All posts tagged “Orange Blossom Special

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Time for a train song

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

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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