Minor variation on an old minstrel tune. Fretless tackhead banjo, marginally played tambourine and bones.
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posted by usonian
on Feb 27, 2013 -
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A very short bluegrass banjo piece I multi-tracked in 2005 and just now unearthed on my hard drive.
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posted by usonian
on Jan 3, 2013 -
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OK, this is a shitty mix, I freely admit, but I need to draw a line under it for the moment. Features an underwhelming banjo solo -- in fact the only thing I can play on the banjo as yet -- and a bunch of notes I really can't hit, but I still like it for the way it kicks off at about 1'45, and in particular the lift at 2'20. It's a hell of a lot of fun to play live too.
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posted by unSane
on Sep 8, 2012 -
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A short song about the positive and then the negative male relationships in my life. Features classical guitar, reverbed out bowed banjo, auto-tuning, synth, french doors slamming. This is the latest in a string of versions of this song, having trouble finishing it.
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posted by Corduroy
on Jun 22, 2012 -
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After writing/arranging, recording, and mixing the first five sections of
The Wasteland, I found myself a bit spent, and struggling with the final movement, so I took a few days off to back away from it. I finally returned to it tonight, and, renewed, even managed to squeeze an extra track from it. Thus concludes the tour. Enjoy!
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on May 13, 2012 -
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My first recording to share: this is the old-time banjo tune Spotted Pony, played on my new (to me) Bart Reiter fretless banjo, equipped with NylGut strings. Tuning is double-C.
posted by fritley
on Jan 1, 2012 -
7 comments
Stroke style arrangement of an old minstrel tune, taken from "Briggs' Banjo Instructor" book of 1855. Tackhead banjo and tambourine.
posted by usonian
on Sep 10, 2011 -
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Another quick rendition of a traditional tune on the banjo.
posted by tmcw
on Aug 9, 2011 -
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A quick rendition of the traditional tune on an Enoch banjo with a touch of guitar.
posted by tmcw
on Aug 7, 2011 -
2 comments
Just what the world needs: another cover of a hit pop song by a white guy with his guitar.
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posted by ORthey
on Jun 25, 2011 -
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This is a new one from a short EP I just released for an upcoming tour. It's a stoney instrumental with banjo. You guys like those, right?
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posted by TheCoug
on Feb 26, 2011 -
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Ambient modal psychedelic clawhammer banjo drone? Sure, TheCoug, whatever...
posted by TheCoug
on Dec 9, 2010 -
7 comments
Guitar, banjo, and vox arrangement of the shapenote tune, The Church's Desolation, number 89 in The Sacred Harp. A quick fingerstyle arrangement of Old Hundred (49 on the top) was tacked onto the front.
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posted by The White Hat
on Nov 10, 2010 -
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This is a cover (gah, feels like all I can do lately) of "
My Roots are Strong and Deep" by the Microphones. Features my friend Taylor Bridges on heavily distorted banjo, and recorded in this wonderful, cement stairwell back at the school I used to attend. Anyone know of good, secluded, reverby spots in Portland, OR? The sort where people generally won't walk by, but if they do they won't snicker?
posted by Corduroy
on Aug 30, 2010 -
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Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls present a decidedly not-safe-for-work ode to porn stars and filmmakers from Minnesota.
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posted by Astro Zombie
on May 2, 2010 -
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(Jackson's Victory). Played on my fretless bowlback banjo, in double A.
posted by tmcw
on May 1, 2010 -
12 comments
A version of this traditional tune on a fretless bowl-back banjo tuned down to B.
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posted by tmcw
on Apr 28, 2010 -
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Banjo + Trombone = Awesome? I'd love your feedback on this new project I am a member of (trombonist). Kind of "new wave bluegrass." I hope you like it.
posted by bengalsfan1
on Apr 21, 2010 -
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From my old band, recorded about 6 years ago. The crappy coda on the end was my bad idea, but I can't edit it out now.
posted by digitalprimate
on Apr 10, 2010 -
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This month's challenge isn't much of a challenge for someone who plays oldtime music anyway, but I figure I get extra points for recording this American Civil War era tune on my new gourd banjo.
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posted by usonian
on Feb 16, 2010 -
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A traditional old-timey tune as recorded by my pseudonymous string band, Crookneck John.
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posted by usonian
on Nov 11, 2009 -
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It's been way, way, way too long since I posted any music here, or in fact recorded anything. Anyway, it's always rough starting back up, but always a little interesting. Here's a song I was planning on submitting for the monthly challenge, but apparently I am unable to make scary music.
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posted by tmcw
on Oct 24, 2009 -
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A naughtybilly song from the Dirty Curls about one of the classic themes of pop music: cousin on cousin incest.
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posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 11, 2009 -
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An apocalyptic Dirty Curls songs about vibrators and the end of the world.
posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 10, 2009 -
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Another naughtybilly song from Courtney McClean and the Dirty Curls, this time about ... um .. a self-evident subject.
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posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 9, 2009 -
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An old-timey, shitkicking, jug-banding, bluegrassy number about oral sex from Courtney McClean and the Dirty Curls, a band in which I play jug, jew's harp, harmonica, and sing harmony vocals.
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posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 8, 2009 -
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Summer's nearly over, but never fear -- it's always the sunniest season on your HiFi! Ford and the Prefects and the Don Ho Symphony Orchestra present "Hawaii," this year's breakout good-times swingle.
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posted by ford and the prefects
on Aug 18, 2009 -
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My vague memory of an aphex twin melody on this here banjo that I don't really know how to play. Took me a while to figure out which tune(s) I was thinking of.
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posted by 31d1
on Jul 20, 2009 -
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