The "Trixie Dixie"..1907..John R. Smith.

This is a very good composition with lots of variety. The only info I could find about the composer was that he was Canadian. There is a ni…

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Oh You Bear Cat Rag..Fred Watson & Lewis F. Muir.

This is described as a slow drag and is an instrumental arrangement of one of the popular songs of the day. It's a good tune but there are…

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The Tennessee Rag..1909..George McDade and Henry Watterson.

I could find no info regarding the composers of this very good example of ragtime, neither could I locate a piano score consequently I tran…

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Notes and directions in sheet music...

Ok, I'm pretty good with English music directions, understand (or can look up) Italian and German. And, I've seen quite a bit of sheet musi…

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The Pickanniny Cake Walk..1901..Carlotta Williamson

This is an excellent early CW that's well worth a listen and play. The full name of the composer is Carlotta Burditt Williamson Wickwire Bl…

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Steve's Cigar Box Banjo!

One of my many projects (or wastes of time if you're my wife!) is making cigar box guitars, a couple of weeks ago I had a rush of blood and…

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Darky In The Wood Pile..1900..Barbara Kleinbeck.

Despite the rather non PC title, this is a very good  rag written by one of the many female composers. It has some interesting syncopation…

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Another great recording

Here's a great John Pidoux recording just uploaded to You Tube by Robert Goodridge https://youtu.be/S3B1zUJBmD8

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