"Rye Whiskey" (Drunken Hiccups, Devil's Waltz)
Added 2025-04-23 20:02:19 +0000 UTCI learned "Rye Whiskey" from watching North Carolina fiddler, Steve Kruger, and from listening to recordings of Virginia fiddler, Tommy Jarrell. I never saw any banjo picker play "Rye Whiskey," or as Mr. Jarrell called it "Drunken Hiccups," unless I taught him. This is my own original arrangement. In recent years I've discovered that some northern fiddlers as away Canada play the same tune, but call it "Devil's Waltz." This piece of music must be very old.
Performance 1: https://youtu.be/oo25FNn9JxQ?si=6aM0ivo6hDWQHJ2e
Performance 2: https://youtu.be/JhQ4Ciq2daU?si=6yWpGD0oO_nl_4Tx
Performance 3: https://youtu.be/ctNxjN89iak?si=eipRbH6VwDcL-hEB
Lesson: https://youtu.be/oo25FNn9JxQ?si=qoFJV0xirDCGT5Qx
Close-up: https://youtu.be/ccOu26sDhKE?si=_LRsxKDKAhhLFZGW
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Comments
Thanks, Richard. I fell in love with it probably in 2008 when I first heard Steve Kruger play it on the fiddle at my house in Boone, NC. He played another one called "I Feel Sorry For You" that I have my YouTube channel (I think). Then I heard a recording of Tommy Jarrell playing "Drunken Hiccups," realized it was the same song, and sat down to work it out on the banjo.
Clifton Hicks
2025-04-23 21:54:28 +0000 UTCReal nice
Buster
2025-04-23 21:02:26 +0000 UTCThat was hypnotic. Great arrangement.
Richard
2025-04-23 20:40:46 +0000 UTC
