Here’s the Orange Blossom Special done 4 ways…. First the Johnson Mountain Band… Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith… Charlie McCoy on harmonica… and finally, Don Rich with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos…
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Orange Blossom Special
Tonight’s Daily Dose is The Orange Blossom Special. It’s a fiddle tune written in 1938 by Ervin T. Rouse. While it is sometimes known as the fiddle player’s national anthem, it goes down pretty well on the uke too. Here is the Ukulele Orchestra of… Read More
The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain at Convocation Hall
The Nephew suggested we meet at a Green P parking lot at Spadina and Cecil and grab a bit to eat before the show. As I left Long Branch and steered the Anchovymobile in that general direction, I thought, geez, Spadina and Cecil, that’s Grossman’s… Read More
Train Song of the Day
Orange Blossom Special I couldn’t post a series of train songs without getting around to the Orange Blossom Special. There are about 500 Squillion versions of this song, and almost all of them are pretty good. It’s hard to go wrong with this one. Let’s… Read More