For enthusiasts of early banjo
Mark Weems's Videos (161)
"Jim Brown" on a Bay State Banjo
First printed in 1837 as a quadrille, this version comes from Elias Howe's Complete Preceptor for t… Mark Weems May 27, 2020 100 views
G.P. Knauff's "Flying Indian"
From my new banjo tab book entitled "G.P. Knauff's Virginia Reels: Selected & Arranged for Old-… Mark Weems Jan 25, 2020 122 views
My New Book: Knauff's Virginia Reels for Old Time Banjo
Hot off the Press! Get em' at https://www.earlybanjotraditions.com/books Mark Weems Jan 25, 2020 85 views
G. P. Knauff's: The Two Sisters
With Joseph Decosimo. Published in 1839. Mark Weems Apr 14, 2019 85 views
"Dixie" Early Banjo Style
By request - my own banjo arrangement of this classic tune, played on an Ashborn Reproduction (circ… Mark Weems Dec 29, 2018 128 views
"Canaries" on Two Gourd Banjos: With & Without a Thumb String
www.nctradmusic.com Ruminating about early banjo prototypes from West Africa acculturating with Spa… Mark Weems Nov 19, 2018 49 views
Old Jonny Boker at Cabin
Sweeney Convergence Living History at the Cabin. Mark Weems Oct 8, 2018 78 views
Joe Ayers & Mark Weems: John Diamond's Walkaround
Joe Ayers & Mark Weems, Sweeney Convergence, 2018 Mark Weems Sep 20, 2018 102 views
Old Jonny Booker Band performs "Keemo Kimo"
Appomattox Courthouse Tavern Porch during the Joel Walker Sweeney Convergence, 2018. Mark Weems Sep 19, 2018 118 views
Oh Lud Gals: Sweeney Convergence, 2018
Mark Weems Sep 16, 2018 104 views
Playford's "Jamaica" on a four-string Gourd Banjo
Mark Weems Aug 6, 2018 96 views
Old Dan Tucker
http://www.earlybanjotraditions.com/ Written by Dan Emmett of the Virginia Minstrels in 1843. Playe… Mark Weems Aug 1, 2018 142 views
Stephen Foster's "Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me"
Published in 1855. An early temperance song written by an alcoholic. Mark Weems Jul 31, 2018 112 views
Sam Jones
Listed as "Virginian" by Scottish publisher James Aird in his -"A Selection of Scotch, English, Iri… Mark Weems Jul 20, 2018 100 views
Tambo Technique
Gettin' jiggy wid the beeswax! Mark Weems Jul 19, 2018 50 views
Kora & Gourd Banjo Improv.
Mark Weems Jul 15, 2018 102 views
Raleigh and Spencer
Played on an 1850's James Ashborn reproduction. Mark Weems Jul 14, 2018 122 views
Gum Tree Canoe
Mark Weems Jul 12, 2018 100 views
Carulli: One Guitar, Two Banjo's
Mark Weems Jun 16, 2018 98 views
NC State Fair 2014
Mark Weems playing one of my banjos at my booth at the @014 NC State Fair Village of Yesteryear. Mark Weems Feb 24, 2018 106 views
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