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Thursday, April 18, 2024

#11 Old Yeller Dog Comes Trottin' Through the Meeting House

I had my neighbor, friend and old-time music documentarian, Craig Frailin' Evans, join me on this one.  Craig has been tirelessly going across the country interviewing banjo makers, old-time players, and music historians and has several DVD series out.  He has a book coming out about the subject very soon.  A lot of folks source back to Charlie Acuff for this tune and his is the second video.



Wednesday, April 17, 2024

#10 Supper Time

My friend Chad Guerrero showed me this tune from Mississippi.  We just call it Supper Time as you will find in the second video it had a rather outdated name.



Tuesday, April 16, 2024

#9 Brushy Run

Not much to this simple version of this West Virginia tune, but it's still a good one!



Wilson Douglas was a great West virginia fiddler-

Monday, April 15, 2024

#8. The Morning Star

This is an Irish reel slowed down for suitable clawhammer playing.  The tune is in open G tuning but played on a down-tuned banjo. The tune comes from Oneill's- Dance Music of Ireland (1907).



Fergal is one of my favorite, modern, Irish fiddlers-

Sunday, April 14, 2024

#7 The Avonmore

This is an Irish reel slowed down for suitable clawhammer playing.  The tune is in open G tuning but played on a down-tuned banjo. The tune comes from Oneill's- Dance Music of Ireland (1907).




Saturday, April 13, 2024

#6 Beamish's Goat

This is an Irish reel slowed down for suitable clawhammer playing.  The tune is in open G tuning but played on a down-tuned banjo. The tune comes from Oneill's- Dance Music of Ireland (1907).

From thesession.org

Friday, April 12, 2024

#5 Downing's Reel

This is an Irish reel slowed down for suitable clawhammer playing.  The tune is in open G tuning but played on a down-tuned banjo. The tune comes from Oneill's- Dance Music of Ireland (1907).

photo- Traditional Tune Archive