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The Palladium March - Morley - New Weaver Banjo
As with the "Palladium Rag", the title of this piece reminds us of when Joe Morley led a troupe of 34 banjoists in the "London Palladium Minstrel Show" when the minstrel show was revived in the London Palladium in 1912, eight years after the closing of St James's Hall in 1904. During this time which harkened to the halcyon days when Morley played with the Moore and Burgess (former Christy) Minstrels, Joe featured as a soloist and dazzled audiences with some of his most impressive showpieces. The show eventually disbanded and Morley entertained the troops during the war in Alec Huber's concert party, "The Jesters".
You can hear the piece played by the master himself (recorded after the war, as a duet with Olly Oakley) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIi4W-kZmaM
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Comment by marc dalmasso on April 3, 2013 at 12:35
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Hey , nothing seems to stop the new Moss with the Weaver , sorry the Moss with the new Weaver ; an old song with the new mike , isn ' t it ?
beautiful tune & playing , bravo
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Comment by Mike Moss on April 3, 2013 at 13:06
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Thanks Marc. I bet you and your dad could really do this one justice!
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Comment by thereallyniceman on April 4, 2013 at 8:36
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I have always liked Palladium March as it was one of the first full solos I was taught to play. I would recommend it to everyone to try as it it is not too difficult to play and very effective. The clever bit is playing it as well as Mike does!
Excellent job, yet again Mike with nice photos and graphics on the video. All that was missing was the maestro himself. :-)
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Yes... the notes are easy to play, but getting that 6/8 bounce down can be a bit tricky!
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