Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 1

Perhaps 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.

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Plus, a bonus tune. It is almost identical to Hector’s “Wild Horse”
(but still, there’s a difference).

Bell Cow, played by Harvey “Pappy” Taylor of Effingham, Illinois.

I learned the tune from Garry Harrison and the Indian Creek Delta Boys

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[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 GRADUATION

8:15 wednesday feb 24
paddy o splaines 2434 w montrose
Just west of western
http://www.paddyosplaines.net/?p=home

old time ensemble class stringbands
(spongebob squaredance & CF and the pardon me boys)
banjo classes
saturday old time ensemble
specialty fiddle classes
much more, plus good food, good beers. paddys is under new management, so
lets show them how much fun old time music is and what a great crowd we are. and don’t forget to tip your waitstaff!

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 7

Old Mother Logo from Garry Harrison

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Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | February 23, 2010 | Comments (1)

Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 6

Ray 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 . . .

Liza Jane (aka Big Liza)

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler, Uncategorized by Paul | February 15, 2010 | Comments (0)

Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 5

Chased 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
Woodie Brothers

Available on this CD from Old Hat Records.

This version is almost as good as the original.

Double Decker String Band

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 4

Frank 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

on fiddle, medium tempo

on banjo, medium tempo

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble, Paul Tyler by Paul | January 27, 2010 | Comments (1)

Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 3

Mike 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.

Saddle Up the Grey

Played by PT
slowly

[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 2

Lulu Likes ‘Em Young
Banjo master Ray Alden’s reworking of a the classic “Sleepin’ Lulu”
NB This recording not yet uploaded. Check back later.

kinda fast

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 1

Boatin’ Up the Sandy
Fiddled by Craig Johnson with the Double Decker String Band

medium tempo

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 5

Time 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

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)


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