"I had my doubts about this story myself, it came from JPC's daughter in law if I remember correctly. It might be 20 or so years ago when Pat Doyle was in touch with Gary Cuninghame that I first heard about it. There was another story about JPC…"
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Arranging music for the banjo
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All I can say is that I'm glad that I'm a poor country boy who never knew that playing the banjo might involve 'a non eurocentric point of view', 'antiphony', 'call and response' etc. and I must…Continue
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Edison cylinder recording of Joe Roberts playing Chung Lo by Neil Moret
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard William Ineson Sep 20.
Fred Van Eps birthday December 30th 1878
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Started this discussion. Last reply by thereallyniceman Dec 31, 2024.
Possible Weaver banjo for restoration on Ebay
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There is a banjo with a few Weaver characteristics on EBay the number is 167047143629. The starting price is £39.99 which might be too much…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard William Ineson Nov 1, 2024.
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"I've just been looking through a few likely piles, I found 'The Somerset March' about which you reminded me and I also discovered that 'The Fly Round' was publishedin 2015 by the ABF in their Morley's Bath Folio Volume…"
"Hi Austin, I was talking to Aaron J Lewis at a banjo gathering a couple of years ago, I was delighted to find that we shared the banjo technique of just holding the instrument and playing the open strings in no particular order, speed,…"
"I'll take a look at the pile of paper later today, I may have something. I seem to remember that Cunninghame composed the famous WW1 song 'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag'."
"Here is another one of my easy arrangements of a well known tune which will be played today, in the UK. It's very effective on the banjo when accompanied by someone playing the bass part (not included here)."
"I have a Vega to-be-phone banjo... (Tu-ba-phone). Is that what you mean?"
"But sometimes it is a good thing to-be-phone(y)."
"Last year I had what I thought was a case of antiphony but when I opened it there was a saxophony inside it. Of course I've always been anti-phony myself, preferring honest folk."
"I sympathise, I had a bad case of cultural appropriation a few years ago which baffled a lot of people."
"I saw my ethnomusicologist when I had a case of antiphony, he prescribed a cream that cleared it right up."
Arranging music for the banjo
All I can say is that I'm glad that I'm a poor country boy who never knew that playing the banjo might involve 'a non eurocentric point of view', 'antiphony', 'call and response' etc. and I must make it clear that I am not an 'ethnomusicologist' or at least I don't think so, but I've been playing the banjo without any knowledge of these things for a long time without a lot of complaints coming in. I've got two approaches to arranging music for the banjo, number one is a simple arrangement of…See More
"I will probably have a copy of this piece in the archives. I'll get the rubber gloves and positive pressure breathing apparatus out later this week and commence searching for it."
"I hesitate to stick my head above the parapet on this subject, but in the interests of recording a little of what I believe I know of this banjo, for the sake of banjo history, I offer the following. The photo on the left may have appeared in the…"
"It's a good tune but I already do 'Indian Summer' which I transcribed from the Van Eps record so that's enough Chas Daniels for me, although I also do 'It had to be you' in my busking sets."
"If anyone wants to give this a try, there is an arrangement of Chung Lo in the library that I wrote some time back. It's not too challenging to play and the tempo is much slower than that on the recording...Steve."
"The recoeding is dated 1923, contemporary with Eddie Peabody (who got out of the Navy in '21 and went directly onstage). Peabody had a good run between wars, but the nostalgia boom of the 50's (Dixieland, etc.) put him on the map. E.P. put…"
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Clifford Essex Cup Winners 1994, Pat Doyle, Mike Redman, Me and Alf Brimble
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 13:00
Me accompanying Jody Stecher playing 'Cupid's Arrow' at Backwell some years ago
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 12:38 — 1 Comment
A very rare tenor banjo for sale on Ebay
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- At 7:19 on February 14, 2017,
thereallyniceman said…
Welcome (again) to Ning,Richard! I see that you have re-registered using your new email address, thank you and we look forward to posts from Richard 2
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Ian
- At 18:27 on May 4, 2025,
Liz McElwain said…
Hello Richard, good to be back. No, I won’t be doing Clowne this time round; my husband is a writer and has a book launch that day, and I should be there doing the wifely support thing. Also, I wasn’t aware of the rally, having been out of touch for so long. Are the various banjo rallies notified on this website? Hope to see you at one or two of them.
- At 17:07 on May 6, 2025,
It's a shame about Backwell – I have fond memories of those days. My son, Chas, plays all types of fretted instrument and, as a result of my return to the fold, is also interested in pursuing classic banjo again. The new event in Nottingham could be interesting for both of us; my brother lives there so we could kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.
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