Here are Kirk Sutphin and Riley Baugus, two excellent old time performers who will also both be playing at Merlefest, which starts tomorrow afternoon.
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Let me Fall
The South Carolina Broadcasters are one of the groups performing at the upcoming Merlefest. I found this performance of Let me Fall on the YouTube.
Cumberland Gap
The Cumberland Gap, a mountain pass in the Appalachians located where Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia meet, is also the name of a song first recorded in 1924. There are countless versions. Here are a few that I really like. Let’s start with bluegrass, and Flatt… Read More
Cold Frosty Morning on the “Industrial” Oil Can Banjo
This is the “Industrial” with the new bridge and nut. The banjo is tuned to A Modal tuning.
It was called Old Time….
….even when it was new. Check out this fantastic bit of history… It’s called Folkways: Music of Surry County hosted by David Holt. It’s all about the home of the Round Peak style of Old Time. I don’t know much about the program…there it was… Read More
Formica!!
Check out this interview David Holt did with Kirk Sutphin. Mr. Sutphin is playing a fretless banjo with a Formica fingerboard! What a great idea.
Jackson
So there I was messing about on the Industrial oil can banjo and this simple little melody started to emerge and I started playing around with it a bit trying to get it right. Tuffy P asked, what’s that you’re playing and I said I… Read More
Local Liquid Folk Art
Hee’s Riley Baugus – looking forward to seeing him perform at Merlefest!
Differences
Regular readers know the truth. I’m an unrepentant folk music freak enthusiast. That’s just the way it is. I think it was squeezebox king Flaco Jimenez who said something about folk music being very simple music dressed up to seem really complicated. Still, there are… Read More
27th Street 