2024-04-24T18:28:27Z https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=virginny&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2017-02-08:2477478:Video:159360 2017-02-08T15:21:55.292Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/gettin-up-stairs-old-virginny-jig"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135366917?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Two from Phil Rice's Banjo Instructor, 1858; played on a nameless flush-fret.

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/gettin-up-stairs-old-virginny-jig"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135366917?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Two from Phil Rice's Banjo Instructor, 1858; played on a nameless flush-fret. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-07-30:2477478:Video:152627 2016-07-30T12:03:38.820Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/essence-of-old-virginny-sebastopol-breakdown-1"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360602?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Buckley 1860; Briggs 1855

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/essence-of-old-virginny-sebastopol-breakdown-1"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360602?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Buckley 1860; Briggs 1855 tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-06-01:2477478:Video:127433 2015-06-01T15:11:56.541Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/a-few-tunes-in-the-shade-at-appomattox-court-house-va"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135359876?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Having arrived very early for the Joel Sweeney Banjo Convergence at Appomattox Court House NHP, I had lots of time to walk around and take photos, and of course to play some tunes in the shade right next to the old Lynchburg to Richmond…

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/a-few-tunes-in-the-shade-at-appomattox-court-house-va"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135359876?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Having arrived very early for the Joel Sweeney Banjo Convergence at Appomattox Court House NHP, I had lots of time to walk around and take photos, and of course to play some tunes in the shade right next to the old Lynchburg to Richmond road. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-11-24:2477478:Video:120819 2014-11-24T01:40:19.666Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/ole-virginy-break-down"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135356241?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Direct inspiration for this one comes from Mark Weems and the Old Jonny Booker Band. My rendition here pales in comparison to theirs! I learned it from Mark's book "The Music of Old Joe Sweeny".

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/ole-virginy-break-down"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135356241?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Direct inspiration for this one comes from Mark Weems and the Old Jonny Booker Band. My rendition here pales in comparison to theirs! I learned it from Mark's book "The Music of Old Joe Sweeny". tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-12-05:2477478:Video:103213 2013-12-05T22:26:46.787Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/green-corn-hard-times-old-virginny-jig"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135349651?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Rice - Briggs - Rice. I've been playing my gourd banjo a lot these days, tuned up to the A/E tuning.

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/green-corn-hard-times-old-virginny-jig"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135349651?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Rice - Briggs - Rice. I've been playing my gourd banjo a lot these days, tuned up to the A/E tuning.