Wild horse at stoney point

Cluck old hen (key of G)

A second arrangement of this Tune of the Week with a more modal sound, plus the use of a capo to put it in its traditional A modal tuning (aEAC#E).

Wild Hog in the Woods (A modal)

From the playing of Virginia fiddler Taylor Kimble.  I like the melody, though it's rather squirrelly the way he played Wild Hog in the Woods. The lyrics -- well, no thanks!

Wild Hog in the Woods

Wes Muir's

Texas gales

Redlick

Monkey in a dog cart

Mississippi snagboat

Subterranean Homesick Blues on fretless banjo

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In old G, gDGdeA song Joe Troop wrote in 2020.

In old G, gDGde A song Joe Troop wrote in 2020.

Love Along the Way

A new version of Cumberland Gap for me. I can hear a bit of the traditional one here.

Old Cumberland

J. P. Fraley is definitely a favorite fiddler.  This waltz he played is quite syncopated, so with clawhammer required lots of skipped notes and the thumb playing pick-up notes.  I'm not sure why I never tried learning White Rose Waltz, but am glad it's a Tune of the Week.  It's a beauty.

White Rose Waltz (TOTW)

White Rose Waltz demo

Richard Cusack

In my excitement in finding another great resource to learn Turlough O'Carolan tunes, I've begun with two from the book and CD compilation by Art Edelstein called Fair Melodies.  Both tunes were written in honor of O'Carolan's "patrons", the people who supported him as he traveled through Ireland in the late 1600's and 1700's earning a living as a blind harper. Both tunes are played clawhammer style on a cello banjo.

Richard Cusack / Lady Grethin medley

My banjo arrangement from a song about the loss of our beautiful wilderness areas.  Sue Massek has a long performing history in Kentucky with her band Reel World String Band.  She plays banjo, though I arranged from the fiddle and the vocals.

Before the Road

Reel World String BandSue Massek (author)Bev Futrell (kindly provided me all the words)	Karen JonesElise Melrood

Reel World String Band Sue Massek (author) Bev Futrell (kindly provided me all the words)	 Karen Jones Elise Melrood

Before the Road - Reel World String Band

Before the Road w/ lyrics

Banjo solo version in aEAde. An arrangement a bit shorter than the entire song, once through.

Before the Road - banjo solo

Another take based on Jont Blevins FRC recording instead of his earlier Rounder Old Original's recording

Rambling Hobo #2

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