Champion Waltz

[Jody Stecher]

I've just uploaded an mp3 of a catchy little tune called Champion Waltz. It's from Winner's New School for the Banjo (1872). I learned it from the ABF quarterly 5 Stringer where it was transposed to C notation by Eli Kaufman. I'm playing it on a fretless banjo made in the 1890s by J Clamp in Newcaste-on-Tyne. It has a big pot and a short neck so it looks a bit like a skillet. Today it sounds like it has a cold. Calfskin head, heavy nylon strings, low tuning.

[Trapdoor2]

This is also found in Converse's 1865 "Greenback book" as "Silver Lake Waltz". Took me a few minutes to figure it out, it sounded so familiar! I learned it for the Antietam Early Banjo Gathering of 2007. Cool tune, well played!

[Jody Stecher]

I guess I'll have to start calling it Silver Champion Lake Waltz. Glad you liked the playing in spite of my banjo's "cold".

[Jody Stecher]

Glad to hear there is some appreciation for my rustic playing. I do make booboos but try to keep it musical. Will post more in due course. Thanks for your kind comments, Rob.