Gu-Achi Fiddlers: Old Time O'odham Fiddle Music

Canyon Records CR-8082

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Ali Oidak Polka (3:18)
02 Bareterro Two-Step (3:03)
03 Black Mountain Mazurka (3:51)
04 Blackie Polka (4:05)
05 Sonora Church Two-Step (4:18)
06 Hohokam Polka (3:13)
07 Libby Bird Song Mazurka (4:08)
08 Memories In Ajo Polka (3:37)
09 Pinto Beans Two-Step (3:28)
10 E.J. Special Polka (3:29)
11 Cababie Two-Step (3:19)
12 Dawn Mazurka (3:15)
[Credits]
Elliot Johnson and Lester Vavages (fiddles) Wilfred Mendoza (guitar) Gerald Leos, Sr. (drums) Tommy Lopez (bass drum)
Producers: Robert Doyle, Raymond Boley and Stephen Butler, Liner Notes: Jim Griffith and Stephen Butler, Designer: Larry Lindahl Design, Engineer: Jack Miller
[Notes]
This is the first commercial recording of the fiddle band music of the Tohono O'odham people of Southern Arizona. Utilizing instruments originally introduced by Spanish missionaries, the fiddle band sound is highly unique utilizing violins, guitar, and drums playing polkas, two-steps, and mazurkas. The result is an exciting sound and one of Southern Arizona's richest musical traditions.