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A total improvisation. Just messing around with our gourds. After a hard day of pole-boating up the… Mark Weems Mar 6, 2015 88 views
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Here is what I mean. Mark Weems Feb 21, 2015 118 views
For those who have never heard this record here is a taster. This is part of the lead track from Jo… Mark Weems Feb 17, 2015 340 views
From Briggs' Banjo Instructor (1855). Played on a fretted Ashborn made by Mike Wesley. Mark Weems Dec 5, 2014 156 views
My Halloween gourd offering! From Briggs Banjo Instructor (1855) Mark Weems Oct 30, 2014 97 views
A classic Joel Walker Sweeny song from Southside Virginia. First published in 1840. Mark Weems Oct 28, 2014 102 views
One of my favorites from Frank Converse's Banjo Without A Master (1865) Mark Weems Oct 27, 2014 71 views
I met Berimbau player Alex Followill today at Durham's Leigh Farm Historic Site's grand opening and… Mark Weems Oct 11, 2014 88 views
The Old Jonny Booker Band performs a history-based performance workshop at Hoppin' John Old Time an… Mark Weems Oct 5, 2014 134 views
I found this great little Jig in "Thirty-Eight Tunes Appropriate for Tin Whistle, Fife, Flute, or V… Mark Weems Sep 19, 2014 120 views
One of J. W. Sweeny's songs published in 1840. Mark Weems Sep 6, 2014 136 views
From Niel Gow's 3rd Repository of 1806. A wonderful four-part 3/4 time piece. Four string gourd ban… Mark Weems Aug 24, 2014 170 views
Six J.W. Sweeny songs all played from the original sheet music of 1840. These and many others are p… Mark Weems Jun 16, 2014 100 views
Old-Time music 18th Century Style! From Aird's Collection of 1782, where it is called a "Negroe Jig… Mark Weems May 28, 2014 176 views
Another experiment blending early banjo style with percussion. Drums are a little loud in the mix.… Mark Weems May 10, 2014 110 views
Another experiment on a Sweeny piece with Ed Butler playing the tongue slit drum and ankle bells! Mark Weems May 7, 2014 104 views
I've posted a few other versions of this, but this one has some really cool percussion with it! Mark Weems May 7, 2014 110 views
For James, who thinks I don't play Clawhammer any more! Example of how a tune migrated from a banjo… Mark Weems Apr 20, 2014 100 views
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