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Hop High Ladies
Here are The Shots performing Hop High Ladies, just because….
Angeline the Baker
I started playing Angeline the Baker today on the oil can banjo, based on the following tab I found on the banjo hangout… The little H’s are hammer-ons and the little P’s are pull-offs and the SL’s indicate slides. This should keep me out of… Read More
Ragged Bill
You Daily Dose tonight features Alan Jabbour and Ken Perlman playing an old fiddle tune called Ragged Bill.
Playing the Can
Playing the oil can banjo until my fingers are sore. Expecting callouses on the fingers of my left hand soon enough. Playing a few easy tunes, learning to coordinate the right and left hand. Feeling like I’m off to a good start, although I’m sure… Read More
Starting somewhere
My brother the trout sent me a simple arrangement of the tune Old Molly Hare and I’ve started to learn it on the can. I have to start somewhere and this seems to be as good a place as any. The can has a unique… Read More
Kitchen Girl
This song reminds me a little of Over the Waterfall. I don’t know why it’s called Kitchen Girl. Maybe there are lyrics for it that I’ve never heard?
Clawhammer Uke?
It’s your Daily Dose. Take your medicine.
Oil Can Banjo is complete
Last week I had the oil can banjo together but I wasn’t completely satisfied. I particular, the holes in the tail-piece were off-line, pulling the strings toward the bottom of the fretboard. Yesterday, I visited my local Goodwill and bought a selection of forks, and… Read More
Music from Azerbaijan
I don’t know very much at all about this music, but I’ve been listening to quite a few videos on the YouTube machine featuring the garmon, and I’m fascinated by the sounds.
27th Street 