dewbanjo - Posted - 06/17/2010:  04:29:41

I have the "tab/CD" from Dan Levenson, plus the tab from Ken Perlman's version (Clawhammer Banjo)...

So, what would be nice to hear/listen, is your tune that you may have as a sound file.... at ClawCamp East....Dan teaches to Listen, listen, listen...really does help when learning a new tune!!

Please let me know if you have a music file.

Thanks,
Don

J-Walk - Posted - 06/17/2010:  05:52:58

Here a link to one I did about a year ago, in standard G tuning: Bill Cheatham

I've revisited this tune lately, playing it in Double C tuning. It works equally well in either tuning.

ZEPP - Posted - 06/17/2010:  06:45:25

Here's a 2003 recording I made to demo one of Chuck Lee's new models, the now defunct "Granbury."
zeppmusic.com/MP3/bill_cheatha...e_019.mp3

Cheers,
ZEPP

slabounty - Posted - 06/17/2010:  07:23:51

I think it was Leo Kottke that called this the happiest tune he knew. Someone should to this for a tune of the week.

Scott

slabounty - Posted - 06/17/2010:  07:26:18

Zepp / J-Walk - Forgot to mention that both versions were great.

Scott

BANJOJUDY - Posted - 06/17/2010:  07:42:25

I sometimes forget about A tunes. Bill Cheatham is indeed a great song, great at dances, and it crosses the line between bluegrass and old-time, so lots of folks know how to play it. Works great in a jam.

Tune of the Week? I am running our of volunteers, and even if you don't do Bill Cheatham, EVERYONE, can you ALL please volunteer to do a tune?

I feel like a dentist here - whose tooth and teeth can I pull? To the regulars - THANKS A BUNCH for keeping Tune of the Week alive, and to the lurkers - blah! Come out of your closets and help your fellow banjo pickers.

VOLUNTEER - email me at inquiry@siliconheights.com

arcticpoppy - Posted - 06/17/2010:  11:26:38

I LOVE (!!!) it! Thanks so much for this thread -- this was the #1 most fun tune I had fun jamming with at the Portland Old Time Music Gathering last January, but it was done bluegrass style. I'd never heard it clawhammer style until now (perhaps I should have been looking harder). Thank you all again. I'm off the computer to my banjo...

Bill Rogers - Posted - 06/17/2010:  12:30:23

Here's my take--with Dick Arnold, fiddler.

Bill Cheatham

dewbanjo - Posted - 06/17/2010:  12:53:03

Thank you "all" for the replies!! Now, all I have to do is practice, listen, practice, listen, practice....sure do like this tune..... may take a while, but I'll git it.

Don

BANJOJUDY - Posted - 06/17/2010:  15:50:30

Thanks to those who have come forth and have volunteered for TOTW.

Bill Cheatham has been taken by someone at this time, so please, if you are doing a tune, avoid doing this one unless you are the person who has emailed me.

Keep following the posts - check out TOTW - and eventually Bill Cheatham will be there.

Meanwhile, any more volunteers, please?

Judy

banjered - Posted - 06/17/2010:  16:48:24

BanjoJudy says, "to the lurkers - blah! Come out of your closets and help your fellow banjo pickers."

And I say, when is BH or someone going to post HOW to record and post a tune/song on BH? Not in untranslatable geekaneze, but in English. Apparently a lot of you have figured it out, either on your own or with help, but there are a lot of techno-nerds (me!) who remain clueless, and therefore - "lurkers-blah." TC

Bill Rogers - Posted - 06/17/2010:  17:40:56

First you have to have a recording setup of some kind. That's not the Hangout's job. If you have one, you'll know. I don't think Judy's addressing folks with the expectation they record themselves and post because you don't have to record yourself at all or post any recordings you've done to do a TOTW. You have to do some research about the tune, do a brief writeup and probably track down some posted versions for which you post links. That's it.

J-Walk - Posted - 06/17/2010:  19:10:10

banjered, you should post your question about recording and posting audio files in the Web site problems, help, etc. forum. It's probably been asked and answered already, but it wouldn't hurt to have it answered again. There are probably many others who have the same question, but are afraid to ask.

It should be in the FAQ, but I don't see it there.

dewbanjo - Posted - 06/18/2010:  04:43:39

Good morning Bill Rogers and everybody else too,

thanks for the the post about "how to do a TOTW"...... maybe the next time I decide on working on a tune I'll first do some digging into the tune's history etc... who knows, maybe even do a write-up too.

Have a nice day,
Don

WGE - Posted - 06/21/2010:  03:57:53

dewbanjo, thanks for the mention of Bill Cheatham. I had been thinking about learning this tune and you provided the last little push. Indeed, it is a happy tune and one that seems a good candidate for many variations on the theme. The first four measures of the B part sure can lighten the heart.