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Encore Rag..1912..Tadfisher

This is a very good rag by a composer about whom I could find no info or other published music.The piano score was in F/Bb but to access th…

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Wizzle Dozzle (Ragtime march and two stap)..1911..Harry Bell & Lloyd Johnson

This is the last of my trio of rare, one off rags by unknown composers. This one is probably the best of them and I love the title, if anyo…

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0 Jul 18

Keep Busy (A Ragtime Oddity)..1911..George Hardaway Frazer

This is another very well written and rare one off rag. Little is known of the composer other than he lived all his life in Alabama and was…

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0 Jul 16

Dance Of The Hogan's Alley Kid..1897..F.C.Shardlow

This tune was named after The Yellow Kid, an early cartoon character that appeared in the cartoon strip Hogan's Alley which ran between 189…

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0 Jul 14

Any Old Rag (1909)..Richard Goosman

I was unable to find out much about the composer of this well written two step. There are a few other compositions by him but in my opinion…

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0 Jul 9

Reuben Reel (Novelty One Step)..1914..Maxwell Goldman

This tune begins in the style of a hoedown and is ideally suited to the banjo. It then gets interesting, from bars 40 to 63, the melody rep…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

4 Jul 5
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That Bullfrog Rag (In a Class By Itself)..1917..George Washington Thomas

Although not as well known, in my opinion this tune is equally as good as many of the the other great ragtime tunes of the era. If some of…

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0 Jun 27

The New Orleans Hop Scop Blues..1923..George Washington Thomas.

Here's something you wouldn't expect to hear played on the banjo, it's reputed to be the first published boogie woogie composition, a style…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Jun 24

Gigging with an old banjo

Yesterday I played for a couple of hours at the Broadstairs  Dickens/Victorian festival, I am quite seriously amazed at how well this style…

Started by nick Kelly in Classic Banjo

7 Jun 22
Reply by Richard William Ineson

All The Time Kid, A rag Jag Two Step..1905..E.Derville.

I could find little about the composer other then he was a native of Tacoma, Washington. I presume that he is pictured the title page. The…

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0 Jun 21

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