15 posts tagged with acoustic and oldtime.
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I Will Work For Honey (Tim Long's Unidentified String Band)
"'I will work for honey!' This girl looks at me and goes, 'what?' I go 'yeah, it goes like this.'" [more inside]
Black and White Rag
I've always known "Black and White" as a fiddle rag, but it turns out it was composed for piano in 1908. When I was a kid, it was one of about a dozen tunes my dad and I played together (over, and over, and over) with him on guitar and me on fiddle. In a total coincidence (no, really) my band decided to record it for our upcoming album “High on the Hog”. I never played it quite like that with my dad, but looking back it's fun to imagine I was practicing for this. [more inside]
The Marc and Caitlin Wedding Set
Another rough mix from a recent bout of recording. These are two tunes I played during the summertime wedding of two good friends. [more inside]
Chicken Reel / Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird
A classic Louis Jordan song all about chickens, interpolated with a fiddle reel that's all about chickens. Recorded and broadcast live 11/4/2017 for "The Back Porch" on KLCC 89.7 Eugene, OR. [more inside]
Pig Ankle Rag (Practice)
Work in progress, a classic fiddle rag with some new old time fun. Words and arrangement by Mr. Corwin Bolt, played by the Wingnuts. [more inside]
Liza Jane 2
A second version of the traditional tune Liza Jane, on clawhammer guitar . . . [more inside]
Sandy Boys
Old-time traditional tune, done clawhammer style on guitar. [more inside]
Lazy John
Old-time fiddle tune performed by the usual gang at The People's Pint in Greenfield, Massachusetts. [more inside]
Old Joe Clark
An old-time chestnut on guitar, mandolin, and my new Menzies tackhead banjo [more inside]
Year of Jubilo
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. [more inside]
Cowboy's Dream
A first stab at an old-time fiddle tune I've been obsessed with lately. [more inside]
Snow Drop
An old-time tune I recorded a few years ago, solo clawhammer banjo. [more inside]
Angeline the Baker
Traditional old-time fiddle tune in D, instrumental clawhammer banjo & guitar. [more inside]
Sandy Boys
A traditional old-timey tune as recorded by my pseudonymous string band, Crookneck John. [more inside]
Back He Flew Away
Inspired by the Gullah singers of the Georgia Sea Islands, with their marvelous a capella style. My friends and I sat in a half circle in my living room and as each singer took a turn leaning in to sing the lead, the others all around filled all the little spaces with harmonies.
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