All Videos Tagged Boker (Minstrel Banjo) - Minstrel Banjo2024-04-23T13:17:37Zhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Boker&rss=yes&xn_auth=noMid-19th Century Instrumental Medleytag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2023-02-09:2477478:Video:2981662023-02-09T21:48:53.876ZPaul Draperhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper
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</a><br />Old Johnny Boker, Briggs 1855Jim Along Josey, Howe 1851Backside of Albany, Howe 1851Old Zip Coon aka Turkey in the Straw, Briggs 1855
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</a><br />Old Johnny Boker, Briggs 1855Jim Along Josey, Howe 1851Backside of Albany, Howe 1851Old Zip Coon aka Turkey in the Straw, Briggs 1855 Froggie the limberjack dancing to Do Mr. Boker Do, on banjotag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2012-10-20:2477478:Video:755572012-10-20T20:03:19.011ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
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</a> <br></br>This is Froggie the limberjack (also known as a jig doll). Froggie used to be plain unfinished wood, but I painted him to give him more personality. I imagine he is now fit to go courtin' Miss Mousie. Children love how Froggie's googly eyes spin round and round!<br></br>
Here I make him dance to an old minstrel song that I'm playing on my banjo, called…
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</a><br />This is Froggie the limberjack (also known as a jig doll). Froggie used to be plain unfinished wood, but I painted him to give him more personality. I imagine he is now fit to go courtin' Miss Mousie. Children love how Froggie's googly eyes spin round and round!<br />
Here I make him dance to an old minstrel song that I'm playing on my banjo, called Do Mr. Boker Do. I speeded the recording up a little to make it more a lively dance tempo (I can't play it quite this fast yet, sorry!) I got the song from Phil Rice's banjo tutor book of 1858, playing it here as an instrumental. There are few things in music more fun than a dancing limber jack! Old Johnny Bokertag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2012-10-03:2477478:Video:744262012-10-03T03:00:34.629ZDan Gibsonhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/DanGibson
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</a><br />A Minstrel-era song (about 1840) attributed to Joel Sweeney. Played on a replica 1845 banjo -- gut-strings, no frets, 12 5/8" goat skin head -- built from a Bell & Son kit.
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</a><br />A Minstrel-era song (about 1840) attributed to Joel Sweeney. Played on a replica 1845 banjo -- gut-strings, no frets, 12 5/8" goat skin head -- built from a Bell & Son kit.