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Traditional old-time fiddle tune in D, instrumental clawhammer banjo & guitar. [more inside]
posted by usonian
on Nov 18, 2009 -
2 comments
A traditional old-timey tune as recorded by my pseudonymous string band, Crookneck John. [more inside]
posted by usonian
on Nov 11, 2009 -
6 comments
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. [more inside]
posted by tmcw
on Oct 24, 2009 -
4 comments
A Dirty Curls song about girl on girl crushing.
posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 13, 2009 -
1 comment
A naughtybilly song from the Dirty Curls about one of the classic themes of pop music: cousin on cousin incest. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 11, 2009 -
0 comments
An apocalyptic Dirty Curls songs about vibrators and the end of the world.
posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 10, 2009 -
1 comment
Another naughtybilly song from Courtney McClean and the Dirty Curls, this time about ... um .. a self-evident subject. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 9, 2009 -
1 comment
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. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Sep 8, 2009 -
3 comments
Another itty bitty ditty. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Sep 4, 2009 -
11 comments
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. [more inside]
posted by ford and the prefects
on Aug 18, 2009 -
1 comment
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. [more inside]
posted by 31d1
on Jul 20, 2009 -
6 comments
Dark sounds for an old barn. [more inside]
posted by Baby_Balrog
on Jul 7, 2009 -
7 comments
A largely pointless endeavor, a rendition of Hallelujah with quick fingerpicking and banjos (what's new?).
posted by ORthey
on Jun 21, 2009 -
11 comments
This is the soundtrack to a movie about Leonard Cohen going on a rafting trip in rural Appalachia. [more inside]
posted by cortex
on Jun 18, 2009 -
15 comments
First track off our new album, "Heirloom."
I'm playing fiddle an jawharp. [more inside]
posted by Baby_Balrog
on Jun 4, 2009 -
8 comments
I don't know what this is; kind of a pseudo-jugband, neo-bluegrass-ish, Hee-Haw with a whiney singer. [more inside]
posted by chococat
on May 28, 2009 -
23 comments
Bluegrass song about what sometimes happens with sons and dads. (In a bluegrass/country world.)
[more inside]
posted by snsranch
on May 17, 2009 -
10 comments
Very short and perhaps sweet. I've been working on this kind of music for a while and this is a good example of where I'm at with it right now.
Two Chord Challenge!!!
ENJOY! [more inside]
posted by snsranch
on Apr 13, 2009 -
9 comments
A quick, light-spirited, no-frills guitar/banjo instrumental.
posted by ORthey
on Mar 19, 2009 -
19 comments
My attempt to exorcise some high school nostalgia. The lyrics are as dumb as they always were, but now there's banjo and mandolin! [more inside]
posted by cortex
on Mar 3, 2009 -
14 comments
The third and final installment of my 2009 Valentine's day project. Celine Dion + Rick Astley, as if the internet needed another rickroll. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Feb 14, 2009 -
3 comments
Guitar Rag, with banjo. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Feb 12, 2009 -
10 comments
A short arrangement for solo banjo of the stunning Gilbert & Sullivan tune from The Pirates of Penzance. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Feb 7, 2009 -
8 comments
Whipped up in a hurry, a glum song for 2009. Happy New Year, MetaFilter! [more inside]
posted by ford and the prefects
on Dec 31, 2008 -
3 comments
I've decided to face my embarrassment and post this song. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Dec 27, 2008 -
10 comments
I just recorded this in as long as it took to play it on a whim and a prayer solely to impress a girl. Just me, noodling on the banjo. [more inside]
posted by mediocre
on Dec 24, 2008 -
5 comments
A revision of my earlier version of this cover, since I had a night to burn at school. Bigger, a bit less background noise, a little more banjo.
posted by tmcw
on Dec 23, 2008 -
0 comments
A rendition of Jofus' brilliant cowboy epic. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Dec 17, 2008 -
8 comments
A cover of the "I'll be watching you" of Christmas songs, recorded with my dear friend okclementine. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Dec 13, 2008 -
9 comments
Instrumental banjo waltz, written this afternoon. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Oct 26, 2008 -
16 comments
Sort of a cheating entry to the wildcard challenge - a flowy, stringy instrumental. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Aug 29, 2008 -
8 comments
Mostly an experiment in banjo, trying to apply the clawhammer style to a more bluegrass style song. [more inside]
posted by mediocre
on Jul 25, 2008 -
7 comments
Deliberate Strangers - from Hog Wild and Pig Bitin' Mad [more inside]
posted by stubby phillips
on Jun 28, 2008 -
1 comment
Classical banjo and fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the Stephen Foster tune. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Jun 3, 2008 -
10 comments
An exhausting afternoon called for extensive multitracking and math-rocking minus the thinking part. [more inside]
posted by tmcw
on May 13, 2008 -
1 comment
The lazy cracker, banjo-infused version of the Jeffersons theme song. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy
on May 12, 2008 -
13 comments
I suppose this is the equivalent of my last yay new instrument song. Banjo, 'lectric guitar, 'lectric drums, singin. [more inside]
posted by tmcw
on May 6, 2008 -
2 comments
A repetitive, driving song featuring my first foray into recording piano-ery. It also has a jammy rockout outro (rockoutro?). [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Apr 8, 2008 -
4 comments
This is a solo banjo tune I've been working on recently, in the Old Time Clawhammer style. It always brings thoughts of waking up at 6:45pm, hung over, and realizing you only have 15 minutes to get ready and walk a mile to the liquor store. [more inside]
posted by mediocre
on Apr 6, 2008 -
7 comments
This is not the happiest song I've ever written. [more inside]
posted by Pecinpah
on Apr 1, 2008 -
5 comments
Early morning front porch music... [more inside]
posted by Pecinpah
on Mar 31, 2008 -
2 comments
Recorded at O'Duffy's pub on that infamous night. [more inside]
posted by Baby_Balrog
on Feb 29, 2008 -
3 comments
A musical version of an old Spanish assigment from high school that I found in a box. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Feb 25, 2008 -
11 comments
Quick 'n' dirty cover of Mississippi John Hurt's old song played on my resonator guitar. Levels are a bit off, volume jumps up and down a little... but here it is anyway. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Feb 14, 2008 -
8 comments
cover of the song by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs. Fingerstyle guitar, vocals, banjo. Created for the 2008 Songfight! Gift of Music sidefight.
posted by The White Hat
on Feb 1, 2008 -
6 comments
Written by the mando player, Hamdog. I'm playing fiddle - everyone had a blast with this. [more inside]
posted by Baby_Balrog
on Jan 10, 2008 -
16 comments
A short instrumental, played over an old tape of me reading something in French as a kid. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Jan 9, 2008 -
20 comments
Here's one with me singing and playing the harp. [more inside]
posted by Baby_Balrog
on Jan 8, 2008 -
8 comments
A requiem for the post to end all posts [more inside]
posted by umbú
on Jan 7, 2008 -
25 comments
More banjo / fiddle stuff. [more inside]
posted by Baby_Balrog
on Jan 4, 2008 -
8 comments
