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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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…

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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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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…

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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…

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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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Portsmouth Town (A rollicking Sea Piece)..1927..Evan Marsden aka Eric Mareo.

This is exactly as described on the tin! Marsden has written it in the style of many other nautical themed tune and in bars 71-76 there is…

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Another test from the UK

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