There are numerous American folk tunes that have their roots in true stories. There is Stagger Lee, Tom Dooley, Charles Guiteau, John Hardy, Pretty Boy Floyd and many more, a fascinating and bloody history. Most of these are about men, and most of them involve… Read More
Here’s the Gladson Family Band, performing Black-Eyed Suzie. This is an example of old time music in which there’s a bit of singing in what would otherwise be an instrumental, but not all the verses are sung.
Let’s start it off right. Here’s a shot of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – Stranger to my Happiness
Doing a little bit of early morning YouTube surfing and what do I find? It’s the amazing Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings covering Woody Guthrie. I’m not even kidding. Brace yourselves…..
When I left for work this morning it was raining. By the time I got there it was pouring. At lunchtime, well, it was still pouring. By the time I left work, it had stopped finally. It started raining again as I took the partners… Read More
I came across this lovely little earworm tonight on the Youtube machine so I thought I’d share it. Here’s Al Green and Lyle Lovett (Al Green and Lyle Lovett??) (this might be the first Willie Nelson tune I’ve posted here) performing Funny how Time Slips… Read More
I don’t know who Big John McNeil was or anything about the origin of the tune. I’m mostly familiar with it from listening to some Canadian fiddle music. Recently I stumbled across a clawhammer arrangement for this tune, so I’ve been re-familiarizing myself with it… Read More
Here’s the St. Anne’s reel as a Quebec button accordion tune…from CherzeduKbec Interestingly, it’s also popular among Appalachian style players. Here’s a version from Sam Worley featuring clawhammer banjo… I haven’t learned this one on clawhammer yet, but it’s on my list.
Here’s me trying to play a Cumberland Gap in D…
Here at 27th Street, we get up very early. At about 5:37 every morning, the lions start a demolition derby, crashing around the house, jumping on each other, jumping on us, bouncing off walls. If we want to sleep in, one of us has to… Read More
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