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That Fascinating Ragtime Glide..(1910)..Kerry Mills.This is a very well written tune by Mills and one that I hadn't heard before. I took some thinking to get it to work on the banjo but I'm p… Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo |
0 | Jul 27, 2024 |
Encore Rag..1912..TadfisherThis 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… Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo |
0 | Jul 23, 2024 |
Wizzle Dozzle (Ragtime march and two stap)..1911..Harry Bell & Lloyd JohnsonThis 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… Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo |
0 | Jul 18, 2024 |
Keep Busy (A Ragtime Oddity)..1911..George Hardaway FrazerThis 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… Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo |
0 | Jul 16, 2024 |
Dance Of The Hogan's Alley Kid..1897..F.C.ShardlowThis tune was named after The Yellow Kid, an early cartoon character that appeared in the cartoon strip Hogan's Alley which ran between 189… Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo |
0 | Jul 14, 2024 |
Any Old Rag (1909)..Richard GoosmanI 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… Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo |
0 | Jul 9, 2024 |
Reuben Reel (Novelty One Step)..1914..Maxwell GoldmanThis 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 |
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Jul 5, 2024 Reply by Jody Stecher |
That Bullfrog Rag (In a Class By Itself)..1917..George Washington ThomasAlthough 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… Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo |
0 | Jun 27, 2024 |
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, 2024 |
Gigging with an old banjoYesterday 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 |
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Jun 22, 2024 Reply by Richard William Ineson |
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