A tale by Will McLean ...
Billy descends into the netherworld...
Review of
David Kuncicky's
album
"An American In Texas"
Santa Fe Reporter June 2016
reviewed by Alex De Vore
Kudos to Kuncicky for registering the super-apt website domain, “oldfiddleguy.com,”
and double-kudos for absolutely slaying, old fiddle guy or not. An American in Texas
not only weaves in and out of styles so deftly it’s mind-boggling, the entire
production is absolutely perfect. From the Spanish-sounding opener “Old Stoat” and
the oh-so-bluegrass movements of “Snake in the Grass” to the Irish-esque “Bending
the Dragon” and the gorgeous closing title track, the entire album is so jubilant
that Kuncicky’s absolute love of fiddle-driven numbers practically jumps off the
album and hugs you tight. In a sea of emulators, the man has gone all-original amid
an old-timey style of music, and this is no small feat. Like fiddle? You need this.
We Play For Ourselves
Steffie Grow
In the early evening we
pick up our instruments with real
determination. not always, sometimes cool
and casual.
The mood changes, we
get comfortable. I shuffle left
in my chair, he stands facing me
with a fiddle, or sometimes a banjo.
I didn’t study music in school
but wished I had. we
play for ourselves.
When it flows it feels like bowling a strike.
Sometimes the tunes are played straight
sometimes, syncopated or swingy. we
play for ourselves. we both sing
at times, we sound rough but it’s not a sin.
Not a sin to use our voices, we
sing out into the thin
air. It used to be happy hour time with margarita’s and gin
tonics but we
stopped that and sing straight. the jazz
sounds better, so does June
Apple and Kitchen Girl. we
play for ourselves.
© 2019 Steffie Grow
The fact that there is a highway to hell and only a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic numbers...
174,725 total streams, $272 in revenue. I think I'll retire now!
David Kuncicky
exclusively uses:
Gaucho 12.5 ga. 4pt strings
They never rust and the barbs will keep the riff-raff away from your axe.
Contact the Old Fiddle Guy:
David Kuncicky
PO Box 2858, Santa Fe, NM 87504
e-mail: oldfiddleguy at gmail.com