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Lopez Rag (1918)...Joseph R. Lopez

This is a good quality, rare self published rag. The composer was of Cuban descent and lived in Memphis, Missouri,  having moved there from…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 18

Banjo and mandolin duets?

Does anyone here know of any from the classic era? I would have thought mandolin with banjo accompaniment would have been used, even if per…

Started by Steven Watson in Classic Banjo

9 Mar 16
Reply by Steven Watson

The Terriers March...is it really a Morley arrangement?

I'm keying in "Terriers' March" by Sanders Papworth and I have two slightly different versions. What I believe to be TBB No. 846 vs MS. The…

Started by Trapdoor2 in Classic Banjo

24 Mar 14
Reply by Trapdoor2

Banjo in New Zealand 1860 - 1940

Hello and Happy New Year, I am hoping some of you may be able help me with several queries. I am based in New Zealand (Wellington at prese…

Started by Brett Lowe in Classic Banjo

28 Mar 10
Reply by Tony Thomas MFA Black Banjoist

Ku-Lukum Rag..1909..Claude P. Christopher & Carl T. Williams

This is a very good example of a slow rag/drag. I could find no information about the composers nor the meaning of the tune title. To play…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 10

Kentucky Wedding Knot..1908..A.W.Turner

This is a one off rag by a composer about whom I could find no information. It's a well written piece and contains snippets of Mendelssohn'…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

4 Mar 7
Reply by Joel Hooks

Banjo restoration

Does anyone recommend any 5 string Banjo repairers in the UK. I'm in the Midlands and have a very interesting Windsor 5 string. It was mad…

Started by Phil cooper in Classic Banjo

1 Mar 5
Reply by Banjowaif

Quality rag..1909..Ella Hudson Day

The composer was a pianist and writer of songs and rags and a lifelong resident of Texas. The piano score was written in C, my arrangement…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 3

Still Fretting by Rob Murch...

The revived Veteran label has reissued Rob Murch's 2003 album Still Fretting as a download... Essential stuff! https://veterantapes.bandc

Started by Russ Chandler in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 2

The 1912 Farland Method

This work has been somewhat of an enigma for me.  The copy available is just a notch above unreadable.  From what I could read, it was a pl…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 2

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