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jkmacman - Posted - 07/02/2009: 05:12:10
sup picking folks:
what bob dylan songs do you like to play here on the banjo?
blowing in the wind is a gimme, and in a league of its own.
you include instrumentals like nashville skyline blues, or stuff off pat garrett & billy the kid (knockin on heavens door, i did last year kariokie at company picnic, no picnic this year with poor economy)
me first: i'd like to here 'Misssippi', off love and theft, he's got mandolino on the l.p., or 'one more night' off nashville skyline blues'
for my money these 2 songs are pretty lonesome. what dylan songs do you like to hear on da banjo????
R Buck - Posted - 07/02/2009: 06:20:32
Girl from the North Country, Don't Think Twice and anything else that might pop into my head, except that I haven't learned a new Dylan tune in 40 years so it would something like Hollis Brown.
RobBob
Music; the best way to count time. It is a journey not a destination.
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Edited by - R Buck on 07/02/2009 06:21:06
jkmacman - Posted - 07/02/2009: 06:33:00
quote:
Don't Think Twice
this is one of my favourites, i ussually play now, on guitar, my brother taught it to me, and its souned faboulis on his martin guitar, one time i played it on guitar, and a french banjp player that played 'keith-style' picked along, i had a cassette of it, at the end of i can hear may dad saying 'keep playing', keep playing' don't think twice is greaqt for melodic style, as there are some sweet chord changes that lensd themselves to the melodic keith style quote:
g, d, e minor, c,g, d.
g, d,e minor, c, a
here's another i pick as a candidate for the banjo its called ' most of the time', and it has some nice chord changes along with a minor, its lone some, so for me its bluegrass eligible, you can even speed it up (just a little)
rfish - Posted - 07/02/2009: 07:19:57
My favorites would have to be Desolation Row and Paint My Masterpiece. Have no idea how to play them, come to think of it, I have no idea how to play this addictive instrument anyway! Anybody got tabs for those ones?
"Don''t practice until you get it right, practice until you can''t get it wrong!"
Cheers,
Rob
Rescue, California, USA
BrittDLD1 - Posted - 07/02/2009: 07:25:16
"You Ain't Going Nowhere" seems like it was MADE for the banjo.
Best-
Ed Britt
••• A good fiddle tune will bring two or more people together who might otherwise be enemies. •••
Ronnie - Posted - 07/02/2009: 08:00:10
I agree with that Ed! I also have a rather crude version of Don't Think Twice Ir's All Right on youtube.
www.bobbythompsonbanjo.com
jkmacman - Posted - 07/02/2009: 08:43:35
you ain't going no where : g, a-minor,c
when i paint ,my masterpiece, g,c,g,d, you can omit the b-minor on the bridge and the bit about the land of coca-cola
on my banjo case, i have a pic of dylan, fogerty and harrison at rock awards
rumor has it, at the lete night jam, dylan played 'wild colonial boy' as the encore, that's cause dylan is the man.
in the dydlan tribute concert, the clancy boys When the Ship Comes In is real good stuff
believe it or not, myself, i like to play 'all along the watch tower' on the banjo, i like the bit about the wind began to howl.
that being said, traditional songs dylan shoulda, coulda woulda, or wanted to hear him play are:
'o how i like to be up on a windy mountain', where the tree tops scrape the skys, i will forget all my cares and my worries, i'll just let the wind blow them by....'[chokes banjo 2nd string 9th fret, like a ralph stanley roll]
banjo_robb - Posted - 07/02/2009: 09:26:25
Yes, as Ed & Ronnie say, "You Ain't Going Nowhere" is awesome on banjo, & just fun to pick!
Robbin
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"Pick the banjer solid, John. You''ve picked one for 15 years, ain''t ya?"---Jimmy Martin
John Gribble - Posted - 07/04/2009: 05:14:50
Mr. Tambourine Man, drop thumb on my fretless.
John Gribble
Tokyo, Japan
BrittDLD1 - Posted - 07/04/2009: 09:38:06
quote:
Originally posted by Ronnie
OK.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2au_AM4MxTw
Nice Job, Ronnie! (I've seen that before -- but forgot about it.) And didn't Flatt and Scruggs do a couple Dylan songs on their "Folk" album, during the'60s? Ed Britt ••• A good fiddle tune will bring two or more people together who might otherwise be enemies. •••
Ronnie - Posted - 07/04/2009: 10:11:46
Flatt and Scruggs did cover quite a few Dylan songs. Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 seemed a bit out of character for them. Scruggs' Nashville Skyline Rag is also a Dylan tune.
If memory serves me correctly. (and it probably doesn't) some Flatt and Scruggs albums featuring Dylan tunes are:
Town and Country
Nashville Airplane
Final Fling and probably others.
also Dylan himself made a cameo appearance on Earl Scruggs, His Family and Friends.
I think the Earl Scruggs Revue played quite a few Dylan tunes as well.
Thank you, Ed!!
www.bobbythompsonbanjo.com
Edited by - Ronnie on 07/07/2009 07:25:18
jkmacman - Posted - 07/08/2009: 12:51:04
here's my rendition of 'i'll be your baby tonight' i recorded over the holiday week end
http://dbjjk.com/1/2009/06/07-02-09/07-02-09.html
hopefully next week i'll bring a 5-string back from the camper, and i'll have a go at some other songs/tunes
with work, 'baby tonight' could be a nice party piece on the 4-string
FatManMary - Posted - 07/25/2009: 13:53:23
quote:
Originally posted by stevena
Scruggs and the Byrds, you ain't goin nowhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWXulD-gxuw
One of my favorite Dylan songs. Just wish it was with Dylan. I despise the Byrds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Grand Ole Opry Ain''t So Grand Anymore http://www.reinstatehank.org/
Bisbonian - Posted - 08/06/2009: 09:48:27
Nice one Ronnie...and I like your City of New Orleans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYMM8ku9wEw even better (even if it's not Dylan).
"When Banjos are Outlawed, only Outlaws will have Banjos."
Edited by - Bisbonian on 08/06/2009 09:49:30
BRUNO25 - Posted - 08/15/2009: 04:49:26
My wife and I just learned The Wedding Song a couple of days ago. We're playing at a friends wedding today. My wife plays guitar, I banjo, and we trade off on the verses. We simplified the chord changes a bit to facilitate getting it together quick for the wedding. I was originally picking it out clawhammer style by myself with all the chord changes. I think it had real nice potential. Ultimately though, we opted for a much slower tempo that I thought leant itself more to a 3 finger picking style. Great song though. You gotta love that BOB!
minstrelmike - Posted - 08/15/2009: 08:57:36
Wagon Wheel and You Ain't Going Nowhere will usually get any crowd singing along.
MM
stormoveroklahoma - Posted - 08/16/2009: 16:41:59
I thought I heard Earl in an old vid say here's "one of your tunes Bobby"
before they played "East Virginia Blues" together.
I like that tune a lot. Ala Bela.
maybe i'm wrong maybe its a public domain song... if anyone knows let us know?
Storm
Helix - Posted - 08/27/2009: 03:46:13
Don't Think Twice
Tomorrow is a Long Time
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Will R - Posted - 09/02/2009: 17:19:53
Mmmm ... LOVE Dylan tunes on the banjo.
My favorites to play: Tangled up in Blue, You Aint Goin' Nowhere and It Takes a Train to Cry
mrbook - Posted - 09/26/2009: 18:24:15
Introducing "Don't Think Twice" one time with my band, I commented that I wasn't sure it was a bluegrass song, but that it must be because I heard Lester Flatt sing it. A reviewer singled it out as one of the best Flatt & Scruggs songs we played. I also like "Girl from the North Country," "One More Night," and quite a few others. Who can forget the F & S version of "It Ain't Me, Babe."
Bill
MrNatch3L - Posted - 10/06/2009: 06:32:29
Believe it or not, "It Ain't Me Babe". I play it down in E or E-flat. Was watching that movie about Johnny Cash with Joaquin Phoenix where he and Resse Witherspoon did a rendition of the Johnny and June version of that tune. I got to thinking it might work on the banjo.
matt m - Posted - 10/07/2009: 04:13:23
I found the other day that 'Mr Tambourine Man' works well in double C tuning.
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rockytimes - Posted - 10/10/2009: 17:01:29
works well in G as well, in a capoed long neck. also, Shelter from Storm on the long neck, open E
Tod
Ain't got no mo' mojo, but I got plenty o' banjo.
rockytimes - Posted - 10/10/2009: 18:14:26
Oh yeah, and:
You're going to make lonesome when you go
I want you
...both on the LN
Ain't got no mo' mojo, but I got plenty o' banjo.
DaveOmega - Posted - 10/31/2009: 09:38:29
Ani Difranco did an amazing version of "Most Of The Time" a later era 1980s Dylan tune and I sometimes try to pick on that. But most of my Dylan tunes stay on guitar.
minstrelmike - Posted - 10/31/2009: 10:03:12
Cruising thru the list already given, I did not see a Dylan tune that was on the list of ones they hate to hear requested.
Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show merely expanded the tune).
Mike Moxcey
http://moxcey.net/mike/minstrel/index.html
thegreatmagnet - Posted - 11/02/2009: 13:19:17
my teacher arranged "buckets of rain" for me in D tuning. it's really nice. i could scan the tab and send the image file if you want.
blackmajik2021 - Posted - 11/02/2009: 20:06:16
to everyone saying dont think twice, I tried to learn it on guitar and it was the hardest thing ever. I wonder is it any easier on banjo?
blackmajik2021 - Posted - 11/02/2009: 20:06:46
to everyone saying dont think twice, I tried to learn it on guitar and it was the hardest thing ever. I wonder is it any easier on banjo? I can pick fast, its just those chord changes on guitar were really obscure and tough to follow for me.
minstrelmike - Posted - 11/03/2009: 06:45:01
quote:
Originally posted by blackmajik2021
to everyone saying dont think twice, I tried to learn it on guitar and it was the hardest thing ever. I wonder is it any easier on banjo? I can pick fast, its just those chord changes on guitar were really obscure and tough to follow for me.
The chord changes are the same whether you're playing the guitar, banjo, mandolin or piano. Mike Moxcey http://moxcey.net/mike/minstrel/index.html
rockytimes - Posted - 11/08/2009: 16:00:06
I was never able to understand the guitar chords, but I find the changes on Don't Think Twice pretty easy on the banjo.
Tod
Ain't got no mo' mojo, but I got plenty o' banjo.
clawforlife - Posted - 11/18/2009: 17:57:49
old crow medicine shows version of wagon wheel is awesome, those boys play clawhammer style i believe and the byrds with scruggs on u aint goin nowhere is great to. i think old and in the way do some dylan tunes also
jkmacman - Posted - 11/23/2009: 08:41:08
pat garett & billy the kid is one I like to try one day
quote:
They say that pat garrett's got your number
So sleep with one eye open when you slumber
Every little sound just might be thunder
Thunder from the barrel of his gun.
don't think twice; g, d, e minor good for banjo and or guitar most of the time: this is a good one, maybe try it fast as a breakdown, instead of the original slow version wagon wheel: this one i don't think i heard when they had that dylan tribute at the garden a few years ago, i think at the after hours dylan played: wild colonial boy does anyone know if he does it in 3/4 or 4/4 the posting a old and in the way playing dylan songs: i don't think this has been recorded or released any where i'd like to see/hear dylan on songs like 'yellow rose of texas (beats the belles of tennessee)' and if you ever watch sopranos they played this one Verse 1:
D A D Em A
Return to me, oh my dear I'm so lonely
A7 A A7 A D
hurry back, hurry back, oh my love hurry back, I'm yours.
A D Em A
Return to me, for my heart wants you only,
A7 A
hurry home, hurry home,
A7 A D G D D7
won't you please hurry home to my heart.
Bridge:
G Em A D
My darling, If I hurt you I'm sorry
E A A7
Forgive me, and please say you are mine
Verse 2:
A D Em A
Return to me, please come back, bella mia.
A7 A
hurry back, hurry home
A7 A D Bm G A
to my arms, to my lips and my heart.
A D Em A
Retorna me, cara mia, ti amo.
A7 A A7 A D G D
solo tu, solo tu, solo tu, solo tu, mio cuore.i wasn't sure if this is a candidate for the banjo, put tried a bit of it tonight. try a keith circle of 5th version, w/minor 7th and 9th's lead play interval (octave) on 1st and 4th string)
Edited by - jkmacman on 11/23/2009 17:42:25
Ansacsteve - Posted - 11/24/2009: 04:37:30
I think Lay Down Your Weary Tune hits the spot just right. As a novice I am playing with loads of 2 and 3 string pinches, nice and simple.
Cathy Fink - Posted - 11/30/2009: 18:56:49
Marcy and I did a groovy arrangement of "Man Gave Names" in A modal with five string and cello banjo. Don't think it's recorded anywhere, but we perform it all the time.
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