Buffalo Gals is one of those flexible tunes that has been adapted just about every way you can imagine. Here are a few interesting takes on a tune that’s been around the block more than a few times… Movie fans will recall the melody from… Read More
Fly Around my Pretty Little Miss (aka Western Country aka Susananah Gal). This is from the whitetopmusic channel on YouTube. It’s the Whitetop Mountain Band back in 1990.
Here’s a little departure from the usual Old Time or button accordion music regular readers are used to hearing around this joint. Not sure what’s the best part of this video – Mike Bloomfield talking about the music, or Buddy Miles’ great vocals. Bloomfield was… Read More
Here’s your Daily Dose of Old Time music. I came across this video surfing around on YouTube tonight. It’s Spencer Branch playing Salt Creek. I love the driving clawhammer on this one. This group shows that a trio is plenty big enough to put out… Read More
I could listen to David Bromberg sing Summer Wages 100 times in a row and never get bored. Once in a while I like to have a look on the YouTube machine to see if there’s a version I’ve missed. Let’s not forget it was… Read More
Since becoming somewhat obsessed with clawhammer banjo, I’ve been posting mostly what we call “Old Time” music on this blog. Some readers will remember it wasn’t always that way around this joint. I’d like to feature some Basque music tonight, and in particular music made… Read More
I stumbled across this wonderful video of Harvey “Pappy” Taylor playing Devil in the Haystack at age 90. Is it true to play the fiddle you have to make a pact with the devil?
Me attempting to play Shady Grove (major version)…
I was thinking about Wade Hemsworth today. I was trying to concentrate on something else, from which my mind needed a little break, and old Wade came to the rescue. His music just kind of crept in when I wasn’t expecting it. A lot of… Read More
I’ve known the tune Shady Grove for a long time. It’s well known, and has been recorded a zillion times. On the banjo, this is usually played in Sawmill tuning, or “mountain modal” tuning as it is also called. Here’s a fairly typical approach to… Read More
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