19 Mile Overhead

Written/Posted by corcoran

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Size: 1,693kb, uploaded 9/23/2008 8:39:41 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

One of my original banjo tunes, melodic style. I was very much into melodics in the early 1970s. From a practice tape by Silver Spring, Vancouver BC, mid-1970s. With Rick Ross, guitar; Bob Goldberg, mandolin; Bill Terry, fiddle; Don Fraser, dobro; Ken Hatch, bass. Banjo: 1929 Gibson model 6 flathead. In British Columbia, road or highway bridges extending over railroad tracks are named "overheads." I was intrigued by the name of this one, near the town of Revelstoke, and wrote a tune around it.

Are You Missing Me?

Posted by corcoran, written by Ira and Charles Louvin

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Size: 2,007kb, uploaded 9/23/2008 7:40:30 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Reunion of Cold Water Flat, with special guests, Montreal, May 2007. With Ron Petronko, guitar, vocals; Guy Carpenter, dobro; special guests: Andy Sacher, mandolin, vocals; Perry Beaton, bass. Banjo: 1934 Gibson RB-Granada flathead.

Bill Monroe and Don Reno -- White House Blues

Posted by corcoran

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Size: 2,650kb, uploaded 5/13/2014 9:10:13 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is a pretty fuzzy radio broadcast, evidently from 1948, of Bill Monroe with Don Reno. At least it is claimed to be Don Reno, and the announcer does thank "Bill and Don." I do not remember where on the internet I found this file.

Blackberry Blossom as played by Earl Scruggs

Posted by corcoran

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Size: 1,096kb, uploaded 11/2/2021 2:11:20 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Here is a mid-1950s recording of Earl Scruggs backing up the fiddle on Blackberry Blossom.

Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Posted by corcoran, written by Earl Scruggs

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Size: 3,262kb, uploaded 7/13/2023 10:38:59 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This radio broadcast from 1956 includes some interesting variations on Scruggs's approach to the tune.

God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds

Posted by corcoran

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Size: 2,038kb, uploaded 11/9/2021 2:49:30 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Flatt and Scruggs on the WSM radio show "Sunday Singing," 13 May 1956. Paul Warren does some spectacular bass singing.

I'll Fly Away

Posted by corcoran, written by Alfed E. Brumley

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Size: 1,053kb, uploaded 7/23/2009 2:49:02 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

During the discussion in summer 2009 about whether it really was Earl playing on the radio recording of "I'll Fly Away," one BHO member suggested that the rest of us post our versions of the song. So here is a recent version of mine that incorporates a little bit of a salute to the mystery player we have all agonized about (it is indeed Earl Scruggs). Also, near the end, it includes a tip of the hat to Bill Keith, who in the early 1960s came closer than most to capturing elements of not only Earl's style but also his tone, as pointed out first by Steve Arkin. Played on a 2007 Huber VRBG. I have posted the tab for my arrangement of I'll Fly Away on the Tablature Archive in BHO.

I'm Gone, Long Gone

Posted by corcoran, written by Don Reno

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Size: 2,363kb, uploaded 11/14/2009 4:19:39 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is a fine Reno and Smiley song, from a practice tape of my band Silver Spring, recorded in Vancouver, B.C., in the mid-1970s. Played on a 1929 Gibson model 6 flathead. A tab of the break is posted in the Tablature Archive on BHO.

I'm Waiting to Hear You Call Me Darling

Posted by corcoran

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Size: 2,723kb, uploaded 11/9/2021 2:47:49 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

From a Flatt and Scruggs broadcast on WSM radio, Spring 1956 -- one of my favorite songs by the Foggies. Earl puts on a clinic of banjo backup..

In the Gravel Yard

Posted by corcoran, written by Blue Highway

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Size: 2,908kb, uploaded 9/23/2008 7:23:17 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Instructor's concert, British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, 2002. With David Keenan, guitar, vocals; Radim Zenkl, mandolin; Stacy Phillips, dobro, vocals; Pete Martin, fiddle; Deborah Noel, bass, vocals. Banjo: 1929 Gibson model 6 flathead.

Little Georgia Rose

Posted by corcoran, written by Bill Monroe

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Size: 2,286kb, uploaded 9/23/2008 7:27:53 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Knee Deep concert, February 2008. With Gord Vaadeland, guitar, vocals; Sheila Vaadeland, guitar, vocals; Lucas Welsh, mandolin, fiddle, vocals; Tom Kennedy, bass. Banjo: 2003 Huber Lexington flathead.

Old Liza Jane

Posted by corcoran

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Size: 1,330kb, uploaded 9/23/2008 7:15:53 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Practice tape by Cedar Creek, Victoria BC, 1997. With Rhonda Broadfoot, guitar, vocals; Pat Green, fiddle, mandolin, vocals; and David Grimm, bass. Banjo: 1929 Gibson model 6 flathead.

Salt Creek

Posted by corcoran

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Size: 1,663kb, uploaded 9/23/2008 7:06:13 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Cold Water Flat at the Yellow Door coffee house in Montreal, November 1971. With Ron Petronko, guitar and vocals; Larry Miller, mandolin and vocals; and Guy Carpenter, dobro. Banjo: 1929 Gibson model 6 flathead.

Sawmill River Parkway

Written/Posted by corcoran

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Size: 1,774kb, uploaded 9/23/2008 7:12:31 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

One of my original banjo tunes, mid-tempo. From a practice tape by Silver Spring, Vancouver BC, mid-1970s. With Rick Ross, guitar; Bob Goldberg, mandolin; Bill Terry, fiddle; Don Fraser, dobro; Ken Hatch, bass. Banjo: 1929 Gibson model 6 flathead.

Wayfaring Stranger / Bill Monroe

Posted by corcoran

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Size: 4,017kb, uploaded 11/10/2021 8:29:29 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys were in concert in Madison, WI, 13 February 1967. His duet with Peter Rowan is haunting, and Monroe was at the top of his game vocally. Banjo: Lamar Grier; fiddle: Richard Greene; bass: James Monroe; guitar: Peter Rowan.

You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone

Posted by corcoran, written by B. Phillips

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Size: 1,759kb, uploaded 9/23/2008 7:18:58 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Practice tape by Cedar Creek, Victoria BC, 1997. With Rhonda Broadfoot, guitar, vocals; Pat Green, fiddle, mandolin, vocals; and David Grimm, bass. Banjo: 1929 Gibson model 6 flathead.