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Topic: Pedal Fiddle? |
David Ball
From:
North Carolina High Country
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Nicholas Cox
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CA
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 2:14 pm |
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| Interesting. Does he not have a right hand? Or just doesn’t feel like using it? |
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Carl Williams
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 2:33 pm
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| Being a hack fiddler myself, I just somehow knew there had to be more to it...😳😉. Too bad though, I’m left-footed 🙃 |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 2:41 pm
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It looked to me as though he doesn't have a right arm.
Hard to tell, for sure. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 2:44 pm
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https://missourifiddling.bandcamp.com/album/luther-caldwell-one-armed-fiddler-of-boone-county-mo-msotfa-107
I also found this on another site:
Rivaling the proverbial "one-armed paperhanger," is Luther Caldwell, Columbia, whose son, Bobby Joe, 15, "bows" the fiddle for him. Mr. Caldwell's right arm was amputated after an accident eight years ago, and after trying various methods, he hit upon the scheme of "fingering" the fiddle while Bobby Joe, then 7, "bowed" it. Now the Caldwell household, neighboring dances, and fiddling contests resound with both plaintive and gay tunes, with the father and son combination seldom missing a note. |
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 27 Oct 2020 4:34 pm
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I knew Luther and Bobby really well, and played with Luther many times. When I first heard about Luther, i thought it was a joke. It’s been over fifty years since I first played with him. The bow holder was made from a hi/hat pedal and was operated with his foot. Just as good a player as anyone with both arms. Bobby was also a great player. Bobby passed away a few years ago. Bobby never missed a St. Louis steel showuntil he passed.
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2020 7:30 pm
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Very cool. Warms the old ticker. RP
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