Taylor Kimble, fiddler from Virginia, recorded Ship in the Clouds for the Library of Congress when Alan Lomax was actively collecting tunes. In this clawhammer arrangement I added 2-finger cello banjo accompaniment. The melodic movement of the tune matches the title, in my opinion. It appears to modulate, but not for long -- a ship floating in clouds is a good metaphor IMO.

Here's an old tune played by Melvin Wine of WV learned from his father, Bob Wine. The B part goes into another mode, thus the intrigue of the tune. It's a fun one to play.

1st attempt at playing the melody to the backing track of Creedence Clearwater Revival's: Have You Ever Seen The Rain.

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

in D

Banjo - aDAde

Banjo - aDAde

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.