All Videos Tagged rail (Minstrel Banjo) - Minstrel Banjo 2024-04-19T12:33:39Z https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=rail&rss=yes&xn_auth=no Raccoon Hunt (Sittin' on a Rail) tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2018-09-25:2477478:Video:175126 2018-09-25T13:30:33.804Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper <a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/raccoon-hunt-sittin-on-a-rail"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135366826?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />This song was first published in 1836, and there are many variations to the lyrics. The banjo arrangement comes from Mark Weems' book "The Music of Old Joe S... <a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/raccoon-hunt-sittin-on-a-rail"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135366826?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />This song was first published in 1836, and there are many variations to the lyrics. The banjo arrangement comes from Mark Weems' book "The Music of Old Joe S... Rail Road Polka. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-07-24:2477478:Video:96664 2013-07-24T15:17:10.519Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper <a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/rail-road-polka-2"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135343013?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />From James Buckley's New Banjo Method, 1860. The arpeggios at the end are nowhere as clean as I'd like them to be, but as the French say "J'en ai marre!" I'm pretty happy with the rest of it. <a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/rail-road-polka-2"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135343013?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />From James Buckley's New Banjo Method, 1860. The arpeggios at the end are nowhere as clean as I'd like them to be, but as the French say "J'en ai marre!" I'm pretty happy with the rest of it.