Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

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A hymn by Albert E. Brumley

This is my first quick take on Melvin Wine's tune Lovely Jane, which I was inspired to figure out this past weekend after listening to Carl Baron and Janet Foster's wonderful versions posted for the Old Time Tune of the Week last Friday. This is clearly a close cousin to Doctor, Doctor, but more interesting.

From the always delightful playing of WV fiddler Melvin Wine, here's the TOTW for 12/27/19. The B part is crooked and leads back to the A part quite easily.

Short audio for TOTW 12-27-2019

A tune I learned while playing banjo to Melvin Wine's fiddling. aDAde

Here's a recording of my newest original tune. I thought it would be cool to record it as a series of duets, like a relay race. Each instrument plays the melody, then the backup, then drops out. And recording myself like this always makes me realize that my fiddling is not on par with my other instruments, but whatever. I'll keep practicing.

Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles heard the tune from an old colored fiddler who played it for dances and it's said that the tune may pre-date Civil War days. It has an unusual pattern of AABBBBB. The B part has variations, however, with three different parts as I heard it played. I'm playing this on a short scale Doc's Banjo tuned to a double C tuning. I get a happy Christmas Eve feeling from it and look forward to that day soon this year.

This is my now annual new composition around the holidays. For all my Hangout friends and the rest of the Hangout crowd, I wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or whatever you might celebrate. And whether you mark the season or not, I wish you peace. In Double C (gCGCD).

An old favorite that I felt like singing this morning