Lonesome Polly Ann

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Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Learned from the fiddling of well-known Missourian Lonnie Robertson (1908 - 1981). I'm just becoming familiar with some of his work and am impressed by his smooth, clear, fast playing.

Lonesome Road Blues (TOTW)

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Size: 1,509kb, uploaded 5/4/2019 1:30:57 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 5/4/19, Lonesome Road Blues is also known as Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad. Check out the discussion thread for a very thorough coverage of this well-known song. I just sing a couple of verses here, out of many, many.

Lookout Blues

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Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

From Alabama fiddler James Bryan who learned it from Mack Blalock. Lookout Mountain is near James home and Lookout Blues is the title of his first solo album. It has a crooked A part with lots of syncopation. The B part remind me of Cajun music.

Lord Inchiquin

Posted by JanetB, written by Turlough O'Carolan

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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

O'Carolan composed this in honor of the 4th Earl of Inchiquin, County Clare, Ireland. It sounds like a minuet until the second part, when O'Carolan's signature melody surprises are heard.

Lost Boy/Lost Girl medley

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Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Kentucky fiddler John Salyer did the source recordings on both Lost Boy and Lost Girl. They're quite similar. The A parts differ, but the chordal flavor is the same and together they make a natural medley. Bruce Molsky recorded a CD with the title Lost Boy. Adam Hurt's Lost Girl on piano from his Insight CD inspired me to work on it.

Lost Gander

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This is a lyrical piece played by Stephen Wade using harmonics in f#DEAD tuning. It's been quite interesting to figure out how he did it.

Lost Girl (CB)

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Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

From Adam Hurt's piano version, inspired by Kentucky fiddler John Salyer whose many tunes are always worth learning. I've also enjoyed playing my Gold Tone cello banjo with all nylon strings. Hope you enjoy, too.

Lost Indian

Posted by JanetB, written by Ed Haley

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In topics:
TOTW 3-24-2023 Lost Indian from Ed Haley

This comes from Kentucky fiddler (originally from West Virginia) Ed Haley's historic recordings. As I recorded it I tried to imagine what it would be like for a real lost Indian and figured the title is also an allegory for any problem when you don't yet have the solution.

Lost Indian

Posted by JanetB

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Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

This version comes from Paul David Smith of Kentucky who learned it from his father. It's in the unusual tuning of fCGCD, though Paul played it in fDFAD. Mine's clawhammered, his was picked. I've wondered how many different Lost Indians there are. I know three distinct tunes called Lost Indian and have heard more than that.

Lost Indian

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An old tune I remember best from listening to Doc Watson.

Lost Indian (CB), Mose Coffman version

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Size: 1,448kb, uploaded 7/27/2016 10:00:08 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

When I heard this tune on the double CD set The Hammons Family it struck me as a unique fiddled version of Lost Indian. This is the fourth distinct tune I've learned with the same title and, really, I like them all. Mose Coffman was a good friend of the Hammons and was praised by Dwight Diller for his love of the music and his affinity for teaching.

Love Somebody (TOTW)

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Size: 6,970kb, uploaded 5/13/2022 10:58:06 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Known by other titles, this arrangement comes from the legendary WV fiddler Ed Haley. I played it on a short-scale Gold Tone Plucky travel banjo, ending up in the key of F and on a short-scale Doc's Banjo in the key of C --just a fun diversion to hear the difference. To play with a fiddler you'd need it in the key of D. Listen to Stephen Rapp with Paul Kirk, Jr. -- great duet!

Lovely Jane (TOTW)

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Size: 1,041kb, uploaded 12/27/2019 11:34:22 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

From the always delightful playing of WV fiddler Melvin Wine, here's the TOTW for 12/27/19. The B part is crooked and leads back to the A part quite easily.

Lovers' Waltz

Posted by JanetB, written by Jay Ungar

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Size: 1,412kb, uploaded 5/11/2017 6:11:58 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Many know of and play Ashokan Waltz. This other waltz by Jay Ungar has a similar feel -- a lovely tune written in modern times, but as old-timey as I like.

Lowery's Quadrille (TOTW)

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John "Dick" Summers was a prolific playing fiddler from Indiana, born before 1900. This week's Tune of the Week features one of his tunes, offered by Carl Baron who played it in the 1970's with the folk who actually recorded Summers. It's a happy beauty of a tune -- Lowery's Quadrille -- perhaps for dancing way back when.

Lulworth Moon

Posted by JanetB, written by Dave Hum

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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Today Dave's daughter, Perri, loaded an original tune Dave played while busking. We who looked forward to his videos here miss Dave and keep his music alive. I'm trying a clawhammer version of this tune and also enjoyed looking up the site called Lulworth Cove in Dorset. I figure Dave must have brought his family there.

Mabel Kelly (cello banjo)

Posted by JanetB, written by Turlough O'Carolan

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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Mabel Kelly is one of O'Carolan's "planxties" written in honor of a patron where he would stay as he traveled, earning his living in Ireland as a blind harpist in the late 1600's and early 1700's. Miss Kelly was most likely the daughter and heiress of a castle, but died five years before her father. The best source for learning about O'Carolan's life is a biography by Donal O'Sullivan. My Gold Tone cello banjo is equivalent to double C tuning but down four steps to double G.

Mabel Kelly (with cello banjo accompaniment)

Posted by JanetB, written by Turlough O'Carolan

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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

I've been attempting to learn Mabel Kelly for a while and decided to enhance it with cello banjo accompaniment here. The chords give it a flavor that is just suggested in a clawhammer solo. The Garage Band recording quality isn't as good as I'd hoped, though I have a good Yeti microphone.

MacAllistrum's March

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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

This tune was composed for a funeral march after the Battle of Knockinoss in southern Ireland when the Irish and Scottish highlanders lost to the Parliamentary forces on Nov. 13, 1647. It honors the brave Scottish leader, Alisdair (Colkitto) MacAllistrum and his men.

MacPherson's Rant (TOTW)

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For the old-time Tune of the Week, 8/22/14. The lyrics are quite moving, telling of the real Jamie MacPherson of Scotland (1675 - 1700) who played a fiddle tune before being hung, who smashed his fiddle, and who would have been pardoned if someone hadn't moved the clock up by fifteen minutes. I like the part of the chorus which says, "He played a tune and danced it roon." Here's a link to the thread: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/290158