GUMBY #2 has hit the road--moving on to Richmond VA.
Had fun with it for almost a year.
Now it's back to Big Chuck to hold his own with the
Rocky Hollow Bluegrass Gospel Band.
Had fun with it for almost a year.
Now it's back to Big Chuck to hold his own with the
Rocky Hollow Bluegrass Gospel Band.
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CORRECTION: In the Tab printed in the Newsletter, the final note in the last measure of the A Part should be - 4th String Open - Not 5th String
Wiki Info on the Minstrel Walkaround
YouTube Video representation of the Minstrel Walkaround
Delta Rhythm Boys - Dem Bones
Wiki Info on the Minstrel Walkaround
YouTube Video representation of the Minstrel Walkaround
Delta Rhythm Boys - Dem Bones
and I blew another posting deadline. Sorry again
The Link to Notes on Playing Lucille
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and here is a sample of Stewart Hoyle playing
Lucille : Cabool MO -- 1971 |
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The December column page isn't here now. Check the Menu on the left and select it there. I've decided to give each column its own page. Comments are welcome as to whether or not this is a good idea. thanx.......
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March Uncle Henry Tab MP3 Link to Violet On-Line June Chicken Reel Tab MP3 August Miss Spencer's Reel Tab I'll Check out Laura's pop here (around the 12 second mark). It's not a very good example of the Pop I remember which had much more force behind it (imagine this pull off multiplied and on the 4th string--and maybe done with the thumb. (how much imagination do you have?)
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2016
February
Pretty Little Girl With A Blue Dress On
Tab MP3 Video
De Gal Wid De Blue Dress On
Tab MP3 (Minstrel Banjo Low C Tuning)
Pretty Girl With A Blue Dress On
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Playing for Dancers (1995 Bethel MO Youth Fiddle Camp)
Bob Holt
Congratulations to Chuck Lee Banjo Maker in the American Craftsman Project
May
Lonesome Polly Ann
Tab MP3 Video
Check this link for some Bob Holt fiddling in McClurg MO on November 22, 1999. Note Lonesome Polly Ann at 14:25. Bob is not plucking the string here as I thought he did. Maybe for square dancing--maybe not.
September
Unnamed Old Hoedown
Tab MP3 Video
December
White River
Tab MP3 Video
Arkansas Traveler (Minstrel Style)
Tab MP3 Video (Minstrel Tuning dGDF#A)
Tab2 (Standard C Tuning)
(Tab is my interpretation of how the tune is played in the "How it should be played" link below. No guarantee that it is 'exact'. I believe though, that it's pretty close.)
Links to:
How this tune should be played
Minstrel Banjo Site
Tim Twiss - Early Minstrel Banjo
A few of the things I've learned and would like to pass on in regard to the Stroke/Minstrel style can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the Miscellaneous page.
February
Pretty Little Girl With A Blue Dress On
Tab MP3 Video
De Gal Wid De Blue Dress On
Tab MP3 (Minstrel Banjo Low C Tuning)
Pretty Girl With A Blue Dress On
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Playing for Dancers (1995 Bethel MO Youth Fiddle Camp)
Bob Holt
Congratulations to Chuck Lee Banjo Maker in the American Craftsman Project
May
Lonesome Polly Ann
Tab MP3 Video
Check this link for some Bob Holt fiddling in McClurg MO on November 22, 1999. Note Lonesome Polly Ann at 14:25. Bob is not plucking the string here as I thought he did. Maybe for square dancing--maybe not.
September
Unnamed Old Hoedown
Tab MP3 Video
December
White River
Tab MP3 Video
Arkansas Traveler (Minstrel Style)
Tab MP3 Video (Minstrel Tuning dGDF#A)
Tab2 (Standard C Tuning)
(Tab is my interpretation of how the tune is played in the "How it should be played" link below. No guarantee that it is 'exact'. I believe though, that it's pretty close.)
Links to:
How this tune should be played
Minstrel Banjo Site
Tim Twiss - Early Minstrel Banjo
A few of the things I've learned and would like to pass on in regard to the Stroke/Minstrel style can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the Miscellaneous page.
2003 - 2015 Tabs, MP3s, Videos & Links
are located in the Archive.
are located in the Archive.
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