Travis Inman giving a fiddle lesson, using his stage fiddle (the f-holes are covered to reduce feedback). Howard Marshall photo.

Travis Inman

Sedalia, Missouri

Travis Inman giving a fiddle lesson, using his stage fiddle (the f-holes are covered to reduce feedback). Howard Marshall photo.

I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight

Players: Travis inman, fiddle; Charlie Walden, guitar; Patt Plunkett, piano

A country music standard popularized by the 1934 Carter Family 78 rpm record on Bluebird. Travis learned it from his fiddling uncle Othello Smith. From Travis’ CD “Missouri Fiddler” available on the Voyager Records label.

Peacock Rag

Players: Travis inman, fiddle; Charlie Walden, guitar; Patt Plunkett, piano

An Arthur Smith tune Travis learned from a Tommy Jackson record. From Travis’ CD “Missouri Fiddler” available on the Voyager Records label.

St. Anne’s Reel

Players: Travis inman, fiddle; Charlie Walden, guitar; Patt Plunkett, piano

A tune from Canadian fiddler Joseph Allard, learned from a Tommy Jackson record. From Travis’ CD “Missouri Fiddler” available on the Voyager Records label.