I've got an old Skillet Licker's 78 with this piece recorded. Riley sings...Cabbage in the garden , bees in the gum, Sal Let me chew your rozen some.

This lovely traditional Celtic fiddle tune - very different from another song of the same name - features an arrangement that borrows heavily from that of my friend (and fellow Hangout member) Ron Cody, who may be the best melodic player you never heard of. Obviously, he plays it better, but then again, he's been at it a lot longer. As much as anything, this is a trial of my new USB mic, and boy does it make a difference - even though the sharp-eared will hear the refrigerator running and the dog moving around. Opening voice is my Gold Tone banjola; the banjo is the Hatfield and although I'm loathe to admit it that's me on the guitar, too. NOTE: the BHO jukebox version, for some reason, plays with some crackly sound to it. Download played through Quicktime is cleaner, for some reason.

I just learned this one....slight tuning problem...I'll re-record it later. Hope you like it...its fun

Adaptation of Charles Trenet's tune.

Adaptation of Charles Trenet's tune.

This performance was recorded at the Galax Fiddlers Convention in 1964. Pegram calls the tune 'The Old Fox Chase' here, but also called it 'Old Rattler' on other recordings. For those of you who never saw George, you really can't appreciate the overall visual effect of George howling at the moon with his banjo sticking straight up in the air. It was nothing short of spell binding. In this outing, the microphone stand kept slipping down and George went right down with it...winding up nearly lying on the stage..oh how I wish someone had filmed it!

Trying to upload a tune every 2 months - so here's one to mark my four month anniversary on the banjo! Oh, it was recorded with a Zoom H2 in case you're interested...

I thought I would try my hand at this old Hank Williams song with a bluesy feel.

In the world of FANTASY, step-fathers live up to their own expectations of how NICE they'll be. This song was written by a stepfather, for other stepfathers.