Joel Hooks's Videos (Classic-Banjo) - Classic-Banjo 2025-04-18T22:26:35Z https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=1wg1uh91y994k&rss=yes&xn_auth=no Hallowe’en Dance, Walter Burke, 1920 Classic Banjo tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2024-11-01:2667446:Video:203992 2024-11-01T14:34:37.894Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/hallowe-en-dance-walter-burke-1920-classic-banjo"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13095046673?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>As far as I have been able to discover, this is the only “Classic era” banjo piece that is expressly Halloween themed. There are plenty of supernatural themed pieces but no others that mention Halloween by name.<br></br> <br></br> Performed on an early Alfred Weaver with metal fingerboard and Labella Nylon strings.<br></br> <br></br> This number also appears as “Pajama… <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/hallowe-en-dance-walter-burke-1920-classic-banjo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13095046673?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />As far as I have been able to discover, this is the only “Classic era” banjo piece that is expressly Halloween themed. There are plenty of supernatural themed pieces but no others that mention Halloween by name.<br /> <br /> Performed on an early Alfred Weaver with metal fingerboard and Labella Nylon strings.<br /> <br /> This number also appears as “Pajama Dance” in the “Mel Bay Banjo Method” by Frank C. Bradbury from 1967. Jack O Lantern Breakdown, Herbert J. Ellis, Classic Banjo Shorts. tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2024-10-31:2667446:Video:204058 2024-10-31T23:24:58.475Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/jack-o-lantern-breakdown-herbert-j-ellis-classic-banjo-shorts"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13093428081?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Jack O Lantern Breakdown, Herbert J. Ellis. Number 14 from “Turner’s 60 Breakdowns, Jigs &amp; Hornpipes For The Banjo”.Played on an Alfred Weaver banjo with metal fingerboard. <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/jack-o-lantern-breakdown-herbert-j-ellis-classic-banjo-shorts"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13093428081?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Jack O Lantern Breakdown, Herbert J. Ellis. Number 14 from “Turner’s 60 Breakdowns, Jigs &amp; Hornpipes For The Banjo”.Played on an Alfred Weaver banjo with metal fingerboard. Angel’s Lullaby, C. S. DeLano 1902 Classic Banjo Tremolo. tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2024-10-28:2667446:Video:203793 2024-10-28T18:06:48.711Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/angel-s-lullaby-c-s-delano-1902-classic-banjo-tremolo"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13076226087?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Classic banjo solo featuring the “tremolo” technique from 1902.Played on a Clifford Essex Metal Hoop Special made about a decade after this piece was published.<br></br> <br></br> This was my 4th take and my finger was getting… <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/angel-s-lullaby-c-s-delano-1902-classic-banjo-tremolo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13076226087?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Classic banjo solo featuring the “tremolo” technique from 1902.Played on a Clifford Essex Metal Hoop Special made about a decade after this piece was published.<br /> <br /> This was my 4th take and my finger was getting tired. Broomstick Serenade or The Legend of Haunted Hollow, Classic Banjo tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2024-10-28:2667446:Video:203610 2024-10-28T12:46:12.106Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/broomstick-serenade-or-the-legend-of-haunted-hollow-classic-banjo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13074560855?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Frank Bradbury’s combination of “Southern Festival” by Bert Bassett and “Down Georgia” by George Lansing.Played on a Clifford Essex Metal Hoop Special with L... <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/broomstick-serenade-or-the-legend-of-haunted-hollow-classic-banjo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13074560855?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Frank Bradbury’s combination of “Southern Festival” by Bert Bassett and “Down Georgia” by George Lansing.Played on a Clifford Essex Metal Hoop Special with L... Frank Bradbury 5 String Banjo - Donkey Laugh tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-05-16:2667446:Video:137539 2019-05-16T15:33:23.877Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/frank-bradbury-5-string-banjo-donkey-laugh"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2606707623?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Frank Bradbury lead 5 String Banjo, Ann Bradbury piano - Mary Curgenven 2nd Banjo <a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/frank-bradbury-5-string-banjo-donkey-laugh"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2606707623?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Frank Bradbury lead 5 String Banjo, Ann Bradbury piano - Mary Curgenven 2nd Banjo