Earlier I posted a version of the Old Time tune, Bonaparte’s March, but just before that I had been having a little facebook message exchange with a guitar-picker friend of mine and he mentioned Bonaparte’s Retreat but he was really thinking of Bonaparte’s March, which… Read More
Here are Nathan McAlister and Sours. I know Bonaparte’s March pretty well and play it on clawhammer. I learned it from the same players these folks learned it from, Cathy Barton and Dave Para. I learned it when I attended the 2014 Midwest Banjo Camp.… Read More
Finding a pocket between daffodils, peonies and the early signs of Queen Anne’s Lace, Milo aka Bruce aka Wonder Cat pulls in the last few rays of sunshine in Long Branch on May 26th.
Here’s the Michael Burton tune, Night Rider’s Lament, performed by Nanci Griffith with help from the great cowboy singer Don Edwards. My first exposure to this tune was on an Ian Tyson Record, but hearing Mr. Edwards do his lonesome cowboy yodel sends chills up… Read More
I just wanted to let everyone know that Memphis continues to do really well after the surgery she had on her leg. She’s now doing a walk every day, for 10 – 15 minutes, she’s putting more weight on her leg, and she’s in great… Read More
Check out this guy’s mechanical guitar…
Georgie loves the sprinkler….
Today I set up a tripod out on the deck so I could get some steady video of the robins in their nest. A party breaks out when one of the adult robins returns to the nest with some grub.
The baby robins are growing. They want lunch and they want it now. We can watch the action from our deck. The nest is in our huge Norway spruce.
The tall tale of Stagger Lee has been recorded countless times in many styles. The bad man Stagger Lee has been Stacker Lee, Stack-O-Lee, Stack Pole and more. We all know what happened. That bad old Stagger Lee killed Billy Lyons over a $5 Stetson… Read More
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