A recording made during a session at the Snowgoose. Thanks to all of the musicians, Bill (guitar) and Matt (Melodeon), Howard (Melodeon), Helen(Recorder) & Tom(Melodeon), Steve(Concertina), Roger(Harmonica), Linda(Guitar) and me on fiddle.
Any one else there, please let me know to add your name to the musicians. 
Anyone not happy about me uploading this recording, let me know and I will delete.

01- snowgoose session 2-12-13

CJS2/10/946 Full English - Cecil Sharp Library
This was recorded on a very low cost mandolin, that was so poorly made that the soundboard collapsed on a live gig some years ago. So I put a 1cm square chunk of timber inside, to make a soundpost, just like a fiddle. Worked a treat and plays as good as new :)

Country Gardens

CJS22/10/43A Full English - Cecil Sharp Library

The Morris Team are Blackmore Morris. I used to play fiddle for them in the early seventies...

Laudnum Bunches

A fiddle tune that I wrote and recorded 25/03/14.

Lakeside Reel, fiddle and banjo

My first recording of this interesting synth from the eighties. Clean recording straight from the board, no fx. Latest ebay find.

Alpha Juno Slow Rise

Anyone help me out with the name of this Waltz? It sprung into my mind today, so I thought I would record it and see if anyone knows the name.

Many thanks to the members of the Chorlton Cajun Musicians group,  for giving me the title of this one. Cheers - Digger and Peter..

Cajun Fiddle Waltz - Cherokee Waltz

Created from the KOOR and STRINGSdr patches on the versatile Yamaha AN1x http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/an1x.php


Yamaha AN1x - String Melody from  a nice late nineties synth

Created from a new patch that I have been working on, using the hardware Korg Wavestation SR, made in 1992.
www.vintagesynth.com/korg/korgwavesr.php
I will program the same tune onto the Korg Virtual VST instrument and see what it sounds like. Hopefully, upload it in a week or so, to compare against the hardware synth.

Korg Wavestation - Early Muzak

Just doodling around on the Triton and composed this nice melody..

Universal  Choir

Recorded as a demo for members of the fiddle forum. A selection of O'Carolyn melodies.

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HappyBirthday

This track is dedicated to the owners, staff and customers of the Snow Goose cafe bar in Macclesfield. A really rocking place to be....

PeakFiddler-SnowGoose

A simple backing track that I sometimes use when playing the tune 'cajun cooking' and 'see you later alligator'.
Originally made using band in the box.

Cajun Cookin Violin 4 Bar Intro - backing track

I am writing quite a few traditional sounding tunes at the moment starting with these two.

Monks Heath and The Broken Cross

An original composition by Peakfiddler. Composed and recorded on 17/18th Jan 2016

Dick Turpin

Bosley Lock

My final version of this Zydeco influenced tune. This tune was influenced by the music of such great musicians such as 'Buckwheat Zydeco' and 'Beau Jocque'. 

Although in this genre of music, the accordion tends to be the lead instrument, I thought it might be fun to lead with fiddle. I do add some accordion for a mid section.

I play all instruments, fiddle, accordion, electric bass, electric guitar. 

Zydeco in the Peaks

An interesting eastern European melody that I first heard Kevin Burke play and this is the version that I play here. There is all manner of discussion and the notation on the session website http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/445

Itzikel-frailock

A very pretty waltz tune. I wrote this for guitar originally, having spent a very pleasant afternoon walking beside the River Dane.
It plays well on most instruments.

Dane River Waltz  -  Peakfiddler

Not sure what this is called. Recorded it yesterday as a test tune. I think I might turn it into the first tune of a folk rock medley. More recordings should follow as the set progresses.
.....
PS
Can I say a big thanks to all of the people who have informed me of the correct title for this tune, including none other than 'Swarb' himself...

Fiddle 2013 tune melody - "Cam Ye O'er Frae France"

Battle of New Orleans 4

A nice 'easy on the ear patch' that I put together on the sh-201. This synth is remarkably good for this kind of thing.

Roland sh201-11

I came across this recording which I did in 2009 of Clarke's reel. 
The tune was composed around 2005 for a friend who had renovated my old 5 string banjo and converted it to a 4 string tenor tuned GDAE.
I now use the banjo in a lot of my recordings on youtube.

Peakfiddler - Clarke's Reel

I recorded this version of my tune tune Hankie Pankie in 2008. It was meant to be used as a Morris Dance Tune..

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