Here is Jumping Jimmy Allen performing Poor Old Fred, which was written by a friend from down in NC, David Sawyer.
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Since She Started to Ride
Jonathan Richman…
Cumberland Gap
Enjoying this delightful version of Cumberland Gap I stumbled across on YouTube. I play it this way on clawhammer banjo…
Sneaky Pete
What an odd coincidence. Tuffy P and I have been watching the TV show Sneaky Pete, and this afternoon when I did a little surfing around the YouTube machine, I came up with Champion Jack Dupree and King Curtis performing a song called Sneaky Pete… Read More
A Medley of his Hit
Townes…..
Earl Johnson
I’ve been listening to some of Earl Johnson’s music on YouTube. Earl Johnson was a fiddler from Georgia. He had a couple bands, the Dixie Entertainers and the Clodhoppers. Mr. Johnson only recorded until 1931 but continued to perform right into the 60s. He passed… Read More
Chicken Shack
Champion Jack Dupree. You have to have a lot of confidence to call yourself Champion.
45 years ago today…..
The Edmund Fitzgerald the Witch of November took down the Edmund Fitzgerald….. let’s listen to Gordon Lightfoot
The Road to Fort Coulonge
Reg Hill on fiddle…. Mr. Hill was also the fiddle player for Mac Beattie and his Ottawa Valley Melodiers. I really enjoy listening to his recordings. By the way, this is another tune recorded when I was 4 years old in 1964. Several years ago… Read More
Live Lightnin’
I stumbled across this gem on the YouTube machine. It was recorded in 1964 when I was 4 years old. I love the understated guitar playing in this performance and the emphasis on the whole song rather than on exaggerated guitar solos, volume and power.
27th Street 