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Whoa! You Heifer (1905)..A warm Rag..Al.Verges.

I could find nothing about the composer or any other published work by him/her which is a pity because this is a very good example of ragti…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

9 Sep 13, 2020
Reply by Jody Stecher

the banjo at the British seaside , my own presentation

Around one year ago I was approached and asked to give a talk/demonstration with my banjo to a local history group, while making preparatio…

Started by nick Kelly in Classic Banjo

30 Sep 11, 2020
Reply by nick Kelly

Cuttin' Monkey Shines (1899) Roy Spaulding Stoughton

This is the first published composition by Stoughton, written when he was just 16 years of age. He was an organist and composer of a wide g…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 9, 2020

BERT BASSETT

To all and sundry, near and far, banjoists in particular: I am trying to pull together some facts about the life of the banjo player and co…

Started by TONY BRYAN in Classic Banjo

20 Sep 9, 2020
Reply by Shawn McSweeny

new head on my new banjeaurine

As is obvious from the title of my post, I need/want a new head for my banjeaurine, it currently has a fibreskin head (I think!) thick and…

Started by nick Kelly in Classic Banjo

9 Sep 7, 2020
Reply by nick Kelly

Frank Converse on Horace Weston.

This excerpt is from Frank Converse's "Banjo Reminiscences" series published in "The Cadenza" in the late 1890's-early 1900's. His comments…

Started by Carl Anderton in Uncategorized

4 Sep 7, 2020
Reply by Satoshi Hara

Lazy Luke (1905)..'A Raggy Drag'..Geo. J. Philpot

This a very well written slow drag, I could find no information about or other works by Philpot. Walter Jacobs, the publisher, was a guitar…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

1 Sep 6, 2020
Reply by Trapdoor2

Grimshaw's Plectrum Playing for Modern Banjoists

Does anyone have a copy of this they'd be willing to share a scan of?  Or send it to me for scanning? I think the new CE has a tab version…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

6 Sep 5, 2020
Reply by Joel Hooks

5th string tuning friction tuner

My 5th string tuning peg on my CE Imperial is really losing it's grip. I'm very reluctant to replace it with a modern one. Does anyone have…

Started by Pär Engstrand in Classic Banjo

7 Sep 5, 2020
Reply by Pär Engstrand

Foolishness Rag (1911)..Mort. Weinstein

I could find no information about the composer which is a pity because this is a very well written composition. There are a number of popul…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 4, 2020

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