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Playing Since: 1970

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Occupation: clawhammer banjo teacher

Gender: Male

Age: 51

My Instruments:
Will Fielding Custom Rooster
Bart Reiter Tubaphone
Vega Frankenstein Fretless
2003 Gold Star GF-85 #17
Harmony Seeger-Style long neck
Frank Proffit Maxwelltone


Favorite Bands/Musicians:
John Herrmann, Brad Leftwich, Mac Benford, Tom Sauber, Riley Baugus, Walt Koken, Dan Gellert, Dirk Powell, Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Kyle Creed, Wade Ward, Bob Smakula, Gordy Hinners, Joel Mabus, Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Reed Martin, Laura Boosinger, Pete Wernick, Tony Trischka, Earl Scruggs and the great mostly unknown Steve Mote.

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Created 7/12/2005
Last Visit 9/5/2010


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Angeline the Baker

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Tom Sample on fiddle, John Price on mandolin and Tim Rowell clawhammer banjo
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Boys Them Buzzards Are Flying

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From a small get-together in JP's living room. T
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Chilly Winds

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Me and Ed Britt and Don Borschelt having some fun playing three banjos together.
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Chinquapin Pie

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I love this tune. I learned it from a Bruce Molsky CD. My band, Jubilee Mule, perfomed this at the Cantab in Cambridge a few months ago. Me on banjo, John Price on guitar and Tim Baldanzi on Mandolin.
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Cider

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Cluck Old Hen

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a rough recording from a long time ago, but one of my favorites
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Cookhouse Joe

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Cookhouse Joe in A with Cathy Mason on the fiddle.
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Cumberland Gap

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Squirrely 3-part version in D. Tim Rowell on banjo, John Price on guitar and Tim Baldanzi on mandolin. From a live Jubilee mule show at the Cantab in Cambridge.
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Ducks on the Pond

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one of my favorite ways to play- just sitting with a fiddler. this recording is from 2004 and features the excellent fiddling of Alan Kaufman
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Forked Deer

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One of my al-ltime favorite tunes. Tim on banjo, JP on mandolin and Etienne Cremieux on fiddle
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Glory in the Meetinghouse

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a great tune i learned from Mac Benford. Tim Rowell on banjo and John Price on banjo uke and Ruby on the dishes
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Greasy Coat

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Tim & Don & Ed doing the three-banjo thing in the basement of my music school in Lexington.
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Hangmans Reel

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The first time i heard a version of the song that i liked it was on a Mac Benford casette tape. I listened to it a hundred times. This recording is of me and the superb fiddler Alan Kaufman.
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Jeff Sturgeon

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Tim on the banjo and George Touchstone playing fiddle from earlier this month.
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Jenny Get Around

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A really fun, crooked tune. Played by Tim rowell and Alan Kaufman.
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Johnny Don't Get Drunk

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Tim on banjo, JP on mando and the excellent young fiddler Andy Reiner. We were sitting amongst a bunch of plants at Mahoneys Garden Center in 2005. We played for 3 straight hours without doing the same tune twice.
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June Apple

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Kitchen Girl

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also from a session (maybe 2002) with John Price and Tom Sample.
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Lost Girl

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A cool tune I learned from Mac Benford. Played with Fiddler Alan Kaufman.
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Old Mother Flanagan

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Old Mother Flanagan played by Tim Rowell on banjo and Alan Kaufman on fiddle
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Over The Waterfall

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from an old session with tim on banjo, john price on mando and the great fiddler Tom Sample
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Rye Straw

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A "D" tune that I learned from Brad Leftwich. Here it's played double banjo with me playing clawhammer and Eric Royer playing 3-finger style.
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Sandy River Belle

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Sandy River Belle played by Tim on banjo and Alan "Groove Monster" Kaufman on fiddle.
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Santa Ana's Retreat

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Spur of the moment recording with great oldtime fiddler Paul Boyd from 2005.
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Shaking down the Acorns

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Shaking Down the Acorns played with fiddler Paul Boyd. This guy is a ton of fun to play with.
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Shaving a Dead Man

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Lowell contest entry in 2007. Big thanks to Davis Sweet for capturing this.
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Shaving A Dead Man - duet

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A great old tune that I learned from John Herrmann and David Holt. Here it's played with me on clawhammer and Eric Royer 3-finger style.
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Texas

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An early recording of Tim Rowell on banjo, John Price on mandolin and Tom Sample on fiddle
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The Cuckoo

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From a live show at the Cantab in Cambridge, MA August 2008. Jubilee Mule- John Price - guitar and vocals, Tim Rowell - banjo, Tim Baldanzi - mandolin.
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Whiskey Before Breakfast

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Tim on banjo, Tom Sample on fiddle and JP on mando. From a get-together at Bobby B's studio Gingerbread Lane in 2001.
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