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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Thelonius Monk
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5 people like this
Play count: 221
Size: 3,561kb, uploaded 8/18/2012 7:38:06 PM
Genre: Jazz
Jazz/Blues classic from the guy who wrote some of the best. Kevin Chaffee on banjo, Deaf Lester on Dobro & vocals.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Richard Rodgers, John Henry Hopkins, Franz Gruber
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3 people like this
Play count: 214
Size: 3,422kb, uploaded 11/29/2012 11:46:31 PM
Genre: Traditional
I dunno how "Eidelweiss" snuck in with "We Three KIngs" and "Silent Night", but it just seemed to fit somehow... Deaf Lester Crawdad playing a vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Jay Unger
9 people like this
Play count: 366
Size: 1,783kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 10:24:19 PM
Genre: Other
Not written for the TV series; Jay says that he never expected to become known for writing "the theme song for the Civil War"... Recorded on a Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by George Poulton
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3 people like this
Play count: 234
Size: 1,344kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 10:13:47 PM
Genre: Traditional
How did Elvis sing "Love Me Tender"? Aura Lee. Recorded on a Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Richard Rodgers
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2 people like this
Play count: 207
Size: 1,829kb, uploaded 12/11/2012 10:22:26 PM
Genre: Popular
Another of those "Songs You Can't Do On The Banjo". Played in the key of C -out of an open G tuning- on my Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
3 people like this
Play count: 188
Size: 2,970kb, uploaded 8/5/2012 11:25:42 PM
Genre: Other
A truly lovely cowboy song from pre-1900 (?) eastern Utah. In any case, there is indeed a real Blue Mountain in eastern Utah, it really does have a horse head on it's side, and I've seen it myself -but not from horseback. Recorded on a Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Jonathan Geer (?)
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8 people like this
Play count: 250
Size: 944kb, uploaded 12/5/2012 12:00:50 AM
Genre: Folk
Classic old timey tune. Played on my Vega Whyte Laydie out of open C tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Jesse McReynolds
5 people like this
Play count: 324
Size: 2,502kb, uploaded 8/4/2012 1:01:35 AM
Genre: Other
What's more fun than a Tex-Mex tune played in Clawhammer style?
A Tex-Mex tune played as a duet with a Clawhammer *and* a Bluegrass banjo! Recorded on a Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Kevin Chaffee
2 people like this
Play count: 68
Size: 2,649kb, uploaded 11/29/2012 10:58:41 PM
Genre: Jazz
Straightforward Jazz: Pronounced "CAH-BREE-O". Kevin Chaffee -the composer- on banjo, Pete Roehling on guitar.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Sherman Brothers
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4 people like this
Play count: 160
Size: 489kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 1:05:02 PM
Genre: Other
Open Gm tuning. Recorded on a Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Sanford Rich (?)
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4 people like this
Play count: 296
Size: 690kb, uploaded 12/4/2012 11:58:16 PM
Genre: Ragtime
Neat old-time tune played on my Vega Tubaphone out of open C tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by David Allen
3 people like this
Play count: 195
Size: 3,634kb, uploaded 8/5/2012 10:57:13 PM
Genre: Old Time
Friend of mine named Dave Allen made this up back in about 1963. That was 49 years ago so we'll call it "old timey". ;-P
Nice little tune played out of open Cm tuning. I accidentally added the 6/8 intro and endings. Recorded on a Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Arthur Hamilton
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4 people like this
Play count: 117
Size: 2,533kb, uploaded 8/18/2012 7:41:27 PM
Genre: Popular
Blues/Torch Song Classic. Kevin Chaffee on banjo, Deaf Lester Crawdad on Dobro & vocals.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by H. Forrester
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3 people like this
Play count: 137
Size: 1,851kb, uploaded 12/26/2012 11:37:32 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
A Melodic Clawhammer Fiddle Tune. Pretty sloppy version, but the rest of my band don't like the tune so It will most likely never get any cleaner because I don't get to play it very often. Played on my Vega Whyte Laydie out of open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
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7 people like this
Play count: 142
Size: 2,251kb, uploaded 5/13/2013 11:40:52 PM
Genre: Old Time
Played on my gut-string tackhead fretless 5-string with a 14" goatskin head. Tuned to open A: E-A-E-A-C# 5th to 1st.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Hoagy Carmichael
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2 people like this
Play count: 89
Size: 2,939kb, uploaded 1/27/2013 11:22:01 PM
Genre: Jazz
In topics:
Coming to banjo from classical guitar?
Blues classic. Guitar version based on Ray Charles' piano arrangement.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Stan Jones
14 people like this
Play count: 919
Size: 3,092kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 10:40:34 PM
Genre: Country
Country Classic. Played out of open Gm tuning. Recorded on a Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Meredith Willson
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3 people like this
Play count: 160
Size: 1,737kb, uploaded 1/9/2013 11:16:14 PM
Genre: Popular
A really pretty waltz from -what else- "The Music Man". Played out of open G tuning on my Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Rogers & Hammerstein
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2 people like this
Play count: 118
Size: 1,417kb, uploaded 9/3/2012 12:10:25 AM
Genre: Popular
A classic waltz from the movie/play "The King and I". Here presented by itself, I normally play it as part of an extended medely in 3/4 time. Recorded on a Vega whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Daniel Kelley
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7 people like this
Play count: 242
Size: 1,002kb, uploaded 8/13/2012 11:27:14 PM
Genre: Old Time
The State Song Of Kansas. Need one say more? Recorded on a Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Richard Rodgers
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2 people like this
Play count: 79
Size: 784kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 12:21:08 PM
Genre: Other
Something different and fun. Recorded on a Vega Whyte Laydie out of open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Lerner & Loewe
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3 people like this
Play count: 200
Size: 1,327kb, uploaded 9/6/2012 11:50:13 PM
Genre: Popular
Neat tune that someone asked about on BHO......which spurred me to figure it out. The very best thing about this tune, however, is that it was sung in the movie ("Paint Your Wagon") by Lee Marvin: a gentleman normally known more for his drinking than for his singing. In that spirit, I drank several beers in his memory before sitting down to record this. Played out of open G tuning on my Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Stephen Foster, 1854
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Play count: 161
Size: 1,877kb, uploaded 8/13/2012 12:08:29 AM
Genre: Old Time
Foster, of course, was a pianist; and wrote for the piano. But many of his wonderful tunes work well on the 5-string in clawhammer style, which goes to show just how throughly he'd absorbed the feel of the contemporary black American music of his era.
"Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair: was one of my family's favorites when I was a small child except that my father, Gene, always sang it "I dream of Geanie with the light brown mustache".
Naturally I had to try to figure it out on the banjo when I grew up (the song, not the mustache) and it works rather nicely for such a sweet slow tune. Played out of open G tuning on a Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
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2 people like this
Play count: 157
Size: 2,017kb, uploaded 8/4/2012 12:57:14 AM
Genre: Bluegrass
Clawhammer/ Bluegrass banjo duet. Bluegrass banjo: prewar Gibson RB-3. Clawhammer banjo: Vega Whyte Laydie. Open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by George & Ira Gershwin
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5 people like this
Play count: 183
Size: 3,139kb, uploaded 8/27/2012 11:44:31 PM
Genre: Jazz
A Jazz classic covered by practically every living Jazz artist at one time or another. If nothing else, this reassures me that I'm still among the living. Played out of open G tuning on a Vega Whyte Laydie with Deaf Lester playing the banjo, the Dobro, and doing the singing. (Such as it is.)
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Maurice Jarre'
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6 people like this
Play count: 209
Size: 1,649kb, uploaded 8/13/2012 10:52:48 PM
Genre: Popular
The lovely waltz from the Movie "Doctor Zhivago", played out of open G tuning on a Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Henry Clay Work
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1 person likes this
Play count: 217
Size: 1,275kb, uploaded 12/4/2012 11:52:37 PM
Genre: Old Time
A Civil War Tune played out of open C tuning on my Vega Whyte Laydie. One should always play "Dixie" to balance it out.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Chuck Berry
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2 people like this
Play count: 230
Size: 1,922kb, uploaded 8/14/2012 11:06:16 PM
Genre: Rock
This goes over great with a live audience but not so well with the Old-Timey Police. Lots of fun, though!
Open G tuning capoed up to A. Recorded on a Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli
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7 people like this
Play count: 265
Size: 1,227kb, uploaded 8/11/2012 12:12:42 AM
Genre: Jazz
A Jazz Classic that frails really well. Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone out of open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Richard Rodgers
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13 people like this
Play count: 854
Size: 3,710kb, uploaded 11/29/2012 11:22:34 PM
Genre: Jazz
If Miles Davis can play this.....than so can we. Kevin Chaffee on banjo, Pete Roehling on guitar.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Rodgers & Hammerstein
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7 people like this
Play count: 231
Size: 2,642kb, uploaded 8/9/2012 10:16:34 PM
Genre: Popular
Sometimes you try something that normally has nothing to do with banjos and it turns out to sound as if it had been written for the instrument in the first place. This is one of those tunes. Recorded on a Vega Tubaphone in open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
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1 person likes this
Play count: 396
Size: 2,572kb, uploaded 12/4/2012 11:50:07 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
The Tubaphone is 1st and the Whyte Laydie is 2nd.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Jerome Kern
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6 people like this
Play count: 375
Size: 2,267kb, uploaded 9/1/2012 11:45:35 PM
Genre: Jazz
The iconic song from "Showboat", originally sung by Paul Robeson in the Broadway play and then covered by everyone from Djanjo Reinhardt to Frank Sinatra. (Frank Sinatra???) My version is an homage to both John Jorgenson -who first really turned me on to Jazz- and his then partner in crime Doug Mattocks -who showed me that you could play *anything* on the banjo if you only wanted to badly enough... And this is one of those wonderful tunes where you don't have to play things at high speed or with a lot of bells and whistles to make it sound good: just play the melody and let the music speak for itself. Recorded on my Vega Whyte Laydie in open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Harlod Arlen
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1 person likes this
Play count: 93
Size: 2,840kb, uploaded 11/29/2012 11:34:40 PM
Genre: Jazz
Dunno 'bout you, but there's just something about a Sinatra classic that cries out for a banjo. Kevin Chaffee on banjo, Pete Roehling on guitar and vocals.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Sir Arthur Sullivan
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5 people like this
Play count: 188
Size: 1,579kb, uploaded 8/25/2012 11:59:28 PM
Genre: Traditional
Yes, that's 'Sir Arthur Sullivan' as in "Gilbert & Sullivan" which explains why the melody is so darned good. A wonderful gospel tune that's fallen by the wayside because the title forms such unfortunate pictures in your head, but the original reference was to the Salvation Army -who are not known for actual warfare. Played out of open G tuning with a guitar and a bass behind it, the tune will pull audience members right up out of their seats, and it works equally well as a Bluegrass banjo piece. Recorded on my Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
4 people like this
Play count: 219
Size: 1,836kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 11:10:43 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
I wrote this during the first Irag war. Played out of open C tuning. Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
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Play count: 104
Size: 1,873kb, uploaded 5/10/2013 12:00:24 PM
Genre: Old Time
Traditional. I like it best in the key of D where the high part goes *way* up there. :)
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Harry Lauder
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6 people like this
Play count: 186
Size: 1,177kb, uploaded 12/5/2012 12:07:39 AM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
Not only old timey but overseas as well. Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone in open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Stephen Soundheim
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5 people like this
Play count: 250
Size: 2,281kb, uploaded 8/25/2012 11:25:26 PM
Genre: Popular
Many years ago I saw Carol Burnett perform this ballad on her TV show and liked it so well that I eventually worked up my own version. If ever there was a single tune which demonstrates that you can play just about *anything* in Clawhammer style, then this is the one. Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone. Open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
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4 people like this
Play count: 194
Size: 2,127kb, uploaded 8/23/2012 11:53:49 PM
Genre: Rock
Of all the Beatles rock ballads, this one is probably the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful. Another example of just sitting down with a banjo in my lap and seeing what fell out of it. Recorded on my Vega Whyte Laydie in open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Emile Waldteufel (Yes, really...)
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2 people like this
Play count: 160
Size: 1,369kb, uploaded 8/5/2012 11:13:18 PM
Genre: Classical
A friend of mine told me this couldn't be played on the banjo. ( He was wrong.) Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by John Williams
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5 people like this
Play count: 273
Size: 531kb, uploaded 8/28/2012 11:34:40 PM
Genre: Other
I sometimes insert these quotes into other minor-key tunes, much as the Disneyland "Electric Light Parade" theme** can be substituted for the A part of Blackberry Blossom. Played out of open Gm tuning on my Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by george Gershwin/DuBose Heyward
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2 people like this
Play count: 51
Size: 2,936kb, uploaded 1/11/2013 12:23:16 AM
Genre: Jazz
A Jazzy Blues lullaby if ever there was one. No banjo. Just a 1936 Dodro guitar and a vocal.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
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5 people like this
Play count: 198
Size: 1,108kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 12:38:29 PM
Genre: Folk
Traditional Welsh Folk Tune. Open C Tuning capoed up to D. Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Douglas Ferber/A. Emmett Adams
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4 people like this
Play count: 129
Size: 1,860kb, uploaded 8/11/2012 12:09:01 AM
Genre: Other
A Clawgrass translation of Roy Lewis' version out of open G tuning. Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
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2 people like this
Play count: 230
Size: 1,022kb, uploaded 12/5/2012 12:11:33 AM
Genre: Folk
Trad ballad minus the words. Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone in "Mountain Minor" G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Steve Barri, P.F. Sloan, Monty Norman, Paul & Linda McCartney
6 people like this
Play count: 226
Size: 2,665kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 10:55:27 PM
Genre: Rock
I used to work in the L.A. studios and was around a lot of TV and movie music. These three just seemed to go together. Played out of Open Gm tuning on my Vega Tubaphone.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
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6 people like this
Play count: 227
Size: 1,220kb, uploaded 8/28/2012 11:11:28 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
Several hundred years old and probably an Irish harp tune to befin with, but it's since been sung with several different sets of words and played on all sorts of instrumernts. Played out of open Gm tuning on my Vega Tubaphone, usually capoed up two frets for the key of Am. ~Pete
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Pee Wee King
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7 people like this
Play count: 259
Size: 1,032kb, uploaded 8/13/2012 11:30:39 PM
Genre: Country
An old favorite beloved by many who have yet to hear it frailed on a banjo... Recorded on my Vega tubaphone in open G tuning.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Richard Rodgers
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1 person likes this
Play count: 119
Size: 1,312kb, uploaded 9/11/2012 12:05:19 AM
Genre: Popular
This is one of my favorite waltzes. From the play and movie "South Pacific" and written after James Michner's iconic WW2 book "Tales of the South Pacific", the melody perfectly captures the feel of a love affair. Recorded on my Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad
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3 people like this
Play count: 259
Size: 1,566kb, uploaded 12/2/2012 11:02:24 PM
Genre: Old Time
Vega Style N pot with Slingerland calfskin head and 5-string conversion neck.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Christina Macpherson (?)
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4 people like this
Play count: 219
Size: 969kb, uploaded 8/24/2012 12:46:33 AM
Genre: Popular
Not Australia's National Anthem, but generally considered to be her national song anyway. Fun with words, too. Recorded on my Vega Whyte Laydie.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by John Phillip Sousa
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7 people like this
Play count: 203
Size: 1,549kb, uploaded 11/29/2012 11:08:38 PM
Genre: Popular
Just the tune for July 4th.......or tailgating at a football game. Kevin Chaffee (who used to play tuba in his high school marching band) on banjo, Pete Roehling on guitar.
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by Deaf Lester Crawdad, written by Ernest Ball
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4 people like this
Play count: 230
Size: 1,480kb, uploaded 8/13/2012 11:24:13 PM
Genre: Popular
Unconventional on a 5-string, but a pop standard from the 20's. Recorded on my Vega Tubaphone.
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