For some reason I enjoy the chaos which is Starsky’s on a Saturday afternoon…
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Monthly archives of “January 2015”
Saturday morning Boogie
Here are the North Mississippi Allstars… And let’s go back in time to 1953 and Little Junior Parker and the Blue Flames…..Feel so Good…. And a taste of John Lee Hooker, live in Montreal in 1980… Just for fun, let’s include Tennessee Ernie Ford, and… Read More
Banjo Practice – it’s back
Those of you who dropped by the other night know I was foiled in my attempt to videotape more banjo practice when my trusty old point-and-shoot camera bit the dust. I was thinking today that I carry around a phone that takes pretty good pictures… Read More
Jacques
Lucky you (saved by mechanical failure)
I had every intention tonight of recording more banjo practice on video. Specifically I wanted to record myself playing a tune called Bonaparte’s March on clawhammer banjo. I’ve learned that recording myself is a great learning tool. It encourages me to listen carefully to how… Read More
Johnny Can’t Dance
It’s about time I shared some button accordion music around this joint, don’t you think? Johnny Can’t Dance Ray Abshire or how about Clifton Chenier? I think the reason he can’t dance is he’s got a paper in his shoe… here’s the late Boozee Chavis
Banjo Practice (Cumberland Gap)
I recorded some banjo practice the other night. Here’s me trying to play Cumberland Gap. I recorded it with an inexpensive point and shoot digital camera with not quite enough light, so there are limitations (besides the obvious ones involving my playing)
Clawhammer players fuss with their nails
Unlike Bluegrass banjo, which is played with metal thumb and finger picks, Old Time clawhammer banjo is most often played without picks. I say most often because there are players, and good players too who do use specialized clawhammer picks, sometimes of their own devising… Read More
Orange..orange…ORANGE!
Time for Tea!
27th Street 