Hot Times at Old Town

Appearing below are selections from the hard copy Hot Times. The objective is to highlight activities at the School and in the larger community, especially those featuring or of special interest to teachers and staff. Your suggestions are welcome. Enter a comment (under any item); it will come to me rather than automatically appearing.

Muriel Anderson on youtube….wow!

When you’re next on youtube, look up Muriel Anderson’s Angelina Baker. (Muriel is a former OTS techer and was the first woman to be national guitar fingerpicking champ.) If you’re an old-timey devotee (or even not), you’re likely to be amazed at the sight of her playing Angela Baker on a guitar in….well, in a banjo style. Or in a style using banjo techniques. Or using skills she learned from the devil. Really, you need to see it yourself. And keep watching as she does several variations. Great version! And all the while, she’s clearly having a wonderful time!

Depending on the breadth of your tastes, you may decide to stop the video when Muriel breaks into bluegrass fingerpicking and the crowd goes wild. But that’s worth watching too. Wow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJw7-vFrKnQ.

Muriel gave a workshop at the School in July. No doubt she’ll be back again; it’ll be worth taking.

Filed under: Interesting at Old Town by Skip | July 13, 2008 |


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