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Joy-Boy (1916)...A. J. Weidt.

Despite the rather uninspiring title, this a gem of a composition by AJW. As with many of his tunes, it was originally written for guitar. …

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 19, 2020

Sympathetic Jasper (1905)..A Drag Rag..Edward Lester Catlin

This one of only two known compositions by Catlin, in his day he was better known as  a jobbing musician having been born into a musical fa…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 18, 2020

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Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 17, 2020

Tickled To Death (1899)..Charles Hunter.

This is Hunter's first published rag, it has an unusual staccato syncopation brought about by the interplay between the RH and LH in the or…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 16, 2020

The Ghost Of The Goblin Man..1912..Harry Von Tilzer

This is a spooky tune for Halloween, it was originally written as a song with words by A.B.Sterling, the lyrics are available if you search…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 12, 2020

Rag Baby Mine..(1913)..George Botsford

This is another good rag from GB, it strays away from the usual ragtime formula by the use of dotted notes. It's well worth as listen and p…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 9, 2020

Savana zither banjo

There's this auction on eBay: Savana on eBay I thought Savana banjos were more or less a low quality brand. This one looks somewhat fancy.…

Started by Pär Engstrand in Classic Banjo

2 Oct 7, 2020
Reply by Pär Engstrand

Sea Weeds Rag (1910)...Abe Olman

This is another good rag from Abe Olman, the piano score was written in F but I've arranged it in C to better suit the banjo. The score and…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 7, 2020

New and expanded articles for Wikipedia

Hello all, I took a break from writing for a period but am back again working on Wikipedia articles. I just created a new article about Wi…

Started by Jack in Classic Banjo

4 Oct 6, 2020
Reply by Jody Stecher

Tuning Pegs

Hello Folks Anyone got any old grover/Champion friction pegs that will  fit a peghead that is 3/4 of an inch thick?   Most of them will onl…

Started by Tom Ryan in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 2, 2020

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