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From the playing of West Virginia songster Dick Justice. Bayless Rose also had a version recorded around the same time (~1929/1930).
Jeff Menzies tackhead banjo on loan from a friend. Strung with gut, and it might be tuned in double-F.
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A tune that dates from the minstrel tradition (aka "Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Get Up in the Morning"). I've been trying to mess around with some different OT finger styles, and this happened to fall out.
In the neighborhood of double B on my Brooks banjo.
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An old-time chestnut, but one that is fun to play for sure. One of the first tunes I learned.
G modal
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From the playing of the great Dock Boggs.
I'm on a tackhead banjo (tuned low to Double G), Jillian Rae is on the fiddle, and Mikkel Beckman is on the percussion.
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East Virginia
A version that was recorded by Corpse Reviver (Jillian Rae: vocal and fiddle, Mikkel Beckman: percussion, Adam Kiesling: banjo).
From the playing of Buell Kazee
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From the playing of Buell Kazee. On a Jeff Menzies tackhead with gut strings.
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From the playing of Buell Kazee. Low-tuned sawmill on a Brooks Masten.
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Gallows Pole is from the singing of Frank Proffit, and Brushy Fork is from Hiram Stamper. My pal Colin Harris is on the fiddle in cross G. I'm in G sawmill with the low string tuned down to G (an octave below the 3rd string).
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AKA as Jimmy Crack Corn.
Double C tuning
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Double C on a Brooks Masten banjo
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From the playing of Wade Ward (via Frank Lee)
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From Melvin Wine. I'm on G modal banjo and my friend Meghan Dudle on fiddle.
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From Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin' " album. He used the melody of "Pretty Polly" for this one, so that's how I approached it.
I'm in G modal, and my friend Meghan is fiddling.
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From the playing of Bascom Lamar Lunsford. I played it on my gut-strung Menzies tackhead. Double D tuning tuned down to around G (I think).
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From the playing of fiddler Ed Haley. Open G on a Brooks Masten banjo.
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Genre: Old Time
Mostly from the playing of Iowa fiddler Dwight Lamb.
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Banjo/fiddle duet, with fiddling by my good friend Meghan Dudle. She drew on Lonnie Robertson's version.
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Genre: Old Time
An Edden Hammonds tune. Sawmill tuning (maybe around F or so)
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A take on the Missouri Waltz from a version by Hawaiian guitar great Frank Ferera. I'm on guitar, and my friend Gary is on the slide.
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From Mississippi John Hurt, one of my favorite guitarists.
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Poljana, Poljana (traditional Slovak tune with clawhammer banjo)
A Rusyn tune from Eastern Slovakia. This was recorded as part of singer Natalie Nowytski's Amerikana project.
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by Adam Kiesling, written by Henry Worrall
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Played on the guitar in open D (DADF#AD from low to high). Originally published in 1860. Go to http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/208635 for more info. One of these days I'm going to work out a version on the banjo.
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From the fiddling of Buddy Thomas. G tuning on a banjo by Brooks Masten.
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From the playing Freeny's Barn Dance Band (Freeny, Mississippi). Played on my Menzies tackhead banjo. Double C, but it's tuned way down.
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by Adam Kiesling, written by Rev Josiah K. Alwood
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I think this hymn was first written around 1880 or so by the Rev. Josiah K. Atwood. I've heard a few different versions over the years, including a great one from my friend Bonnie, but I think I was finally driven to work out an arrangement after listening to Hobart Smith. Mac Traynham and Shay Garriock also have a nice fiddle and banjo take on their "Turkey on the Mountain" album. My friend Meghan Dudle on fiddle (fiddle is tuned to DDAD), and I'm playing a Menzies gut strung tack-banjo in standard tuned down to D.
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This is another one from Corpse Reviver, a group I play with that focuses on the music found on the Anthology of American Folk Music. I'm on the banjo (in double D), Jillian Rae is on the fiddle and is also singing, and Mikkel Beckman is on the percussion.
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An old shape note tune. I first heard it on Bill Evan's album Native and Fine.
Jeff Menzies tackhead banjo with gut strings. Sawmill tuning (not sure of the pitch)
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A song that I first heard from the New Lost City Ramblers. Menzies gut-strung tackhead, and it might be tuned in C (cGCEG)
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