Some visitors might be saying, hey this blog is getting very music-heavy lately don’t you think? Well, all I have to say to that is, c’mon, let’s do the Georgia Crawl. Here’s Meredith Axelrod with Jim Kweskin.
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Train that carried my girl from town….
Last night at the Banjo Special, we enjoyed several combinations of performers but I think my favourite was the duo of Chris Coole and Ivan Rosenberg. These guys sound fantastic together. I’ve also been listening to their recording, Return to Trion, in the car –… Read More
Ki-yi-yippie-ippie-eye…it’s Friday!
Here’s Meredith Axelrod and her Wayfaring Strangers….
Fly Around my Pretty Little Miss
That was Born Old — Paul Gartner on banjo, Doug Van Gundy on fiddle Fly Around my Pretty Little Miss is also known as Western Country or Susananna Gal. It’s one of my favourite Old Time tunes no matter what you call it. Here are… Read More
Pity the Fool
Our houseguest, Anthony Stagg from planet Chicago, has turned our handy Mr. T in your Pocket into an instrument of sorts. Presenting the Mr. T in your Pocket Stagg Remix AKA Stagg vs Mr T
Songs for your local log-driver
I was talking with my friend (and current houseguest) Anthony yesterday about Wade Hemsworth and how a couple of his tunes, such as the Long Driver’s Waltz and the Blackfly Song seem like they have been part of the Canadian experience for a very long… Read More
We interrupt regular programming….
….for a brief dance interlude. Hop into my Tardis and let’s go find Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Groove me.
Saturday morning Boogie
Here are the North Mississippi Allstars… And let’s go back in time to 1953 and Little Junior Parker and the Blue Flames…..Feel so Good…. And a taste of John Lee Hooker, live in Montreal in 1980… Just for fun, let’s include Tennessee Ernie Ford, and… Read More
Johnny Can’t Dance
It’s about time I shared some button accordion music around this joint, don’t you think? Johnny Can’t Dance Ray Abshire or how about Clifton Chenier? I think the reason he can’t dance is he’s got a paper in his shoe… here’s the late Boozee Chavis
Harrington Valley Two-Step
Often when we talk about old time music traditions, the conversation is about players from West Virginia or Virginia or North Carolina, the Appalachians, the Blue Ridge and so on, and for some people it’s all about music from certain counties or one side of… Read More
27th Street 