Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 2

Here’s a recording of Francis Geels playing Sugar in the Gourd. It’s the opening number to a radio show I produced in 1979 dedicated to Francis and his music. The second time through the tune begins a voiceover introducing the program. But you can still here the tune.

Sugar in the Gourd as the first tune on Indiana Hoedown.

Note: click on the title or arrow to listen. Right click on the title to download (save link).

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | January 23, 2012 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 1

A straight-forward D tune that Brad Leftwich and Kenny Jackson collected from Missiouri fiddler Ed Sutherland.

Indian War Whoop played by Kenny Jackson with the Rhythm Rats

I passed out Abcs for the tune. Here is a short tutorial on how to use Abc notation.

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | January 11, 2012 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 4

We sang a serious song about agricultural misfortune. From Judy Canova and the Canova Family for the 99%, as they were in the 1930s.

Whoa Back, Buck played by the Volo Bogtrotters

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | November 22, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 3

Pull Back Jig played by Clyde Davenport of Monticello, Kentucky

Meriweather fiddle only

medium tempo

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | November 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – weeks 1 & 2

Log Chain played by Lonnie Seymour of Chillicothe, Ohio

Log Chain Another recording by Mr. Seymour, with Tony Ellis on banjo

And here you’ll find another version (slow and fast), played by Lynn Frederick for the Fiddle Club of the World.

A tune from George Coe’s Album of Music for the Violin, 1876. It’s not really a jig, except that it’s for a minstrel stage dance.

Pull Back Jig slower, then faster on banjo & fiddle

Pull Back Jig fiddle only

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | November 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble Graduation

will be Wednesday, August 10 at 8pm at the
Atlantic Bar & Grill
5062 Lincoln

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Fiddle 4,Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | August 9, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 6

Here are slow and medium fiddle versions of Sandy Boys. Sorry, banjoists.

Sandy Boys slow

medium tempo

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | July 28, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 5

Is it a march? Is it a song? IDK, but it’s fun to play.

Old Indiana, Bob Holt of Ava, Missouri

medium tempo

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | July 22, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 4

A Steve Rosen original

Nail That Catfish to the Tree played by the Volo Bogtrotters

slow – fiddle

medium tempo – banjo

medium – mandolin

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | July 17, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 3

A quadrille tune — a “second change” — from Michigan

Right and Left Six played by Les Raber of Hastings, Michigan in 1981

medium tempo – fiddle

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | July 17, 2011 | Comments (0)


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