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Is there anybody there?

In my recent blog post I blogged about feeling my way around the Classic Banjo site. The site has so much to offer that I'm taking my time…

Started by thereallynicelady in Classic Banjo

27 Oct 4, 2022
Reply by Mike Bostock

Calfskin heads UK

Does anyone know of a source for calf-skin banjo heads in the UK (it is to fit an 11 inch head).  The Banjo Works and Clifford Essex are no…

Started by carrie horgan in Classic Banjo

4 Sep 29, 2022
Reply by carrie horgan

Shiftless Sam..1904..Carlotta Burditt Williamson Wickwire Blandford.

This is another excellent composition from the composer of the previously posted Pickanniny Cakewalk. Williamson was a talented musician an…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 29, 2022

Dimples..1905..George L. Cobb

This is a new arrangement of a tune I did some years ago and replaces the original in the library. I've rewritten the bass solo in the trio…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 27, 2022

(The celebrated) Turkey trot..1912..joseph M. Daly.

This follows a similar formula of another of Daly's tunes, The Chicken Reel, which I arranged some years ago. It's a well written, catchy t…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 24, 2022

A Coon Band Contest..1899..Arthur Willard Pryor

There are recordings of this classic tune by FVE and Vess Ossman in original recordings. I've taken my arrangement from a piano score and I…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

6 Sep 22, 2022
Reply by Richard William Ineson

Vance Lowry and the classic banjo?

Hello everybody, While searching for banjo records on a french radio website I stumbled upon this emission broadcasted in 2013, in which y…

Started by RitonMousquetaire in Classic Banjo

86 Sep 14, 2022
Reply by Tony Thomas MFA Black Banjoist

Dallas "Melodies Technique" by Nassau-Kennedy...

I spoke with Drew Frech this evening (and last night too). He's trying to assemble a complete (or perhaps "more complete") set of Nassau-Ke…

Started by Trapdoor2 in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 14, 2022

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…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 13, 2022

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…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 11, 2022

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