playing fiddle on this one, Andy on mandolin.

10:30 p.m.: OK, new version, remixed (Stoney Creek.2) re Don’s perceptive recommendations.

11:30 a.m. Thursday: The proper name for this is “Stoney Point,” as Luke just pointed out. Though in fact the original title to this tune is “Wild Horses at Stoney Point.”

Stoney Creek.2

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Stoney Creek

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Stoney Creek

Stoney Creek.2