I don’t know any history on this tune or if there really was a Little Billy Wilson or not. It sounds like once upon a time it lived in Ireland. Here are The Knuckle Dusters
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All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
Mountain banjo progress
I got a good start making a mountain banjo back in spring, but I mostly stayed out of the workshop through the summer and and fall. Time to finish it off. All the major components are now ready to go. The neck is carved and… Read More
Keep my Skillet Greasy
Keep my Skillet Greasy has to be among my fave song titles. Keep my skillet greasy all the time. That’s what I’m talkin’ about. Here’s Frank Fairfield with a killer performance. Mr. Fairfield is a dangerous banjo picker. Keep my skillet greasy all the time… Read More
Songcatcher
We watched the film Songcatcher tonight. It’s a 2001 flick directed by Maggie Greenwald and starring Janet McTeer with cameos by Taj Mahal and Iris Dement. The music is mostly good but still this movie was disappointing. Neither the characters nor the story are very… Read More
Box of cat
This is Jack Shadbolt (the cat, not the painter), enjoying a box. The best cat toys in existence don’t come from a cat toy manufacturer. They consist of a cardboard box, a string tied to a sick on one end and a crumpled bit of… Read More
Folk music and originality
In folk music, it’s expected that songs get retreaded in all kinds of ways. Melodies get recycled with different lyrics, and similar bits of lyrics find their way into a host of different tunes. How many tunes share “six white horses in a line” or… Read More
Western Country
One of my fave Old Time tunes is Susananah Gal, also known as Western Country and Fly around my pretty little miss. I hope you like this one as much as I do. Here’s a version by the Whiskey Bent Valley Boys… Here is the… Read More
The male cardinal mosaic
Tuffy P was up late last night, finishing up the male cardinal mosaic….
Phyllis (aka Bunny)
Stuff I’ll never learn to do….
Here’s Aubrey Atwater clogging and playing banjo at the same time. As discussed in an earlier post, Johnny can’t dance, so the clogging part is a challenge even without the banjo…..
27th Street 