For enthusiasts of early banjo
The White Joke
An 18th Century jig once popular in Colonial Virginia. We are interrupted by two clocks (the second is a Birge Mallory from 1836). The Banjo is a reproduction of a raised fret James Ashborn from the 1850's built by J.M. Wesley of Roxboro, N.C.
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Comment by Mark Weems on February 11, 2013 at 9:35pm
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Thank you Rick, it's such a great and interesting tune! Wonderful lope to it - best played as a slow jig.
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Comment by Paul Draper on February 12, 2013 at 11:02am
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Mark - could you post the score for this tune or tell me where I could find it? Thanks. Can't stop listening to it....
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Comment by Rob Morrison on February 12, 2013 at 2:56pm
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Mark and Jim--Re: playing early banjos with frets vs. no frets. Since we all got together last month and I played my fretted Chas. Dobson with y'all, I haven't put it down since. I will always play a fretless for old time, but I may be a convert to frets for "minstel." At least this week.--Rob
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Comment by Tim Twiss on February 12, 2013 at 5:09pm
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That is a beautiful instrument!!
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Comment by Vince Abadie on February 13, 2013 at 12:06am
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Sweet sounding banjo, and the tune was well played!
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Comment by Ian Bell on February 13, 2013 at 7:26am
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Wow that was great! When do we get to hear the guitar?
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Ian,
You can hear two original Ashborn guitars in our video of The Old Folks at Home.
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Comment by Steve Jeter on February 15, 2013 at 10:44am
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the tone is unreal, so pretty, of course you play it so as well
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