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Clawhammer Illuminations What Would THESE Guys Do? Five High-Profile Progressive Clawhammer Artists Answer
Clawhammer Illuminations What would THESE guys do? Five high-profile progressive clawhammer artists answer common questions concerning the banjo Clawhammer Illuminations What would THESE guys do? Five high-profile progressive clawhammer artists answer common questions concerning the banjo Online banjo forums are filled with all sorts of questions from players interested in instrument choices, banjo set up, personal playing styles, technique, etc. As valuable as these forums might be, they can also be confusing for players trying to navigate advice posted from banjoists who's playing experience might range from a few weeks to literally decades. It was these forum discussions that started me thinking about how nice it would to have access to a collection of banjo related questions that were answered by some of the most respected "progressive" clawhammer banjoists performing today. I am very excited about this project as I don't believe any comprehensive collection of this nature has been published before… Mike Iverson 1 © 2013 by Mikel D. Iverson Background Information: Can you describe what it is about your personal style of play that sets you apart from other clawhammer banjoists? What recording have you made that best showcases this difference? Michael Miles: As musicians, I believe we are the sum of what he have heard. So the more you listen, the richer you get. My personal musical style on the banjo is in great part rooted in Doc Watson and JS Bach. Through Doc Watson, I learned about the phrasing of traditional music. Through Bach, I learned the majesty and reach of all music. -
282 Newsletter
NEWSLETTER #282 COUNTY SALES P.O. Box 191 November-December 2006 Floyd,VA 24091 www.countysales.com PHONE ORDERS: (540) 745-2001 FAX ORDERS: (540) 745-2008 WELCOME TO OUR COMBINED CHRISTMAS CATALOG & NEWSLETTER #282 Once again this holiday season we are combining our last Newsletter of the year with our Christmas catalog of gift sugges- tions. There are many wonderful items in the realm of BOOKs, VIDEOS and BOXED SETS that will make wonderful gifts for family members & friends who love this music. Gift suggestions start on page 10—there are some Christmas CDs and many recent DVDs that are new to our catalog this year. JOSH GRAVES We are saddened to report the death of the great dobro player, Burkett Graves (also known as “Buck” ROU-0575 RHONDA VINCENT “Beautiful Graves and even more as “Uncle Josh”) who passed away Star—A Christmas Collection” This is the year’s on Sept. 30. Though he played for other groups like Wilma only new Bluegrass Christmas album that we are Lee & Stoney Cooper and Mac Wiseman, Graves was best aware of—but it’s a beauty that should please most known for his work with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, add- Bluegrass fans and all ing his dobro to their already exceptional sound at the height Rhonda Vincent fans. of their popularity. The first to really make the dobro a solo Rhonda has picked out a instrument, Graves had a profound influence on Mike typical program of mostly standards (JINGLE Auldridge and Jerry Douglas and the legions of others who BELLS, AWAY IN A have since made the instrument a staple of many Bluegrass MANGER, LET IT bands everywhere. -
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Guitar Week, July 24-30, 2016 7:30- 8:30 Breakfast
JULY 3 - AUGUST 6, 2016 AT WARREN WILSON COLLEGE, ASHEVILLE, NC The Swannanoa Gathering Warren Wilson College, PO Box 9000, Asheville, NC 28815-9000 phone/fax: (828) 298-3434 email: [email protected] • website: www.swangathering.com shipping address: The Swannanoa Gathering, 701 Warren Wilson Rd., Swannanoa, NC 28778 For college admission information contact: [email protected] or 1-800-934-3536 WARREN WILSON COLLEGE CLASS INFORMATION President Dr. Steven L. Solnick The workshops take place at various sites around the Warren Wilson Vice President and Dean of the College Dr. Paula Garrett campus and environs, (contact: [email protected] or 1-800-934-3536 Vice President for Administration and Finance Stephanie Owens for college admission information) including classrooms, Kittredge Theatre, our Vice President of Advancement K. Johnson Bowles Bryson Gym dancehall and campus Pavilion, the campus gardens and patios, Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing Janelle Holmboe Dean of Student Life Paul Perrine and our own jam session tents. Each year we offer over 150 classes. Students are Dean of Service Learning Cathy Kramer free to create their own curriculum from any of the classes in any programs offered Dean of Work Ian Robertson for each week. Students may list a class choice and an alternate for each of our scheduled class periods, but concentration on two, or perhaps three classes is THE SWANNANOA GATHERING strongly recommended, and class selections are required for registration. We ask that you be thoughtful in making your selections, since we will consider Director Jim Magill them to be binding choices for which we will reserve you space. -
January 2020 SCVFA Happenings
Fiddler’s Rag Vol. 48, Number 1 Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association Jan 2020 Celebrating 45 years www.fiddlers.org Next Jam: Jan 5 President’s Note are new on their musical journey to progress and share our joy of music. It’s a New Year and SCVFA has Start the New Year right by joining us immediately after a special jam starting on January the jam at Sam’s Bar-B-Que for good food and better 5th. Bluegrass players, this is conversation. Put down your instruments and get to especially for you: Local know one another at “Afters”. You'll be glad you did. fiddle/mandolin player from 1110 S Bascom Ave, San Jose. “Bean Creek”, Pete Hicks, will be the first of professional Volunteers are what keeps SCVFA going and it’s fun! musicians to anchor an This is a great way to connect with more musicians and intermediate-advanced level support our organization. It takes a village... Let’s all do bluegrass jam group at SCVFA our part. monthly jam at least through June 2020. He will be playing --- Susan with the bluegrassers from 1:00 - 5:00 PM. Tell all your friends that this is new. Come give it a try. February brings the Annual meeting and elections. Check out the pics and bios for the prospective new board members (page 5). Most importantly, mark your calendars now to be here in February for the election. Mark Tamsula, my very first fiddle teacher, is coming to California for multiple performances throughout the Bay Area. After 2 months of Suzuki violin in elementary school with my daughter, I graduated to Mark’s class of “oldtime fiddle by ear”. -
San Pedro Sing
THE SOURCE FOR FOLK/TRADITIONAL MUSIC, DANCE, STORYTELLING JULY - AUGUST &2007 OTHER RELATED FOLK ARTSFolkWorks IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA Page FREE BI-MONTHLY Volume 7 Number 4 July-August 2007 New World Flamenco Festival La Flor de la Vida, August 10-19 See page 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE FREE SUMMER CONCERT LISTINGS HAWAIIAN FESTIVALS SEA SHANTIES PLUS... KEYS TO THE HIGHWAY ..that reminds me... ...and More!... cover photo: PHOTO OF JUAN OGALLA BY MIGUEL ANDY MOGG Page 2 FolkWorks JULY - AUGUST 2007 EDITORIAL his July/August issue in your musician teaching listings, etc. Be hands lists a plethora of sum- sure to look at the website and Yahoo PUBLISHERS & EDITORS Tmer concerts. Look at page 3 Group for announcements. We plan to Leda & Steve Shapiro for this summer’s offerings at the Skir- continue our ongoing columns about LAYOUT & PRODUCTION ball, Culver City, Japan American Mu- Music Theory, Old Time Music, Events Alan Stone Creative Services seum, Grand Performances, the Santa Around Town and all the other regular FEATURED WRITERS Monica Pier and the Levitt Pavillion. columnists you love. In fact now you Ross Altman, How Can I Keep From Talking At this time each year, we search will be able to read them online and David Bragger, Old-Time Oracle through the listings and mark in our not have to worry about finding that Valerie Cooley, ...that reminds me... calendar all the wonderful concerts old newspaper article. There is a good Linda Dewar, Grace Notes Roger Goodman, Keys to the Highway we plan on attending. We want here search engine on the site and you can David King, Dirt to thank all the producers who spend find what you want. -
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Fiddlin’ Around The Official Newsletter of the Utah Old Time Fiddlers Officers: Inside this Edition President....................................... Jarl K. Jacobson Upcoming Contests .............................................. 2 Vice President ...................................Dennis Larkin Christmas Parties and Recent Gatherings ............. 4 Secretary ............................................ Diane House Announcements .................................................... 5 Treasurer .......................................Linda Lindstrom In Memory of Les ................................................ 5 Past President ................................. Sherry Adderly In Memory of Irene .............................................. 6 Membership ........................................June Crosby Tunes Played by the Utah Old Time Fiddlers ....... 7 Newsletter ..................................... Shelley Gardner Future Submissions ............................................... 8 Financial Advisor .................................. Jack House Apple Cider Polka ............................................... 9 Chapter Chairs Dixie ............................................... Ralph Peterson Fish Lake....................................... Rosemary Price Pahvant .......................................... Norman Mincer Pioneer ...........................................Doug Anderson Salt Lake ...........................................Lynn Brighton Utah County ...........................................Don Davis Contributing Authors -
Tenor Banjo by Don Meade
The Irish Tenor Banjo by Don Meade The tenor banjo is only about a century old and Early banjos were not standardized instruments was not widely played in Ireland before the but typically had a soundbox made from a dried 1960s. Until recently, in fact, the instrument had gourd with one end cut off. A small drumhead a fairly poor reputation among traditional music made from the skin of a raccoon, groundhog or cognoscenti. Times (and banjo players) have other animal was tied or tacked in place over this changed, however, and the oft-maligned opening. The neck was fretless, sometimes little “bodhrán on a stick” is now one of the most more than a stick thrust through the gourd body. popular “traditional” instruments in Irish music. Strings might be made from braided horse hair, Banjo virtuoso Mick Moloney says Irish banjo thread, gut, hemp or any other tough fiber. maker Tom Cussen’s list of Irish tenor players Unlike African lutes, on which the strings are now includes some 7,000 names! There are now attached to sliding tuning rings set around the more people playing Irish dance music on the neck, American banjos were, from an early point tenor banjo than are using the instrument for in their evolution, tuned with violin-style pegs. anything else. Before going into details of Irish banjo style, a bit of a history lesson is required The banjo in its classic form has a short, high- to explain this development. pitched string (“chanterelle”) that terminates at a peg on the side of the neck, as well as several African Roots full-length strings. -
Old Time Banjo / Appendix 1 Resources: Webography, Discography, Bibliography
Old Time Banjo / Appendix 1 Resources: Webography, Discography, Bibliography Webography. Where to go on the web … The Banjo-L (Banjo e-mail List) Homepage http://zeppmusic.com/banjo/ Banjo Players Newsletter http://www.banjonews.com/ Clawhammer.com http://www.clawhammer.com/ The Banjo Hangout http://www.banjohangout.org/ There are literally hundreds more sites, and that changes daily! Just type the phrase “clawhammer banjo” in any web site search engine and surf around. Slater’s Old Time Frailing & Clawhammer Banjo Lessons © 2002 - Page 47 Discography. A small sample of who to listen to… Walt Koken Banjonique, Rounder Records, CD0337, 1994 Hei-wa Hoedown, Rounder Records, CD0367, 1995 Bob Flesher Old Time Clawhammer Banjo, DH-401-CD Bob Carlin Banging & Sawing, Rounder Records, CD0197, 1996 Tommy Jarrel & Fred Cockerham Tommy & Fred, County Records, CD2702, 1992 & Kyle Creed June Apple, Heritage Records, HRC-CD-038, 1993 Fuzzy Mountain String Band Fuzzy Mountain String Band, Rounder Records, CD11571, 1995 Highwoods String Band Feed Your Babies Onions, Rounder Records, CD11569, 1994 John Cohen (collected by) High Atmosphere: Ballads & Banjo Tunes from Virginia and North Carolina, Rounder Records, ROUN0028 Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley Original Folkways Recordings of…, Smithsonian Folkways, CDSF40029/30 Dock Boggs The Folkways Years, Smithsonian Folkways, SF40108-CDS Many of these recordings are available on the web, or your local music shop. County Records, “world’s largest selection of Old Time Music”, http://www.countysales.com/ Rounder Records, http://www.rounder.com/ Smithsonian Folkways, http://www.si.edu/folkways/ Slater’s Old Time Frailing & Clawhammer Banjo Lessons © 2002 - Page 48 Bibliography. Books to learn from… (some of these may be out of print) How to Play the 5-String Banjo, by Pete Seeger, self published, 1997. -
Minstrel and Classic Banjo: American and English Connections Robert B
Minstrel and Classic Banjo: American and English Connections Robert B. Winans; Elias J. Kaufman American Music, Vol. 12, No. 1. (Spring, 1994), pp. 1-30. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0734-4392%28199421%2912%3A1%3C1%3AMACBAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A American Music is currently published by University of Illinois Press. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/journals/illinois.html. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to and preserving a digital archive of scholarly journals. For more information regarding JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. http://www.jstor.org Fri Apr 13 22:02:37 2007 ROBERT B. WINANS and ELIAS J. KAUFMAN Minstrel and Classic Banjo: American and English Connections In the 1840s the minstrel show in the United States popularized what had previously been a black folk instrument with African origins, the banjo. This popularization led to the development of banjo traditions in both folk culture, white as well as black, and popular culture (in the parlor as well as in the theater). -
The Doyen of Dixie: a Survey of the Banjo Stylings of Uncle Dave Macon
East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 8-2018 The oD yen of Dixie: A Survey of the Banjo Stylings of Uncle Dave Macon Corbin F. Hayslett East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Appalachian Studies Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Folklore Commons, and the Other American Studies Commons Recommended Citation Hayslett, Corbin F., "The oD yen of Dixie: A Survey of the Banjo Stylings of Uncle Dave Macon" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3438. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3438 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Doyen of Dixie: A Survey of the Banjo Stylings of Uncle Dave Macon _____________________ A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Appalachian Studies East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Appalachian Studies _____________________ by Corbin Foster Scott Hayslett August 2018 _____________________ Dr. Lee Bidgood, Chair Mr. Roy Andrade Dr. Ted Olson Keywords: Uncle Dave Macon, Banjo, Country Music, Appalachia, Tennessee ABSTRACT The Doyen of Dixie: A Survey of the Banjo Stylings of Uncle Dave Macon by Corbin Hayslett David Harrison Macon (1870-1952) is often memorialized for his showmanship rather than his banjo playing. -
Just-This-Banjo-2019.Pdf
Just This Banjo By Patrick Costello For my father. My hero, my mentor, my father, my partner, and most of all, my friend. No son has ever had such a cohort in a jam, on stage or in life. Special thanks go to my Patreon sponsors for helping us make this book happen. I love you all. ISBN: 0-9744190-7-9 © Copyright 2019 Joseph Patrick Costello III Cover art by Carlos Vazquez My sincerest heartfelt thanks to Ken Brewer – he knows why. Here we stand before your door, As we stood the year before; Give us whiskey, give us gin, Open the door and let us in. Or give us something nice and hot. Like a steaming bowl of pepper pot! ~The Philadelphia Mummers Birdsong brings relief to my longing I'm just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say! Please universal soul, practice some song or something through me! ~Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi Even a fish would stay out of trouble if it kept its mouth shut! ~My father Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 5 The Rabbit ............................................................................................................................. 6 The Guitar Girl ....................................................................................................................... 8 The Core .............................................................................................................................. 14 Aunt Mannie ......................................................................................................................