Here’s Jack Antler again, this time performing Greasy Coat. This was at our local open mic last night at Fair Grounds Coffee – right here in Long Branch. Ted Myerscough on Guitar and me on clawhammer banjo.
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Cold Frosty Morning
Jack Antler played for the first time in front of an audience at our local open mic at Fair Grounds Coffee tonight. Here’s a video of one of the tunes we played, Cold Frosty Morning. It was an appropriate tune, given the cold temperatures we’ve… Read More
Danville Girl
Here’s Joe Herrman, (from YouTube)….
Back on Track
OK, enough of that pop music stuff, let’s get back on track. Here are the Slate Mountain Ramblers performing John Brown’s Dream
Jamming
I had a chance to jam (on banjo) with a couple super-accomplished musicians yesterday – one playing fiddle and guitar and the other playing mandolin and guitar. They play a variety of music beyond the old time material in two or three different groups. Both… Read More
Salt River
Here’s a tune called Salt River. I don’t think I had heard this one until I watched Hilarie Burhans teaching it on one of her excellent YouTube videos, and I picked it up from there. I enjoy playing this one. I recorded this video with… Read More
Bud
Chicken Train…
Apple Blossom
Here’s some fiddle music for a Saturday morning, the Earl White Stringband performing Apple Blossom.
Sandy River Belle
I’ve been participating in the “tune of the month” at a Facebook group called Clawhammer Rules. This month’s tune is called Sandy River Belle. It’s a tune I used to play quite a bit in a specialized tuning known as, what else, Sandy River Belle… Read More
Hippy Old Time
This morning I was playing the banjo before Ruby’s vet appointment. The tune I was playing is called Nixon’s Farewell. I first heard this tune at the Rockbridge festival down in Virginia last September. I was wandering around the park listening to jams with a… Read More