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Oregon Reel
From the Green Converse. It didn't come out exactly like I thought I played. Funny how it works tha… Tim Twiss Aug 31, 2010 35 views
Cruelty To Johnny
Green Converse 1865. Is this possibly from a songster of the time? Tim Twiss Aug 31, 2010 29 views
Whack Row de dow-Green Converse
Okay Ian, I'll be waiting for the pedigree of this tune. I hear "Wait For The Wagon", but what is t… Tim Twiss Aug 30, 2010 76 views
Money Musk
Here is the version of this one as it appears in the Green Converse of 1865. Tim Twiss Aug 30, 2010 130 views
Old Joe (Stroke style on Gourd Banjo)
A simple minstrel Banjo tune in D, from Briggs' 1855 Banjo Instructor, played on a Jeff Menzies Gou… Andy Chase Aug 29, 2010 168 views
Lynchburg Town
Not the tune you might think it is...strong Stroke stuff from the Green Converse of 1865. Tim Twiss Aug 27, 2010 110 views
Philadelphia Jig
Stroke tune from the front of the Green Converse 1865. Briggs' style. Tim Twiss Aug 27, 2010 41 views
Hard Times-Green Converse
Stroke tune from Converse 1865. Straight eighth notes as per score. Tim Twiss Aug 27, 2010 49 views
Danaya and Johnny Boker
learned from the playing of Bob Carlin and Cheick Hamala Diabate. Hambone by Kristin Bolton and And… rick Ceballos Aug 27, 2010 104 views
Genuine Negro Jig (or, "Snowden's Jig")
Performed by Greg C. Adams using a period specific 1850s/1860s downstroke banjo playing technique a… Greg Adams Aug 26, 2010 460 views
Luke West's Walk Around
Continuing the trek thru the Green Converse, I hit on this little snag. This is the one with that b… Tim Twiss Aug 25, 2010 108 views
Marseillaise Hymn
Guitar Style arrangement of the French Anthem, by F. B. Converse from his "Green" Book of 1865. Tim Twiss Aug 25, 2010 67 views
Root Hog or Die
Popular tune of the day, instrumental arrangement by F.B. Converse in his 1865 Green Book. Tim Twiss Aug 22, 2010 237 views
Devil's Dream
Another take on the traditional tune, also found in the Rice Book of 1858. Tim Twiss Aug 21, 2010 53 views
The Hope Waltz
Hey, this is YouTube # 600, and I thought I'd dress up for the occassion. It is a Strauss waltz, ar… Tim Twiss Aug 20, 2010 46 views
Home Sweet Home
One of Minstrel Banjos' greater challenges...a slow fingerstyle ballad on a fretless. Arranged by F… Tim Twiss Aug 19, 2010 89 views
Fairy Waltz
Fingerstyle original from the great Frank Converse, found in his "Green Book" of 1865. Tim Twiss Aug 19, 2010 26 views
Clog Hornpipe
From the Green Converse of 1865. Snappy and challenging-cool tune. Tim Twiss Aug 19, 2010 48 views
Cotton Pod Jig
Typical Stroke licks here, as found in the "Cotton Pod" series of tunes. Tim Twiss Aug 19, 2010 51 views
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