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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.

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2018



February

Christmas 
Times a-Comin'

Tab

June content will be uploaded May 31

(Blew That Didn't I?  Sorry..........)


​June

Coon Hunt Walkaround
Tab
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

and I blew another posting deadline. Sorry again

​August

Old Molly Hare
Tab 1
Tab 2

Lucille
Tab



The Link to Notes on Playing Lucille
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and here is a sample of Stewart Hoyle playing
Lucille :  Cabool MO -- 1971


September

Snowbird in the Ashbank
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Unnamed Bb Waltz
Tab 01
Tab 02​



November

One Old Indian, Two Old Squaws
Tab


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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2017



March

Uncle Henry
Tab MP3


Link to Violet On-Line



June

Chicken Reel
Tab MP3






​​​August

Miss Spencer's Reel
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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?)
​I'll keep looking for a better example.


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​September

Jake Gillie

Tab




December

West Fork Gals    

Tab

Miles Klassen's Version






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)
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​Pretty Girl With A Blue Dress On
Carolina Chocolate Drops
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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
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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.

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