5stringJim - Posted - 12/18/2009:  01:23:46

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Here's a tune from a recent jam session. The guitarist, Robin McKidd, played a sock-style rhythm in the Shetland style, developed by Peerie Willie Johnson to back up fiddle tunes. Very interesting !
The banjo is by me, with Ronnie Reid on bass. (I thought someone was going to take a break the 2nd time through, hence the hesitation) Recorded by someone on a Zoom H2.

http://www.banjohangout.org/myhango...usicid=15486

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Edited by - 5stringJim on 12/18/2009 01:27:42

tonehead - Posted - 12/18/2009:  02:58:40

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Outstanding! Looking forward to more.

kirbonite - Posted - 12/18/2009:  04:52:30

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two thumbs up.

Laurence Diehl - Posted - 12/18/2009:  09:16:28

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Couldn't be cleaner!
I was fortunate to catch Willie playing with Boys of the Lough one time. (and Tom Anderson - in Arizona) Sounds like a great session!

The KIDD - Posted - 12/18/2009:  12:09:54

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Good to see ya back on this board Jim!...Yeah, as I was listenin to DD I was thinkin YIKES!!! , I hope they stop, THEN go into SH maybe a wee bit slower. I was worried for ya! (woulda been for ME) But son you nailed her! I play with some cats here local that play that kinda rhythm on the swing stuff , but not fiddle tunes. Nice change ! Good job on both man!
John

rawb - Posted - 12/18/2009:  22:33:29

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That was really good! So good, it just about had me reaching for the Baileys to add a touch to my coffee!

banjofanatico - Posted - 12/19/2009:  09:23:52

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That was fast. Great banjo playing and the guitar chording background sounded really good - but don't tell Tom Hanway - ha, ha .

David

rwkuta - Posted - 12/19/2009:  10:09:31

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Wow that was phenomenal.....incredible picking on a REALLY tough song

Tom Hanway - Posted - 01/15/2010:  05:09:30

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Originally posted by banjofanatico

That was fast. Great banjo playing and the guitar chording background sounded really good - but don't tell Tom Hanway - ha, ha.

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Originally posted by 5stringJim

Here's a tune from a recent jam session. The guitarist, Robin McKidd, played a sock-style rhythm in the Shetland style, developed by Peerie Willie Johnson to back up fiddle tunes. Very interesting!

The banjo is by me, with Ronnie Reid on bass. (I thought someone was going to take a break the 2nd time through, hence the hesitation) Recorded by someone on a Zoom H2.

http://www.banjohangout.org/myhango...usicid=15486

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Hey, 'JoFanatico, get a grip lad, you can't mischaracterize me (or my work) and get away with it forever.

I work with this tune backer, small world isn't it? Thank you for bringing up my name, even if you didn't mean to compliment me exactly. I'm onto you son! Haha!

I've done festivals with the backing guitarist here, fiddler/guitarist Robin McKidd (originally from Aberdeen, Scotland). Aren't you getting tired of shooting from the hip by now? This guy's a playing pal of mine.

Robin's a lovely guy and uses a dog leash as a guitar strap (very funny) ... and it's very fashionable. I used to *kidd* him onstage about that, and it always got a big roar out of the audience.

We've worked together at festivals in Northern Ireland and Ireland, Robin backing me on guitar, doing traditional Celtic tunes in his Shetland sock-rhythm style. A few years back, he had moved to Leitrim, the next County over from Longford.

Check it out: Robin can back tunes because he KNOWS them intimately. He's a fiddler first. That's the key - he's a tune player first, one who knows the melodies and improvises chords as he goes. He's not playing the same set of chords exactly the same way with every pass. He changes them - not playing them out of "the book"!

'JoFanatico, you really need to check your facts before shooting from the hip and inserting the ol' proverbial foot in mouth. It's getting redundant, all the misinformation and misdirection.

Thanks Jim, for the lovely tunes. Now that's what I call banjo playing!

chickenpickin - Posted - 01/15/2010:  05:59:51

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Wow! Excellent banjo work!


Tim