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Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, April 28, 1973

 Item — Box: 1, CD: 1

Scope and Contents

  1. #1 Fiddle Time
  2. #2 Levit Ragtime
  3. #3 Boil Them Cabbages Down, Breakdown, Ramond Rapliff (or Raymond Ratliff), Sacramento, California
  4. #4 Dee Waltz, Raymond Rapliff (D Waltz)
  5. #5 That There Lady, Raymond Rapliff (Ragtime Waltz)
  6. #6 Ripley’s Hornpipe, Breakdown, Bill Base (or Bill Bates, Tularosa, New Mexico) (Rickets Hornpipe)
  7. # 7 Amarillo Waltz, Bill Base
  8. # 8 Tequila Rag, Bill Base
  9. # 9 Git Along Home Sandy, Breakdown, Scott Haggie, New Mexico
  10. # 10 Over the Waves, Scott Haggie
  11. # 11 Rancho Grande, Scott Haggie
  12. # 12 Soldier’s Joy, Breakdown, Charles Simpson, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  13. # 13 Down in the Cherry Orchard, Charles Simpson
  14. # 14 Rubber Dolly, Charles Simpson
  15. # 15 Flop Eared Mule (breakdown), Elliot Koffman, Albuquerque, New Mexico (or L. H. Kaufman)
  16. #16 My Heart Cries for You, Elliot Koffman
  17. #17 Pop Along, Elliot Koffman (Hop Along?)
  18. #18 Fiddle Tune (possibly Clyde Diggs, Truth or Consequences) ( Hiccup Up Song)
  19. #19 Wednesday Night Waltz (possibly Junior Dougherty, Mesilla Park – or Daugherty)
  20. #20 Waltz
  21. #21 Grey Eagle, Van Cunningham, Bobfish, California
  22. #22 Cannonball Waltz, Van Cunningham
  23. #23 One Hundred Pipers, Van Cunningham (100 Pipers)
  24. #24 Ragtime Annie, John Harding, El Paso, Texas
  25. #25 Sweet Bunch of Daisies, John Harding
  26. #26 Maiden’s Prayer, John Harding
  27. #27 Tom and Jerry, Dion Bass, Tularosa, New Mexico (or Deedon Bates)
  28. #28 Paris Waltz, Dion Bass
  29. #29 Maiden’s Prayer, Dion Bass
  30. #30 West Virginia Hornpipe, Woody Spinks (or Woody Spates, Thoreau, New Mexico)
  31. #31 The Waltz You Save for Me, Woody Spinks
  32. #32 Faded Love, Woody Spinks (tape ran out)
  33. #33 Fiddle Tune
  34. #34 Varnish Waltz
  35. #35 Little Joe
  36. #36 Devil’s Dream, Pat Gardy (or Pat Dougherty, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico)
  37. #37 Goodnight Waltz, Pat Gardy
  38. #38 Spanish Two-Step, Pat Gardy (Spanish 2 step - pasa doble)
  39. #39 Fiddle Tune (Waltz Across Texas, in memory of E. D. Loop)
  40. #40 Waltz, Junior Dougherty and Group
  41. #41 Fiddle Tune (Trick and Fancy Fiddle), Elliot Stone
  42. #42 Shot in the Bush (Trick and Fancy Fiddle), Elliot Stone
  43. #43 Hiccup Waltz
  44. #44 Fiddle Breakdown (Trick and Fancy Fiddle), Dion Baisley
  45. #45 Waltz, Junior Dougherty
  46. #46 Pop Goes the Weasel
  47. #47 Orange Blossom Special, Dick Berry
  48. #48 Listen to the Mockingbird, William Mitchell
  49. #49 Conclusion of the Trick and Fancy Fiddling, Announcer
  50. #50 Jolie Blond
  51. #51 Jesusita en Chihuahua
  52. #52 Announcement of Winners, Announcer
  53. 1st place in trick fiddle – Elliot Koffman (or L. H. Kaufman)
  54. 2nd place in trick fiddle – Clyde Keith
  55. 1st place in fancy fiddle – Dick Berry
  56. 2nd place in fancy fiddle – Junior Dougherty
  57. 3rd place in fancy fiddle – William Mitchell
  58. 4th place in fancy fiddle – Dion Bailey (or Dion Baisley)
  59. 5th place in fancy fiddle – Tommy Dougherty? (Tammy or Tommy Daugherty?)
  60. #53 Fiddle Tune
  61. #54 Announcement of Winners (Grand Championship Division), Announcer:
  62. 1st place – Dick Berry
  63. 2nd place – Junior Dougherty

Dates

  • April 28, 1973

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English Spanish Navajo Laotian

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 3 boxes (.66 cu. ft)

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451