The Devil and Me Blues - Pee Bee Guttenburg

"Me and the Devil Blues."

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Springfield Rifle - Carl Dalton

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Pretty Polly

I don't think this is supposed to be the old folk tune but Carl's really starting to get the feel of the banjo.

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The First Waltz

I tried a few things in 3/4 time recently and I'm really enjoying it. It's a bit strange with the old frailing action and instead of trying to analyse when the bumps and ditties should go I found it easier to let it go and just play.

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Pee Bee Guttenburg - Ernie

Song for the New Year:"Ernie"

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Pee Bee Guttenburg - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

The Band Covers:Number 1 "The night they drove Old Dixie down."

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Less Dillard...

More Dullard
This little ditty has been giving me the earworm treatment recently.

Oh by the way..

Oh by the way the Dillard in the 'Dillard and Clark' tunes is Doug Dillard. Heres a super cool video of him in action (look at that bass player shes got it going ON, man!!!) In this book their double act is described as short lived cos ' with his shitkicking grin Doug and Gene never had the discipline or desire to be a performing act' as their favourite pastime was to take acid and drink row upon row of Martinis. - Carl

Gene Clark we like..

Carl writes:

Hi Andy, i cant remember if you got me the 'Hotel California' book for christmas but thanks if you did. There are loads of tunes by bands in California that started to mix bluegrass and country with pop, folk and rock in the mid/late 60s. Ive only read a few chapters but i realised that my favourite tune on that Raising Sand album was written by the singer out of the Byrds. Here are a couple of great tunes I've discovered by Gene Clark - Carl Charmer

Lets Go Pickaboo

It's been a wee while since last we met. I've been having a flirtation with the idea of a tenor banjo but finances have closed that one off for a while. So instead I've been playing the old 5 string in a more celtic/pletrum stylee. This has morphed into a nascent tune called 'Lets Go Dancing' with the Charmers but I've been having a play around with the melody, which I've always heard in my head as a kind of call and response tune, and here's where its got me.

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