For enthusiasts of early banjo
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Dick Sliter's Reel
From Phil Rice's Banjo Instructor of 1858. Paul Draper Sep 21, 2015 100 views
Coon Hunt Walk Around - The Bee Gum Reel
Two from Frank Converse's banjo instructor of 1865 - the "yellow book". Paul Draper Sep 14, 2015 106 views
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Fancy Dance
From Buckley's Banjo Method, 1860. This one would pair nicely with Rapahanock Jig. Andy Chase Sep 11, 2015 56 views
Cotton Pod Walk Around
my first attempt at a recording of minstrel banjo ... recommendations on playing technique will be… Patrick Dirickx Sep 10, 2015 114 views
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Jim Crow Jig
From Buckley's Banjo Method of 1860. Andy Chase Sep 7, 2015 46 views
Campbell's Jig
From Buckley's Banjo Method, 1860. Andy Chase Sep 1, 2015 100 views
Ephriam's Lament
Arrangement from Briggs' Banjo Instructor, 1855. Andy Chase Aug 29, 2015 90 views
Circus Jig
A collaboration with my niece! She did the excellent artwork and played drum, I played banjo, bones… Andy Chase Aug 27, 2015 118 views
Ole Tare River
One of Joel Walker Sweeny's songs first published in 1840, played on a four-string gourd and an Afr… Mark Weems Aug 25, 2015 120 views
Jim Crack Corn
Pry Barn Serenaders (John Masciale, Mark Weems, Tim Twiss, Carl Anderton, John Allin) perform "Jim… Tim Twiss Aug 25, 2015 102 views
Just The Thing
Last one in the series of recording "The Banjoist's Budget" by A Baur 1883. Tim Twiss Aug 18, 2015 51 views
Natchitoches on a gourd banjo
I found this from when I did some transcriptions of Blind Uncle Gaspar Tim Twiss Aug 17, 2015 118 views
Medley Jig
# 48 in the Baur Book. Tim Twiss Aug 17, 2015 78 views
Congo Jig
This is from a Southside Virginia plantation copybook from the late 18th century. 4 string gourd ba… Mark Weems Aug 16, 2015 118 views
Takes The Cake Walk Around
Banjoist's Budget 1883 Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2015 63 views
Light and Airy Clog Dance
# 46 in "The Banjoist's Budget"...an 1883 publication by A. Baur, a Civil War veteran and banjoist. Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2015 71 views
Artistic Jig
4 yet to go. Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2015 61 views
Calinda
This was a song I found in the 1867 anthology entitled "Slave Songs of the United States". The word… Mark Weems Aug 14, 2015 120 views
Mastodon Clog Hornpipe
Baur "The Banjoist's Budget" book 1883 Song 42 of 50 Tim Twiss Aug 13, 2015 77 views
Converse's Operatic Jig (1865) "stroke style"
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