I tried to figure out what that "thing" is...the happy factor that happens when we listen to the fiddle. Is it the songs? They are certainly jovial enough. Is it the beauty of the instrument? I've never seen a more lovely instrument! It's more than that, though. Here's what I think.
It's the fiddle players themselves. No one has more fun than a fiddle player!
I'm always up for fun, so you can understand why it was a very good day indeed at Agape Haus recently when a few them stopped by to play us some songs. It was early evening, and they had to have been tired being that they had spent the day leading a fiddle clinic. But they were sincerely glad to be there. They just want to play!
They were Wes Westmoreland and Marty Elmore. Their buddy Marty McPherson came along to play some guitar. Fiddlers Wes and Marty are boyhood friends. They have played fiddle together for more years than they care to count. If we wanted to, we could provide you with a laundry list of awards and accomplishments they've racked up. We could give testimony after testimony of students they have mentored. We could give you the name of at least one classically-trained violinist they have helped to turn from her "high-brow" ways to embrace all that is Texas fiddle. We could. But we won't.
Instead, we'll just let you listen and watch as these guys tear it up on a few songs they've likely played hundreds of times. It felt like a debut, though. It was refreshing and invigorating. I felt like they were enjoying it like it was their first jam! That kind of enjoyment from musicians is contagious.
So here it is. Our Texas Fiddle Music Agape Session.
Be happy.
If you'd like to see and hear the very best Texas Fiddlers making music today, plan on heading out to Llano, Texas April 6-8, 2012 for Llano Fiddle Fest. For information and schedule of events please go to http://llanofiddlefest.com/.
:) that was beautiful AND beautimus!
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