The Tarrant Bailey Collection Volume 1 Joe Morley Classic Banjo Private Cylinders 1910-1940
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St. Louis Rag..1903..Tom Turpin (New arrangement)
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Amazing skills - haven't heard this one before, I think this a Cammeyer tune.
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The Tarrant Bailey Collection Volume 1 Joe Morley Classic Banjo Private Cylinders 1910-1940
"It wasn't a reel-to-reel, it was recorded on a home cylinder recorder.
I have the sleeve notes for this somewhere, I'll try and dig them out and scan them.
I'm glad someone has taken the trouble to digitise this, it's a shame…"
Excercise 110 (banjo duo): How To Excel On The Banjo 114 - Emile Grimshaw
"The cello banjo is real gut, and the grimshaw was fitted with a 30's presto tailpiece from the beginning, so I put wire strings on it.However, there is no truss rod in it, so I loosen the strings when not playing."
The Tarrant Bailey Collection Volume 1 Joe Morley Classic Banjo Private Cylinders 1910-1940
"Yes! I think David Wade sent me this collection on a couple of cassettes, way back when. I used to listen to them in the car, driving back and forth to work.
I think this was recorded on a home reel-to-reel set. You can hear him punch in and out to…"
The Tarrant Bailey Collection Volume 1 Joe Morley Classic Banjo Private Cylinders 1910-1940
Private cylinders of England’s greatest banjoists, 1910-1940Introduction (Richard Tarrant Bailey, Snr.)American March (Richard Tarrant Bailey, Snr.)Patrol Co...
Excercise 110 (banjo duo): How To Excel On The Banjo 114 - Emile Grimshaw
Classic Banjo Exercises No.110 by Emile Grimshaw's How to Excel on the banjo. https://www.classic-banjo.com/files/TUTORBOOKS/Grimshaw_How_To_Excel.pdfLeft si...
St. Louis Rag..1903..Tom Turpin (New arrangement)
The spectacular rendition of this tune by Jerron and friends inspired me to have a second look at an arrangement that I wrote some years back. I've simplified it somewhat by stripping out most of the chords and adding one or two amendments in some…See More
"It is my observation that a lot of Lansing's work for Witmark was more or less phoned in. He was one of a few people (including Fred Dunn and T Phillips) that they used to crank out banjo arrangements of most of the music they had rights…"
Cottonfield Capers (A Kentucky Coon Hop)...1901..Wm. Christopher O'Hare
This is my take on a tune that had previously been arranged by George Lansing, his arrangement in both A and C notation can be found in the library. I wrote my arrangement based around the piano score and I took a fresh look at it by adding some of…See More
Jerron Paxton, Frank Fairfield & Zac Sokolow - St. Louis Rag
Jerron Paxton, Frank Fairfield & Zac Sokolow perform St. Louis Rag. This piece was composed in 1903 by Tom Turpin.Filmed, recorded and edited by David Bragge...
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"The Clifford Essex wound 4ths were/are wound with Monel which lasts a long time, they also sound very good. The best wound 4ths of the past were the Clifford Essex 'copper polished' 4ths which lasted a week if you were lucky but sounded…"
"Interesting...it does sound like a breakdown morphing into a rag.
I have been accused of negligently mopping the floor. Next time I'm telling her it is a 'slow drag'..."
Mop Rag..1909..Helen S. Eaton
This is a very well written one off composition by a composer about whom I've found no information. From the first section and its repeats, you could call this hoe down meets ragtime! It's one of my current favourites and is worth a listen and play.…See More
"Sorry to be late to this discussion.
There’s an article about him in the February 1948 issue of B.M.G., a cover photo also. He wrote at least eight pieces of music, which were published therein from ’41.
He may (or may not) have been…"
"Returning to Make Your Own Spanish Guitar: you may be interested to know that the famous luthier John Gilbert, whose guitars were played by (among others) David Russell and David Tanenbaum, got his start with that book.
You can read about it…"
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