San Diego Fiddle Workshop 2015 with Patt & Possum

Excerpts from a fiddle workshop held in San Diego, CA on January 24, 2015. Charlie Walden - fiddle & Patt Plunkett - piano. Several tunes were chawed on including Bear Creek Hop, Polk County Breakdown and Walking in My Sleep. A demonstration of "fancy" bowing tricks was also provided.

Learn to Play Back in '89

From a workshop held in Effingham, IL, on October 17, 2015 and sponsored by the Illinois Old Time Fiddlers Association. The workshop focused on tunes from midwestern fiddler Lyman Enloe.  Tunes taught included Back in '89, Cowhide Boots and Lost Indian (or Lonesome Indian as Lyman called it).

Patt & Possum House Concert - Australia 2013

House concert in rural Victoria, Australia in October 2013.  Our favorite gig from the tour.  Great hosts and only friends in the audience.  A real treat.  Thanks Leonie, Richard, Linda and Ian for such a great time!

Patt & Possum - 2010 Australian National Folk Festival

Performances at the 2010 National Folk Festival of Australia. Featuring Patt & Possum with Mike "Wichita" Miller - guitar, Patt Plunkett - keyboard, Charlie Walden - fiddle, Mike Bing - mandolin and Valerie Mindell - vocals.

Clifftop 2011 Jam Sessions

Great jams at Clifftop 2011.  Featuring: Mike Resnick on mandolin, Sean Ruprecht-Belt on banjo-uke, Ian Alexander, Steve Arkin, Rich Hibbs and Wayne Erbsen on banjo, Wayne Erbsen and Gerry Hale on mandolin, Doug Smith on guitar, Patt Plunkett on ukelele, Nick Lloyd and Kim Wheeler on bass and Geoff Seitz, Bill Stewart, Wayne Erbsen & Charlie Walden on fiddle and more!  Video by Linda DeCieri.

Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival - 2013

Patt & Possum (Charlie Walden - fiddle & Patt Plunkett - piano) playing at the Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival in Dorrigo, NSW, Australia in 2013.

Clifftop 2012 Video Clips

Clips from Clifftop 2012 - Appalachian String Band Festival held each summer at the George Washington Carver Park near Fredericktown, WV.

Mountain Pickers Association Concert, Upwey VIC Australia

Patt Plunkett and Charlie Walden (a.k.a Patt & Possum) recorded November 6, 2014, at the Burrinja Café amd Cultural Center in Upwey, Victoria at a meeting of the Mountain Pickers Association.  Videography by Roger McKenna.

2011 Clifftop Masters Concert

Masters Concert at the 2011 Appalachian String Band Festival. Charlie Walden - fiddle, Patt Plunkett - ukulele, Doug Smith - guitar and Nick Lloyd - bass. Special guest Gerry Hale of Melbourne, Australia, on mandolin.

KDHX Folk School Fiddle Workshop (April 19, 2014)

We’ll play some signature tunes from National Heritage Award winners, the late Lyman Enloe.  Lyman was from the south central part of Missouri and learned his craft from another famous old time fiddler, Tony Gilmore of Jefferson City.  Primarily a dance player, in later life he moved to the Kansas City area became known as a Bluegrass fiddler.  His playing was very smooth and melodic.

John P. Williams Monroe County Influences Available As Download - Great Missouri Fiddling!

Videos of John P. Williams Fiddling

Old Square Dance Records

Various old square dance records from my personal collection.

Harrietville Fiddle Workshop - Charlie Walden

Set of 5 video segments of a workshop I gave in Harrietville, VIC, back in 2008.  Plenty of good playing advice as well as some tunes are taught.  The flies were particularly bad that year, as they can be in rural Australia, so there is a lot of swatting and hand waving.  A few even got swallowed!

Jam Session and Square Dance at Wien, MO. - 1994

Videotape from a Jam Session and Square Dance held at Wien (Chariton County in north central Missouri) in 1994. The event was sponsored by the Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association. Musicians present include Pete McMahan (Harrisburg), John Williams (Madisn), Kenny Applebee (Rush Hill), John White (Hallsville), Musial Wolfe (Boonville), John Stark (Carrollton), Howard Marshall (Fulton), Virgil Smith (Montgomery City) and Charlie Walden (Evanston, IL).

Learn to Play Walking In My Sleep

I learned this version of Walking in My Sleep from Pete McMahan of Harrisburg. MO. Charlie Walden - fiddle & Patt Plunkett - piano. The tune is Walking in My Sleep, which has been credited to Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and was recording in both 78 and modern eras.Still popular, especially as a Bluegrass instrumental. 


Excerpt from a fiddle workshop held in San Diego, CA, January 24, 2015. Charlie Walden - fiddle & Patt Plunkett - piano.