West Fork Gals is a great old time tune. I was listening to it today and wondered about the West Fork. I have no doubt that some fine gals live along its banks. The name must refer to the West Fork River in North Central… Read More
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Multi-tasking
Here’s Aubrey Atwater, clogging and playing banjo at the same time. Speaking of folk dancing, if you ever get a chance to see April Verch, the Ottawa Valley fiddler, don’t miss it. Not only is she a great fiddler but she dances up a storm… Read More
That’s my rabbit
My dog caught it. Here’s the Walter Family. It says on the info with the video it was recorded in 1933. I’ve read elsewhere it was recorded in 27. It’s a really good tune regardless of when the recording was made. Here’s a hot version… Read More
Sail Away Ladies
Sail Away Ladies is an Old Time string band tune related to another Old Time tune, Sally Ann. There are recordings of the tune dating back to the mid-1920s. Here is the Last Chance Stringband… Here’s Sally Ann so you can hear the relationship.. Here’s… Read More
Fretless Banjos
All banjos were fretless once upon a time. Then everything went to hell. This is what I’m talkin’ about. I’ve been asked, hey how come you’re so interested in all this traditional old time music, banjo music, fiddle music, squeezebox music. Give these performers a… Read More
Darlin’ Cory
Tonight’s Daily Dose features Sutton, Holt and Coleman performing Darlin’ Cory. Nice use of the mouth bow on this one.
Julie Anne Johnson
I’m learning to play a tune on the oil can banjo called Julie Anne Johnson (various spellings for this one). One day I’ll put up an oil can version, but for now let’s enjoy some performances by far better players. Here’s Tony Spadaro AKA Old… Read More
Tambourines on a Stick
While most of the western world watched a football game, my friend A and I trundled down to Hugh’s Room for a boys night out – The Banjo Special show, featuring Arnie Naiman, Chris Quinn, Chris Coole and Brian Taheny. The show featured a variety… Read More
Big Miss Liza Jane
There are apparently a number of Miss Liza Jane songs. I came across a tab for this one among the tabs in Tony Spadaro’s Tabonanza and I’ve been working on it on the oil can along with some other songs tabbed out in that group… Read More
Oil Cans
I’ve found a couple more oil cans I like on ebay, so I guess I’m going to have to make a couple more banjos. It’s going to cost me more to ship these things to me than to pay for the cans themselves, but c’est… Read More
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