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Mark Weems's Videos (161)
Butler's Jig, Converse 1865
Quick comparison of Kyle Creed's Round Peak Style and my own Early Banjo Style on the same tune. Mark Weems Jan 6, 2016 106 views
Sweeny's Banjo Quadrille, 1843
If this Quadrille sounds familiar, it is because it is a funked up version of "De Boatman's Dance"… Mark Weems Dec 27, 2015 110 views
Miss Lucy Long
One of Old Joe Sweeny's repertoire songs, first published in 1842. Mark Weems Dec 1, 2015 102 views
Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done!
From my CD - Ole Virginy Break Down! The Music of Old Joe Sweeny. To be released by Early Banjo Tra… Mark Weems Nov 20, 2015 222 views
Ginger Blue
Another one of Sweeny's songs, first published in 1841, although he was performing it in New York i… Mark Weems Sep 30, 2015 118 views
Ole Tare River
One of Joel Walker Sweeny's songs first published in 1840, played on a four-string gourd and an Afr… Mark Weems Aug 25, 2015 114 views
Congo Jig
This is from a Southside Virginia plantation copybook from the late 18th century. 4 string gourd ba… Mark Weems Aug 16, 2015 118 views
Calinda
This was a song I found in the 1867 anthology entitled "Slave Songs of the United States". The word… Mark Weems Aug 14, 2015 120 views
The Old Folks Are Gone
From Briggs' Banjo Instructor (1855) Mark Weems Aug 5, 2015 146 views
Joe Ayers playing 'Picayune Butler'
Filmed at the Joel Walker Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence, 2015 Mark Weems Jun 8, 2015 120 views
Old Jonny Boker at Old Joe Sweeney's Grave
Filmed at the Joel Walker Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence, 2015 Mark Weems Jun 5, 2015 106 views
Michael Randolph at the Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence, 2015
Mark Weems Jun 4, 2015 80 views
"Old Joe" played in the Sweeny Cabin
David Wooldridge, Paul Draper, Mark Weems, James Pentecost, Tom Taggart kickin' up some tunes in th… Mark Weems Jun 4, 2015 154 views
Rob Morrison & Paul Draper at the Sweeney Convergence
Filmed at the Joel Walker Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence, Appomattox Courthouse, Va. 2015 Mark Weems Jun 3, 2015 100 views
Joe Ayers & Mark Weems at the Joel Walker Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence, 2015
Filmed at the Joel Walker Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence at Appomattox Courthouse, Va. May 30, 201… Mark Weems Jun 3, 2015 106 views
"Old Virginia Break Down" played in the Charles Sweeny Cabin
Joel Walker Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence, Appomattox Courthouse, Va. May 30, 2015. Mark Weems (4… Mark Weems Jun 1, 2015 114 views
The Joel Walker Sweeney Early Banjo Convergence, 2013
One of Sweeny's early songs, Jim Along Josie, played on a four-string gourd banjo, doumbek, fiddle,… Mark Weems May 24, 2015 93 views
Boatman's Dance
This is James Pentecost's version of the tune. Mark Weems Apr 21, 2015 120 views
Jump Billy Joe
Mark Weems Apr 3, 2015 180 views
Oh Lud Gals
Another taster from Joe Ayers' CD Old Dan Tucker. Just re-released on the Early Banjo Traditions la… Mark Weems Mar 17, 2015 192 views
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