![]() ![]() (I know, this is starting to sound like a Lionel Bart Musical so I'll kick on.)īut one fellow had one that stuck in my head and I always wondered where it was from, any body any idea ?Īnd yes, I'm going to stand up and sing it for you. One Ladies I remember Was "Show me your yo yo tonight" Sometimes it was a classic every body could join in on like " My brother Sylvest, he's got a row of forty medals on his chest (BIG CHEST), but usually it was one only they knew and they stood up week after week to belt it out. Pre Jukebox and piped music days Saturday night when every body had had a few bevies, the world seemed a better place, every body would start to relax after a hard weeks graft so naturally when some one would kick off with a song suddenly the whole pub would be rocking so to speak.Įvery body would sing along to the old standards "Underneath the archers", "Show me the way to go home" etcetera, but in there there was always the odd solo artists wanting to singing his/her own song, and although it was the same song every week every body listened. If playing for fun, make a joke of it but not to put someone down.Being an old fogey this will probably go down like a lead balloon but here goes.ĭon't drink much now but in my callow youth I would partake of the odd tipple now and again and of a weekend quaffing ale was my principle occupation Is that a "woke" position? I dunno, but kindness is more important these days than ever.Īs a matter of practice, if one is entertaining, play the request. ![]() Minstrel tunes are also not played in public, at least not without commentary. Confederate tunes are not played in public although most are very tasty banjo tunes. And having recently purchased a plectrum banjo I have been experimenting with flat picks and thumb picks.īut I have censored my playing as well. I never played blurgrass (bluegrass) but I do play a three finger, up picking, index finger lead that relies mostly on melodic patterns. Lately, since I took up the Irish Bouzouki during the pandemic lockdown, I have strayed farther and farther from the "standards". Overdone, but that will change some day.Īfter many years playing the banjo, I have a list but mostly of tunes I can't play. Wagon Wheel sounds good but takes too long. Listen to the original '49 version, it's sensational, knocks me over. ![]() Hearing a good version of either tune still sends me. Those are actually good tunes, just periodically overdone. In a bar or non-festival setting, Hot Rize would play Foggy or OBS if requested, which happened periodically. Gave me pause! I did record it for Music Minus One in the early 70s when it was quite big. some time ago, Bill Keith told that when he got called for the movie session he was in Europe, so he recommended Eric Weissberg., and me. I just don't much like Dueling Banjos, just too gimmicky and built around a childish-sounding melody. But then a drunk stumbled in and asked: "Can you. no one had heard it, pretty strange, that's Russia for you. It's ALWAYS worked, and has been internationally syndicated since the 60s. In a jam on in the club car on a train in Russia in 2010 I thought I'd get a rise from playing Jed. They like chiming in with "Oil, that is" etc. Jed goes over great in "public" situations like busking, or at rest homes, cause *people know it*. I like FMB and Jed Clampett, and Jack's right that it helped popularize our instrument and make a lot of careers possible. ![]()
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