pcfive - Posted - 07/16/2009:  16:26:20

I heard it on the BHO jukebox today and I want to learn it. I got a lot of free tabs of it here, and I think it will be relatively easy to learn. Does anyone have any information about this tune? I think it's by Alan Munde, but he got it from someone named Doug? I never heard it or of it until today.

pcfive

BanjoDuster - Posted - 07/16/2009:  16:33:58

I believe it originated with Doug Dillard.

David Ward - Posted - 07/16/2009:  16:34:22

Hello,Doug Dillard wrote that song and many other good ones.He was one of the Darlin boys from the Andy Griffith Show .

"Blue Country Bluegrass"

mike_cabinet - Posted - 07/16/2009:  16:49:16

Great tune. Not all that easy to learn with those Dillard rolls and if you want to you can really crank it up with triplets.

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aletheia - Posted - 07/16/2009:  17:03:36

"Someone named Doug" ...Oh My!
Mike's right...It ain't easy to learn...But it IS fun to learn!
Doug's tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRsjszrf8xA

There's more on youtube...



David

"A man that plays the banjo has got it made. It never interferes with any of his pleasures in life." --Stringbean

david in ky - Posted - 07/16/2009:  18:38:01

You can find the tab of Dillard's arrangement here if you don't have it already http://www.frettedinstrumentsnyc.co...jomusic.html

Edited by - david in ky on 07/16/2009 18:40:53

plunker - Posted - 07/16/2009:  20:40:10

David has it right. I got the tab from Jack Baker's site and I found that it is the most accurate that I have found. I have played it for several years and it is the closest to the original Doug Dillard rendition that I have found. You will learn the "Dillard Roll" and some other skills like the index finger on the fourth string while learning this song. The fourth string fourth fret-third string second fret- second string first fret roll will definitly make you learn that chord and it will be useful on many songs in the future. Learn it!!! Jack's site is NYCfretted instruments or something like that. I have it on my "favorite sites" so I am not sure of the exact wording. Jack has been on BHO recently as jbaker7.

BigD

banjonz - Posted - 07/17/2009:  00:29:59

I have heard that 'Doug's Tune' is based upon the tune 'Beaumont's Rag' but I can't be certain!

Wayne
New Zealand


My short-term memory is not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my short-term memory''s not as sharp as it used to be.

pcfive - Posted - 07/17/2009:  07:17:36

"I got the tab from Jack Baker's site and I found that it is the most accurate that I have found."

Thanks, I went and got that one and will try it tonight. I have about 10 Doug's Tune tabs now, and didn't know which are accurate. I really like this tune and only heard of it thanks to the jukebox here, which is a great idea! That's also how I heard Lady of Spain, which I have finally learned.

pcfive

aletheia - Posted - 07/17/2009:  08:12:49

I use Jacks as well at least as a useful shorter/compact version, but there are some parts in which I prefer the the set of tabs broken down into breaks in the Tab archive.

David

"A man that plays the banjo has got it made. It never interferes with any of his pleasures in life." --Stringbean

banjer5 - Posted - 07/17/2009:  08:15:55

Correct, Doug's tune is related to Beaumont Rag. It's a great tune to learn (and remember) cuz I still get people askin' for it. Doug is a very creative picker and a nice guy to chat with too. I've got an autographed pix of him in his "Darlin' boy outfit".

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spoonfed - Posted - 07/17/2009:  08:17:03

Tony Trishka has a dvd called "classic bluegrass solos" complete with all tabs and Dougs tune is on there, I have heard to it reffered to as Dougs Britches too.

spoonfed

pcfive - Posted - 07/17/2009:  08:30:59

Well it is a beautiful tune and no wonder it's a classic. I am so glad I found it! Does anyone know where Beaumont Rag came from?

pcfive

Richard Dress - Posted - 07/17/2009:  09:15:20

An old Irish rag is my guess.

Oops. Wrong.

Old#8209;Time, Bluegrass, Texas, Western Swing; Country Rag. USA, Texas. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Brody): ABBC (Phillips/1989): ABC (Phillips/1995): ABCD (Silberberg): AA'BB'CC'D (Reiner). Named after the town of Beaumont, Texas. “Beaumont Rag” was first recorded by Cleburne, Texas, fiddler Samuel Morgan Peacock in 1929, under the name Smith’s Garage Fiddle Band (Wolfe, 1997). Peacock was a barber by trade who died after collapsing on the sidewalk in front of his barber shop in 1932. Sam ran a large, 12 seat, barbershop in Corsicana, Texas, from around the turn of the 20th century. The tune was popularized by Texas swing fiddler Bob Wills, though an influential version was recorded by Terrell, Texas, fiddler Oscar Harper--another barber. The parts are variable in length, some versions having 12 measures while others have sixteen. A fourth part is sometimes added to the tune which features double-shuffle bowing. See the related “Bob Mitchell,” "Oklahoma Rag," “Possum Rag” and "White River Stomp."

Edited by - Richard Dress on 07/17/2009 09:18:58

stringbeaner - Posted - 07/17/2009:  11:14:15

Doug came up with that tune sittin' around his living room about 1961. I was sittin' around his living room, too.

Stringbeaner

pcfive - Posted - 07/17/2009:  11:45:55

Stringbeaner,

Can you elaborate a little on how he came up with it?

pcfive

jharbourmusic - Posted - 07/17/2009:  12:54:06

Great Tune

Jake

BanjoDuster - Posted - 07/17/2009:  13:44:04

"BigD,"

Doug's Tune is one of the tunes that's a "work-in-progress" for me. I read with interest about the use of the index finger to pick the 4th-string, 4th-fret. I didn't catch that in the tab (until you mentioned it here). I play it using my thumb. It seems to work okay. Will that cause me any lose of context in learning this tune?

Thanks. Ted

fivestring63 - Posted - 07/17/2009:  16:23:11

Have you seen my version of Doug's Tune? Click my link below.

______________________________________________________________
Danny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9in-3OCJk Doug''s Tune

pcfive - Posted - 07/17/2009:  16:45:06

Very nice!!

pcfive

BanjoDuster - Posted - 07/17/2009:  17:00:42

Danny: I viewed the video and really enjoyed it. That's a great arrangement, with a lot of "sophistication." Clearly, it's much more than I'm able to tackle at my skill level. For now, I need to stick to learning the "traditional" arrangement that's posted on Jack Baker's website.
Ted

me!!! - Posted - 07/17/2009:  17:16:25

can someone give me a tab for this??

with a name like gibson, it''s got to be good!!

BanjoDuster - Posted - 07/17/2009:  17:21:11

Randy, there's an arrangement on Jack Baker's website: www.frettedinstrumentsnyc.com.

me!!! - Posted - 07/17/2009:  17:33:07

it just has all this crazy writing stuff

with a name like gibson, it''s got to be good!!

BanjoDuster - Posted - 07/17/2009:  18:38:25

Randy, send me an email and I'll mail you that copy.

plunker - Posted - 07/17/2009:  19:19:47

Ted, I mis-spoke about the index on the fourth string. I was thinking about another song. I use my thumb on the fourth string fourth fret per measure 22. If you notice the sixth and seventh notes of that measure have you playing double middle finger picking. No way you can get speed that way. My belief is that there is a misprint on the tab. I play it timitimi. I had the most trouble with measures 28 and 29 while learning the song. Sorry about the mixup.

BigD

mike_cabinet - Posted - 07/19/2009:  09:23:31

Danny,
If you've got that tab'ed out I'd sure like to learn your version.

"you might as well give your son a ticket to hell as give him a five-string banjo!" (mountain minister) Earl Scruggs and the 5-string banjo.
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pcfive - Posted - 07/20/2009:  11:13:37

I am not having any trouble learning this and expect to have it memorized pretty soon. I would like to know if anyone knows of banjo tunes in a similar style, because I really really like playing this style! I appreciate anything you can tell me.

pcfive

stringbeaner - Posted - 07/20/2009:  11:47:26

GOODGOSHAMIGHTY GEE WHIZ, DERN! I was thinkin' of BANJO IN THE HOLLER.............I wern't there fer Doug's Tune........blush.

Stringbeaner

uncle.fogey - Posted - 07/20/2009:  16:22:25

Doug did 2 different versions of it on 2 different albums: the first and most familiar one is on "Back Porch Bluegrass: I think he also played it on the Andy Griffith Show. The second version was on a solo album with a bropn cover - just Doug, and the name of the album escapes me. I now play it as a combination of the two.

There is a book out with Doug's tablatures and Doug's Tune is on it.

JasonL - Posted - 07/20/2009:  21:43:22

Hi there, this is the video clip from that Andy Griffith show that introduced me to Doug's Tune, hope it helps.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRsjszrf8xA

Jason

pcfive - Posted - 07/21/2009:  10:14:19

Thanks! I think I'll learn that Andy Griffith show version. It seems to me that Doug's Tune is like a collection of components or modules that you can paste together however you like. So that makes it not all that hard to learn, and also somewhat customizable. That could probably be said about many other tunes.

Anyway, I like that one, and it's good to have an example of Doug himself playing it. I love this!

pcfive

5strbanjo - Posted - 07/21/2009:  10:37:34

I think that an excellent version, and it cuts no corners, is the tab available from Harold Streeter (www.lewalt.com). He adds a final part that Doug himself didn't write, and I think it makes for the perfect ending.

pcfive - Posted - 07/21/2009:  12:46:04

There is a section in that Andy Griffin version which is not in any of the tabs I have. I think I can figure it out tho.

By the way, is this style within the general category of bluegrass style?

pcfive

ac5aa - Posted - 07/21/2009:  13:12:22

Of course, if you'd like it from the "horse's mouth", it's in his book: http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Dougl...07093&sr=8-2

To pcfive's question - I'd respond that, yes, it is definitely bluegrass, maybe with a bit of newgrass influence, but most importantly, it's Doug's style. His unique roll just gives me fits learning it and I still stumble on it a bit.


Duane C.
Sullivan Greenbrier, Gibson RB-250

Edited by - ac5aa on 07/21/2009 13:14:51

BanjoDuster - Posted - 07/22/2009:  05:08:50

pcfive,

After you learn Doug's Tune be sure to post an MP3. Thanks.

Edited by - BanjoDuster on 07/22/2009 05:13:00

ac5aa - Posted - 07/22/2009:  07:09:56

In his book, he has it named . . "Doug's Tune (My Grass is Blue)"

Duane C.
Sullivan Greenbrier, Gibson RB-250