I mentioned the Wabash Cannonball in my post about tune names. Here’s Benny Martin tearing it up, accompanied by John Hartford on banjo. Just wow!
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Gentle on my Mind
I was surfing around the YouTube machine, listening to fiddle tunes, when I stumbled into this gem. It’s perfect, isn’t it?
Tune Names
More so than songs, tunes often have lots of names. Sometimes a tune will take on a regional name. Sometimes, nobody locally will have known the actual title, and so simply call it something else. Sometimes, there will be a name from a tune’s country… Read More
Buck Fever Rag
Buck Fever Rag was written by the late great Reg Hill. Mr. Hill was the fiddler in Mac Beattie’s Ottawa Valley Melodiers, but he also had several great solo recordings. I’d bet dollars to donuts the scrub-board player on the Reg Hill cut is Mac… Read More
Improving Canadian/American Relations (or Why Traditional Music #6,427)
Hand of God
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Opelousas Sostan
Today’s earworm is a “Swamp Pop” classic by Rufus Jaganeaux. I first heard this song back in the early 80s.
Earworm Alert
Ever get an earworm? All day today, Amy Rigby’s Dancin’ with Joey Ramone has been swirling around my ever-so-small brain. The only thing to do is pass it on…..
Squeeze Box King
Jump down turn around….
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder have been playing Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee material together! I’m really enjoying these songs. Back when I was a teenage blues freak I listened to Sonny & Brownie’s music a lot, and when they came to town, my first… Read More
27th Street 