Possum's Big Fiddle Show

By Charlie Walden

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What's Possum's Big Fiddle Show about?

Join Charlie Walden (a.k.a The Possum) as he wrassles with the most frustrating and yet most satisfying musical instrument of all - "The Devil's Box". Charlie shares interviews, travels, recommendations, reviews and more. Let's face it, there are few better ways to waste time than playing the fiddle. Find out why and how on Possum's Big Fiddle Show!

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Possum's Big Fiddle Show episodes:

09.20.2023
Episode #31 w/ Patt @NITE!! – Salty River Reel
This episode features excerpts from the Big Fiddle Show broadcast on March 29, 2020. Our featured tune is Salty River[...]
09.14.2023
Episode #30 @Nite w/Patt – London Hornpipe
This episode features excerpts from the Big Fiddle Show broadcast on March 27, 2020. Our featured tune, one “Straight Outta[...]
09.10.2023
Episode #29 @NITE! with Patt! – Bob Walter’s Breakdown in C
An episode of the Big Fiddle Show from the depths of the Great Pestilence. Originally broadcast on March 26, 2020. With Charlie Walden & Patt Plunkett. Our featured tune is Bob Walter's Breakdown in C.
08.20.2020
#28 @NITE with Patt – Life on the Ocean Waves
Who could believe? It's another Episode of Possum's Big Fiddle Show @NITE! with Patt! We play a bunch of old-time favorites like Georgianna Moon Waltz, Spootiskerry, Over the Ocean Waves, Going Across the Prairie, St. Anne's Reel, KENTUCKY, Cincinnati Hornpipe,...
05.29.2020
#27 @NITE! with Patt – Echoes of the Ozarks
Well bust my buttons! It's another episode of Possum Big Fiddle Show @NITE! with Patt. We ring the bell and squeeze the chicken. Then we play some great old fiddle tunes like: Echoes of the Ozarks, Crooked Stovepipe, Stars &...
05.29.2020
#26 @NITE! with Patt – My Little Home in West Virginia
Woah Nellie! It's time for another edition of Possum's Big Fiddle Show @NITE! with Patt! Join us for the usual hi-jinx several great old-time fiddle tunes including: My Little Home in West Virginia, Zack Wheat's Piece, The Farmer's Jamboree Jig,...
04.22.2020
#25 @NITE! with Patt – East Tennessee Blues
Jumpin' Gee-Hoss-A-Phat! It's another epi of Possum's Big Fiddle Show with Patt on the keyboard. Right into your living room or earbuds with the best old-time fiddling you'll hear any where - well, almost! We chaw down on the following...
04.22.2020
#24B @NITE! with Patt – Chinese Breakdown
Hey kids! It's another episode of Possum's Big Fiddle Show this time @NITE! with Patt!! I'm joined by the lovely and talented Patt on piano for a rousing session of bad puns and good fiddle tunes. In this program we...
03.12.2020
#24 Tunes With Don – Chase the Squirrel
It's another brain-numbing episode of Possum's Big Fiddle Show - Tunes with Don. We take calls from the hotline! Don plays a number of memorable tunes such as Rachel, No Title (one of my personal favs), Boys Around the World,...
03.04.2020
#23 Tunes with Don – Leake County Two-Step
Woah Nellie! It's another edition of Possum's Big Fiddle Show - Tunes with Don. It's Don sawing the fiddle and me on the starvation box playing tunes, telling jokes, listening to the Hotline and crackin' wise on the important topics...
03.04.2020
#21 Tuesday Tunes with Don: Friday Edition
It's another edition of Tuesday Tunes with Don, this time on Friday. Who could have guessed it. Recorded live and simulcast on both Twitch and YouTube at 11:00 AM on February 14, 2020. Valentine's Day for you lovers out there....
03.04.2020
#20 PBFS@NITE! with Ward Allen
Woah there hoss! It's another Episode of Possum's Big Fiddle Show @NITE! What to we do on PBFS@NITE! you may ask. Well pard', we play along with the greatest fiddlers of all time on YouTube and you can play right...
03.04.2020
#22 PBFS@NITE! with Tommy Jackson
Hey everybody it's Possum's Big Fiddle Show @NITE! We play along with the greatest fiddlers of all time on YouTube and you can, too! Tonight it's Tommy Jackson. The Wiley Ol' Possum plays Liberty, Ragtime Annie, The Girl I Left...
02.13.2020
#19 PBFS@NITE! with Andy DeJarlis
It’s BigFiddleShow@NITE! for February 11, 2020. We played from a list of six Andy DeJarlis tune tongiht: Romeo’s First Change, Andy’s Centennial Two-Step, Golden Boy Two-Step, Backwoodsman’s Reel, Jimmy’s Jig and The Lucky Trapper Reel. Join in the fun next...
02.13.2020
#18 Tuesday Tunes without Don
Don’s in Florida getting his tan on, but he joins us by phone. I play along to the new Spencer & Rains CD so that you can only hear me. We try out the new theme song and preview next...
02.13.2020
#17 The Geoff Seitz Call – Tuesday Tunes with Don
In this episode we ring up our old pal Geoff Seitz and catch him working at his shop. Don plays Ora Lee & Rachel. The all heck breaks loose – we lose our internet connection and the show goes dead...
01.23.2020
#16 The Dutiful Son – Tuesday Tunes with Don
What an action packed episode! We play calls from the Hotline and some were down-right weird. We play a bunch of tunes and even premiere a brand new tune written especially for this episode. @BigFiddleShow.
01.19.2020
#15 Battle of Brewersville – Tuesday Tunes with Don
I’m back with my sidekick Don playing tunes and cracking wise. In this episode we take more bizarro calls from the Hotline and play tunes like “The Battle of Brewersville, “Old French” and “Old-Time Billy in the Lowground”. Plus there’s...
01.19.2020
#14 Shetland Fiddle & Accordion Festival 2019 – Part 1
This past October 10 to 14, 2019, marked the 32nd annual Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival (SAFF) held in the Shetland Islands. In my last post I told you how to get to Shetland from America. This is part one ...
01.03.2020
Episode #13 Old Moze – Tuesday Tunes with Don
It’s another Tuesday Tunes with Don live from Chicago, IL. This week we take a very interesting call on the Hotline from a Mr. Gilbert Gnarley. Don performs a science experiment on an egg and we play a bunch of...
12.27.2019
Episode #12 Blue Mule – Tuesday Tunes with Don
It’s a Christmas Eve Spectacular on another Tuesday Tunes with Don. We give away the tickets to Possum’s Big Fiddle Show on Ice. Don tells about the time he got his car stolen. Then we play several of the good...
12.21.2019
Episode #11 Calhoun Swing – Tuesday Tunes with Don
Playing some tunes with my Buddy Don on the usual Tuesdays. We get deep into Calhoun Swing (from Melvin Wine), Constitution Hornpipe (Cole’s 1000), Year of Jubilo, Indians Over The Hill, Walk Old Shoe-Heel Come A-Draggin’ and Run Down Boot....
12.06.2019
Episode #10 Getting to the Shetland Islands
Wow! Our recent excursion to Scotland and the Shetland Islands in October did not disappoint. You can read my first post HERE. The next few posts and podcasts will be devoted to describing this amazing journey. This article is all...
10.07.2019
Episode #9 – Fiddles, Accordions & Wee Ponies
This episode is all about the Shetland Islands and our upcoming trip to the Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival. Be sure to read the accompanying blog post HERE. http://blog.charliewalden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PBFS9.mp3 Be sure to call the hotline at (847) 920-7587 and get in on...
09.28.2019
Episode #8 – Belvidere Hornpipe
Possum is joined by his sidekick Wichita. We play a few tunes, most notably the Belvidere Hornpipe. We also discuss our recent trip to Clifftop, try to annoy “Butters the Cat”, Un-box a package that arrives from Amazon during the...
03.15.2019
Episode #7 Square Dance 78’s, Teddy Roosevelt & More!
In this exciting episode your host plays more 78s from the “Square Dance Box”. This is a heavy metal case of square dance records from the 1950s that Patt’s mother picked up at a thrift shop in Sarasota some years...
03.01.2019
Possum’s Big Fiddle Show – Episode 6
Welcome to another exciting episode of Possum’s Big Fiddle Show. Know you’re gonna love it! Today on the program we pull from a big metal box of square dance 78s and take whatever wierdness happens as it comes. Big Fun!!
10.29.2018
Possum’s Big Fiddle Show Episode 5 – Happy Wheatland Edition!!
Hey! It’s another exciting episode of Possum’s Big Fiddle Show: Happy Wheatland Edition. The Possum is nestled in by the piney woods in the performer’s campground with Patt Plunkett on piano, Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller on guitar and our special...
07.04.2018
Episode #4 Get Up in the Cool / Possum’s Big Fiddle Show – Brandywine Super Crossover Special!
People said it couldn’t be done – like the moon landing (which actually was done on a hurriedly assembled movie set in El Segundo – but that’s a topic for another podcast). Still, here they are – Get Up in...
06.24.2018
Episode #3 – Vandalia Gathering
The Wiley Ol’ Possum visits the Charleston, WV, and attends the annual Vandalia Gathering at the State Capitol. The podcast opens with a visit to the Empty Glass to hear the Big Possum String Band and then it’s on to...
06.11.2018
Episode #2 with Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller
My guest is long-time musical ally and starvation box devotee Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller. He’s coming to you live via Skype from Elkins, WV. We share an adult beverage, take a call on the “hotline” from a listener in the...
06.06.2018
Episode #1 with John Blisard
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Possum’s Big Fiddle Show. My guest is long-time friend and West Virginia musical icon John Blisard of Big Chimney. We talk bagpipes, harps, fiddles, Frank George and play a few tunes. Be sure to...

What's Possum's Big Fiddle Show about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Possum's Big Fiddle Show episodes:

Episode #31 w/ Patt @NITE!! – Salty River Reel

Episode #30 @Nite w/Patt – London Hornpipe

Episode #29 @NITE! with Patt! – Bob Walter’s Breakdown in C

#28 @NITE with Patt – Life on the Ocean Waves

#27 @NITE! with Patt – Echoes of the Ozarks

#26 @NITE! with Patt – My Little Home in West Virginia

#25 @NITE! with Patt – East Tennessee Blues

#24B @NITE! with Patt – Chinese Breakdown

#24 Tunes With Don – Chase the Squirrel

#23 Tunes with Don – Leake County Two-Step

#21 Tuesday Tunes with Don: Friday Edition

#20 PBFS@NITE! with Ward Allen

#22 PBFS@NITE! with Tommy Jackson

#19 PBFS@NITE! with Andy DeJarlis

#18 Tuesday Tunes without Don

#17 The Geoff Seitz Call – Tuesday Tunes with Don

#16 The Dutiful Son – Tuesday Tunes with Don

#15 Battle of Brewersville – Tuesday Tunes with Don

#14 Shetland Fiddle & Accordion Festival 2019 – Part 1

Episode #13 Old Moze – Tuesday Tunes with Don

Episode #12 Blue Mule – Tuesday Tunes with Don

Episode #11 Calhoun Swing – Tuesday Tunes with Don

Episode #10 Getting to the Shetland Islands

Episode #9 – Fiddles, Accordions & Wee Ponies

Episode #8 – Belvidere Hornpipe

Episode #7 Square Dance 78’s, Teddy Roosevelt & More!

Possum’s Big Fiddle Show – Episode 6

Possum’s Big Fiddle Show Episode 5 – Happy Wheatland Edition!!

Episode #4 Get Up in the Cool / Possum’s Big Fiddle Show – Brandywine Super Crossover Special!

Episode #3 – Vandalia Gathering

Episode #2 with Mike “Wichita Slim” Miller

Episode #1 with John Blisard