Comment by Alan Sims on May 2, 2012 at 20:29

hi Steve , your arangment of octopus rag caught my eye . i think my stepfarther had it in his repertoire . ifound it on a midi library .  it a great rag  and a good arangment . ive tabbed the first sheet , im am not to good with the dots regards Alan

Comment by Steve Harrison on May 2, 2012 at 20:46

 Hi Alan, thanks for your comment. As with most of my arrangements, I trawled the American Universities' digital music records for likely looking but obscure tunes to try. This one came from Illinois Uni. I'd never heard it before and could find nothing about the composer. Have a try at my latest effort, Happy Heinie, if you get the chance. It's a great tune by  Jens Bodewalt Lampe, he of Creole Belles fame. As a march, it goes with the banjo very well, I've kept it simple and it's not too challenging to play. The reason I've been posting a few recently is that I've been laid up since December having had surgery on both my 63 years old knees and I've had to do something to keep busy..all the best..Steve.

Comment by Alan Sims on May 2, 2012 at 20:57

ive got my eye on that one to Steve .get better soon

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