Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 1Perhaps we’ll focus on steeds and other hoofed creatures this session. Starting out in the key of A . . . Wild Horse as played by Hector Phillips of Petersburg, Indiana in 1980. Plus, a bonus tune. It is almost identical to Hector’s “Wild Horse” Bell Cow, played by Harvey “Pappy” Taylor of Effingham, Illinois. I learned the tune from Garry Harrison and the Indian Creek Delta Boys [click on the arrow to play or right click on the highlight to download and save] Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler, Steve Rosen by Paul | March 8, 2010 | Comments (0) OLD TIME ENSEMBLE GRADUATION8:15 wednesday feb 24 old time ensemble class stringbands Filed under: Fiddle 3, Fiddle 4, Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler, Steve Rosen by Steve | February 23, 2010 | Comments (0) Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 7Old Mother Logo from Garry Harrison Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | February 23, 2010 | Comments (1) Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 6Ray Alden recorded and produced tons of great music over the last four decades. Perhaps his best known project was The Young Fogies. I first saw him at the Indiana Fiddlers Gathering in the early 80s with his reel-to-reel recorder. He coaxed some of the best jam sessions over to his card table set up right next to the outdoor electrical outlet. One of the last times I saw him was at Clifftop (the Appalachian String Band Festival) a few years ago. As always, he was recording. This time with a small hand-held digital recorder. Ray worked closely with the Camp Creek Boys and Fred Cockerham, musicians representative of the highly influential Round Peak style from Virginia and North Carolina. One of his longest associations was with Taylor Kimble and several generations of the Kimble family. Here’s Taylor Kimble’s version of a classic tune from that district . . . Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler, Uncategorized by Paul | February 15, 2010 | Comments (0) Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 5Chased Old Satan Through the Door We played it in A. The original is from Ephraim Woodie & the Hen-Pecked Husbands from North Carolina They also recorded as the Available on this CD from Old Hat Records. This version is almost as good as the original. Available on the Double Deckers’ last CD, “The Rest Is Yet to Come” from 5-String Productions. Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | February 15, 2010 | Comments (0) Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 4Frank Jenkins of Dacosta Woltz’s Southern Broadcasters recorded this in Richmond, Indiana in 1928 as a fiddle solo. Wandering Boy in G In the 1990s, it became popular as a banjo solo. Mike Seeger’s version is in C. We’ll do it as a string band piece in D Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | January 27, 2010 | Comments (1) Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 3Mike Seeger was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers. The Ramblers almost single-handedly passed the love of old-time music on to the boomer generation. The explosion that followed is history. Really. The Ramblers and Mike Seeger introduced me to 1920s string bands like the Carter Brothers $ Son. Played by PT [The medium tempo version didn't take. I'll try again tomorrow.] Mike Seeger was also a careful and insightful scholar and a complete gentleman. One of my favorite musical experiences was sharing the stage and band stand with him at a folk music camp in Wisconsin in 1997. Thanks Mike. Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | January 20, 2010 | Comments (1) Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 2Lulu Likes ‘Em Young Ray was also a tireless recorder and producer of old-time music. Part of his legacy is the Field Recorders Collective. Thanks Ray NB: An earlier problem with this post has been fixed. Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | January 20, 2010 | Comments (0) Old Time Ensemble (Wed)- week 1Boatin’ Up the Sandy Thanks Craig Hint: Click on the arrow to listen. Right click the highlight to save link to your computer. Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | January 7, 2010 | Comments (0) Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – Week 5Time for a little drama. We worked on the first two parts of a skit recorded in 1927. It was so popular, the Skillet Lickers recorded 12 more parts, plus a half dozen other skits on similar themes: e.g., A Night in a Blind Tiger, A Fiddle Contest in Georgia. The skits appeared as two sides of a 78rpm disc. Each side lasted about 3 minutes.
A Corn Licker Still in Georgia, Part 1 Here’s a rough draft of the script: pdf Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | December 1, 2009 | Comments (0) Classes
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