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Playing Since: 1970
Experience Level: Purty Good
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Occupation: Scientist
Gender: Male
Age: 64
My Instruments:
An old unbranded cheap banjo, bought in a pawn shop 1965.
A Samick with the resonator usually taken off
Mountain Banjo
6-string guitar banjo
Two old fiddles, one of them is probably built by a cousin to my grandma.
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Wade Ward, Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Pete Steele, Mike Seeger, Doc Watson, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Sam and Kirk McGee, Uncle Dave Macon, and a lot of other old-time players.
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Created 3/7/2006
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Size: 1,054kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 12:21:06 PM
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I learned Betsy Likens in clawhammer from Miles Krassen's book Clawhammer banjo. Here I play it twofinger thumb lead (with index lead on the varaiation of the B part). I think it is a wonderful tune. I play it on my old unbranded Asian banjo that I bought in 1967. It has a little queer tone but I like the sound. Some of the sound may come from a homemade bridge.
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Size: 844kb, uploaded 1/2/2012 4:48:59 AM
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Coal Creek March from the playing of Pete Steele
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This is still an experiment, I don't have it as I want yet, but it is a good demonstration of the thumb lead technique. I play it in A-tuning on a Samick.
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Size: 1,181kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 12:32:09 PM
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This is an old tune that have been recorded with different names by several artists.: Uncle Dave Macon, Watson Family, Flatt and Scruggs and others. The tune is related to Ida Red. I play it in straight thumb lead two finger. A-tuning. Played on my Samick
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Size: 918kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 12:41:10 PM
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This is more or less an own tune that I have figured out myself. I have stolen the theme from the family of Reuben's Train, 500 miles, 800 miles, 900 miles, Train 45 and others. In the 80's I also played it balalaika, so later I plan to put together a banjo-balaika duet. I call it East Islet Express after the commuter train I travelled a lot when I was younger ("Österskärsexpressen")
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Size: 702kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 12:44:45 PM
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This is an old tune that needs no presentation. I learned it from Art Rosenbaum's book but added some own licks (I actually got some ideas from Tommy Jarrell's version).
It is played in A-tuning on my Samick.
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Size: 869kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 2:06:25 PM
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This is a homemade tune based on Shady Grove but not played in the usual modal mode. A-tuning and ckawhammer. Recorded in January but posted in June.
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Size: 1,452kb, uploaded 1/17/2009 9:17:09 AM
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An old Swedish song from 1791
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Gubben Noach is an old Swedish tune that was published 1791
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Size: 1,300kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 12:53:04 PM
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This is another tune that I more or less have composed myself. I have got some of the musical ideas from John Brown's Dream, hence the title, but I maltreated it a lot. It is in G modal tuning (Sawmill tuning). The first part is played with index lead, the second part is played with thumb lead and the third part is mixed and contains some thumb rolls that gives a nice syncopated effect. I play it on my old Asian unbranded banjo.
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Size: 637kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 12:57:01 PM
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This is another homemade tune. It is a mixture of thumb-lead and lndex-led with use of thumb rolls. I made it out mostly because I needed (need) some good exercise. Played in A tuning on the Samick.
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Size: 1,322kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 1:04:10 PM
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I think that John Brown's Dream needs no presentation. It is an old banjo - fiddle tune, usually played in Round Peak style. I have converted it to twofinger thumb lead (I am also exercising index lead but not on this recording). PLayed in A-tuning.
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Size: 716kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 1:08:12 PM
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John Hardy is an wellknown ballad. I played it in A tuning on a Samick
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Size: 1,000kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 2:00:08 PM
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John Henry played CH in A-tuning. Recorded in January but posted in June
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Size: 779kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 1:11:25 PM
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Little Maggie is another wellknown ballad, that have been played in almost all kind of banjo styles. Here I play it two-finger with mixed thumb lead and index lead. A-tuning.
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Size: 1,754kb, uploaded 1/17/2009 10:03:11 AM
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An old Swedish song from 1792
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Size: 1,488kb, uploaded 1/17/2009 9:53:14 AM
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Two old Swedish songs from 1791 (or earlier). I play it with Nylgut Minstrel strings and E tuning (eBEG#E)
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Size: 909kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 1:18:17 PM
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This is a wellknown folk song that has been popular also in Sweden. This was the very first tune I learned by myself in 1968 (I worked out a twofinger thumb lead version). Here I play it in thumb lead in A-tuning.
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Size: 1,805kb, uploaded 1/9/2007 2:49:14 AM
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Clawhammer in double D tuning. This is my first recording and I had some problems with the softwar before I managed to get it down.
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Size: 1,169kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 1:27:05 PM
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Played in sawmill tuning on my old unbranded Asian banjo with a homemade bridge. I play it thumb lead, in the end I try the B part in index lead but with a little abrupt ending....
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Size: 1,189kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 1:31:30 PM
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I first learned this tune in clawhammer style from Art Rosenbaum's book, but I made two-finger thumb lead of it. A tuning.
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Size: 772kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 1:56:50 PM
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Sourwood Mountain played in clawhammer
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Size: 762kb, uploaded 6/23/2007 1:40:55 PM
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This is another homemade train song, related to the family of Reuben's Train, 500 miles, 800 miles, 900 miles, Train 45 and so on. I play it in G modal with sawmill tuning. Straight thumb lead style.
This song is dedicated to the commuter train I travel with today (Södertäljependeln). In the full version there is a lot of unplanned stops, irregular speed, and noise but I excluded these parts on this recording.
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Size: 1,101kb, uploaded 12/31/2010 3:46:31 AM
Genre: Old Time
Clawhammer and twofinger thumb lead
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Size: 944kb, uploaded 1/9/2007 2:50:48 AM
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Clawhammer (my own style) in G tuning.
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