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Colonial Glide..1910..Paul Charles Pratt
This is well written tune with some interesting syncopation and chord sequences. From the title cover, I presume that The Colonial Glide must be the name of a dance....Steve.
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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2 on
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Yes, "glides" were characterized by small "mincing" steps that gave dancers the impression of gliding about the floor. There were lots of combinations like glide-mazurkas, glide-polkas, glide-waltzes, etc., which alternated glide steps with other typical dance steps. The Palais Glide was a circle dance using glide steps.
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Permalink Reply by Jody Stecher on
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And then there's Joe Morley's unusual banjo solo entitled "Yankee Glide". Morley sometimes named his tunes after race horses so I assumed Yankee Glide was a horse. Well he was or is but he was born in 1994. Maybe there was an earlier one. Or maybe Morley intended his title to indicate a type of dance. If he did, he did a surprising job of joining title to melody as this banjo solo invokes bouncing around on a pogo stick more than gracefully gliding.
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Wow. 1994? "Yankee Glide" must be some kind of Rap... ;-)
Sometimes, humor appears. A "Yankee" Glide might mean a Yankee interpretation of a Glide...therefore something more rambunctious than sedate or smooth.
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What do you suppose Morley meant by "Yankee"? Was he referring to a person from the American Northeast or someone north of the Mason Dixon line, or to any person or thing that was American? Why would any of these choices indicate rambunctious ?
Trapdoor2 said:Wow. 1994? "Yankee Glide" must be some kind of Rap... ;-)
Sometimes, humor appears. A "Yankee" Glide might mean a Yankee interpretation of a Glide...therefore something more rambunctious than sedate or smooth.
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I don't find a banjo piece called "Yankee Glide" anywhere. Not in the Morley list on the site or in the library. Not in my library. If you have a copy, please post it!
BTW, AI has already claimed your post and responds to "yankee glide banjo" with references to Joe Morley and horses.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Harrison on
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There is a recording in the original recordings section...Steve.
Trapdoor2 said:I don't find a banjo piece called "Yankee Glide" anywhere. Not in the Morley list on the site or in the library. Not in my library. If you have a copy, please post it!
BTW, AI has already claimed your post and responds to "yankee glide banjo" with references to Joe Morley and horses.
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It was included in Steve Walker's release of the Tarrant Bailey Collection Vol 1 in 2003 on the Neophone label. I'm still waiting for Vol 2.
I have never seen notation for this intriguing banjo solo.
Trapdoor2 said:I don't find a banjo piece called "Yankee Glide" anywhere. Not in the Morley list on the site or in the library. Not in my library. If you have a copy, please post it!
BTW, AI has already claimed your post and responds to "yankee glide banjo" with references to Joe Morley and horses.
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OK. Thanks! I think I remember the voice introduction, but I don't remember the piece at all. I have a copy of the Tarrant Bailey Collection Vol 1...somewhere in a box around here. Cassette? CD? I just don't remember.
As far as the "yankee" reference, I'm quite sure very few Brits would differentiate Americans regionally. More likely, it is a left-handed reference to how an American (Yankee) would write a "Glide". BTW, probably the most famous "Glide" is Harry Von Tilzer's "Cubanola Glide" of 1909 (sung by Billy Murray for Victor records in 1910). I'm surprised Steve hasn't arranged it yet!
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It's a CD with excellent liner notes and photos, The whole thing (audio) is on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJdmf2RL3v0&list=RDDJdmf2RL3v0&...
Trapdoor2 said:OK. Thanks! I think I remember the voice introduction, but I don't remember the piece at all. I have a copy of the Tarrant Bailey Collection Vol 1...somewhere in a box around here. Cassette? CD? I just don't remember.
As far as the "yankee" reference, I'm quite sure very few Brits would differentiate Americans regionally. More likely, it is a left-handed reference to how an American (Yankee) would write a "Glide". BTW, probably the most famous "Glide" is Harry Von Tilzer's "Cubanola Glide" of 1909 (sung by Billy Murray for Victor records in 1910). I'm surprised Steve hasn't arranged it yet!
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