I love the Old Time fiddle and banjo tune, Over the Waterfall. Here are a few different approaches to it, beginning with Dave Hum fingerpicking it… It has a different feel played clawhammer. This version was posted by Kenneth William Elkington. Very nice. And Ryan… Read More
(Johnny’s just like me that way….) Here’s Ray Abshire
I’m really looking forward to the Paul Brady performance at Hugh’s Room tomorrow night. Here he is with Hiroshi Yamaguchi performing a very unusual and striking version of The Homes of Donegal… And here is Mr. Brady playing his Arthur McBride. Perfect. OK, just one… Read More
This tune was written and recorded by Hank Williams in 1952. Jerry Lee Lewis covered it in 1957 on the B side of Great Balls of Fire. Here’s a great version by Paul Brady, who will be performing at Hugh’s Room here in Toronto on… Read More
Hell Among the Yearlings has to be one of the best song titles in Old Time music. It’s also a great fiddle tune. Here are the Mountain Boomers String Band at JC’s Fish and BBQ Knoxville, Arkansas
Doc Watson and Jack Lawrence picking Black Mountain Rag. Does that answer your question?
`Old time music’ may suggest sounds rooted in pre-mass media Americana, but it is no less a marketing label than is `urban’ (contemporary black music) or `young country’ (post-Garth Nashville pop). It’s just an older sales hook.
Check out this excellent article by Mark Humphrey at the Old Time Music Home Page
Doc and Merle Watson were fantastic performers.
Tonight’s daily dose is from the late Solomon Burke, performing Valley of Tears with Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch. Mighty fine. I was familiar with some of Burke’s Atlantic recordings from back in the day, but when he released Don’t Give up on Me, on… Read More
Because there is room for people like Dwight Diller who dedicate themselves to mastery of a traditional form way outside the star-maker machinery known as the music industry. Mr. Diller has some excellent music on his YouTube channel. Here’s one I quite like…
27th Street 