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Thanks to Tim Twiss for this fiddle tune from Kerr's, and thanks to Jim Hartel for the new calf-ski… Tags: paul, draper Paul Draper Jan 25, 2014 74 views
Composition by Frank B. Converse, pub. 1886, played "guitar style". Thank you to Bob Lanham for the… Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Jan 21, 2014 116 views
Phil Rice's Excelsior Jig, 1858. One of those tunes where the thumb does most of the work. The "x"s… Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Jan 6, 2014 110 views
After seeing the film "12 Years A Slave", I read Solomon Northup's account (published in 1855 by Mi… Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Dec 16, 2013 300 views
Rice - Briggs - Rice. I've been playing my gourd banjo a lot these days, tuned up to the A/E tuning. Tags: jig, paul Paul Draper Dec 5, 2013 100 views
Converse, the green book, 1865. Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Nov 26, 2013 70 views
Vida (flute) and Paul (gourd banjo) playing Buckley's Spanish Dance arrangement (1860). Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Nov 20, 2013 114 views
From "A selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and foreign airs : adapted to the fife, violin, or Ger… Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Nov 16, 2013 100 views
I grew up a few miles from the Ohio River in northern WV. On my way to school, I used to watch the… Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Nov 12, 2013 96 views
A Briggs on Rice sandwich. Tags: reel, paul Paul Draper Oct 31, 2013 134 views
From Converse's Method for the Banjo, 1865. Scenes from Antietam Early Banjo Gathering, 2012. Tags: aebg, draper Paul Draper Oct 11, 2013 114 views
From the Phil Rice Banjo Instructor of 1858. Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Oct 8, 2013 106 views
Another song by Mr. Dan Emmett. Tags: dan, emmett Paul Draper Oct 4, 2013 144 views
A song with tongue-twisting lyrics... Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Sep 29, 2013 126 views
From Buckley's 1868 book. Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Sep 24, 2013 90 views
From Buckley's 1868 book. Tags: paul, draper Paul Draper Sep 22, 2013 76 views
The 1st is from Buckley (not exactly as written); the 2nd from Converse. Tags: paul, draper Paul Draper Sep 18, 2013 118 views
My rendition of Dan Emmett's 1843 song, without the 5th verse. I've taken the banjo part mostly fro… Tags: draper, paul Paul Draper Sep 9, 2013 100 views
From Buckley's New Banjo Method, 1860. More crazy arpeggios, but easier than those of the RR Polka. Tags: paul, draper Paul Draper Aug 16, 2013 86 views
From James Buckley's New Banjo Method, 1860. The arpeggios at the end are nowhere as clean as I'd l… Tags: paul, draper Paul Draper Jul 24, 2013 102 views
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