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The London Club Parade - Morley - New Weaver Banjo
Some of you noticed the quality of the sound in my recordings has declined, lately. I took the microphone apart and found that one of the pins in the XLR connector had come loose. Fortunately, after rebuilding it, the sound has gone back to normal, as you can hear in this recording.
This solo was written by Joe Morley when he was the president of the London Banjo Club, where he often played during the inter-war years hoping to stimulate sales of his compositions. This implied a considerable effort on his part as he lacked money for the return bus fare and he had to walk a long way home.
The Club closed during WWII and re-opened in the 1950s. It has since closed for good, like most other banjo clubs, due to dwindling membership figures.
I have recorded this solo on a Weaver banjo similar to the one Joe Morley used to play (pictured, centre).
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Comment by Trapdoor2 on April 1, 2013 at 14:19
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Excellent, Mike! Bravo!
Yes, the sound is better on this one.
So, the people in the photo are TBjr, Joe Morley and ....?
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Comment by Mike Moss on April 1, 2013 at 14:23
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Dick Pepper. I was unable to find any quality pictures of the BMG club, though, this is from when they were broadcasting as the Kentucky Banjo Team
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Comment by German David Patarroyo on April 2, 2013 at 2:20
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Old Joe would certainly smile listening this record :)
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Comment by thereallyniceman on April 2, 2013 at 7:11
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You once said that I had sold my soul to play like Fred Van Eps... what must you have sold to sound like the LBO ? :-)
Superb piece and the mic does sound much improved, but still has a slight high pitched distortion.
Check out this article about the impedance and signal level of professional mics when used on computers.
Great playing again Mike !!!!
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Well at the current talent-to-soul exchange rate I didn't even have to sell mine to sound this bad, I just rented it for a few hours! ;-) I heard the going rate for Van Eps level talent, on the other hand, is a fatted calf and the blood of every firstborn son of Israel... I made the necessary sacrifices but the calf turned out to contain traces of horse meat, so I was turned down!
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