“Just be sure you spell my uncle’s name right,” my wife Linda admonished me.”It’s ‘Ervin’ with a ‘V’, not ‘Erwin.’ ” Of course I would. After all, Uncle Ervin — with a V —was the composer of “The ...

We know that Ervin T. Rouse never rode the train he wrote about. In fact, there's a chance he never saw the train at all. Yet the fiddle tune he wrote, "The Orange Blossom Special," has become a ...

The Lyons Fiddle Festival each year features a theme. This year showcased the family band. All bands were family members. The first band up on stage was the Martin Sisters bringing Western Swing. “We ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — If you like a little "Orange Blossom Special" then you'll love today's "My Hero." This is 89-year-old Everett Steele. He's played the fiddle most of his life and his daughter ...

It’s time to bring out holiday traditions of all sorts, including our newsroom neighbor Keith’s venerable Hanukkah garland — a whirl of tinsel stars that bedecks his computer every year. At the ...

Famous fiddle tune “The Orange Blossom Special” is to many bluegrass musicians as Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” is to many rockers. Famous fiddler Michael Cleveland won’t turn up his nose at an “Orange ...

WEIRSDALE is 639 miles away from Nashville, Tenn., but the sounds of the music are much closer. Judging by the resumes from members in the Orange Blossom Opry Band, the road from the Ryman Auditorium ...

From 1925 through 1953, the luxury passenger train Orange Blossom Special traveled from New York City to Miami and back. Other Florida stops included Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale, and Hollywood before ...