You Daily Dose tonight features Alan Jabbour and Ken Perlman playing an old fiddle tune called Ragged Bill.
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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
The Can
I’ve started messing about with my home-made oil can banjo, which here-to-for I will simply refer to as The Can. Although I’m convinced it will be easier when I’ve grown my nails out a bit more, I’m starting (and I mean just starting) to be… 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?
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
Oil Can Banjo…getting there
The oil can banjo is almost done. There are a few things I still need to work on. One of them has to do with the nut for the four main strings. When I strung the banjo, the nut appeared to be too low. This… Read More
Scottish fiddle music from Prince Edward Island played on clawhammer banjo…
thanks to Salvelinas Fontinalis for turning me on to Ken Perlman’s banjo playing….
It’s here…
The good folks at Canada Post delivered me a package today – my banjo neck is here! You can see how perfectly it’s going to fit on the can. Just right. I don’t think I’ll be able to start working on it until the weekend.… Read More
Opening the can
This morning I removed the screw top from the SULFLO can to see what was inside. There is still a little bit of oil down at the bottom, just enough to about cover the bottom of the can. It looks as if something yellowish has… Read More
27th Street 