“Methodist Preacher” is a fiddle tune that came to bluegrass through Bill Monroe. Monroe reshaped the old reel, and his longtime fiddler Kenny Baker made it his own; the tune carries Monroe’s Kentucky roots.
A four-part reel in G, “Methodist Preacher” has more melodic stretch than many breakdowns. Its extra parts give a band room to develop the tune across the instruments, and it became a standard of the bluegrass fiddle repertoire.
The tune remains a favorite for fiddle and banjo.
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