banjo blues

Same little riff but slowed down a bit and played in a two finger pick and strum style.

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Summerhouse Blues

Thought it could do with some words..

A/A7
Sittin' at the window singing this song, watching the sun going down.
D7
Sittin' at the window singing this song,
A/A7
thinking that the summers all gone.
E7
No point pretending
D7
Nothin to lose
A7/E7
I think I got the summerhouse blues

Verse 2
Baby's been crying, baby's been moaning, baby she wants new shoes,
Baby's been crying, baby's been moaning, baby she wants new shoes,
Ain't got a dollar,
Nothing to choose,
Baby's got the summerhouse blues.

etc, etc...

Summerhouse Blues - Andy Dalton, Bruce Fisher

The Last Post (for this month)

I've had a mad month, what with the August Jam, a weeks holiday spent with the uke(and friends and family), and a visit from the Uke of Cornwall (aka Bruce Fisher). So after assuming this might be a quiet period blogwise, I've ended up posting a record number of times(for me).

So, to round off the month and put the Uke of Cornwall centre stage after he spent the August Jam in a corner with the Ju-ju stick here's a mellow uke blues in A7.

Summerhouse Blues

Blues on the Banjo

Back on the banjo.
Been working on the Daily Frail blues on the banjo workshop that Patrick Costello re-posted a couple of days ago - A Shady Situation. And here's a bit of audio of the outcome - haven't quite got the bar count right, but whatever.

Blue Uke in technocolour

Been playing the Uke in a frailing or clawhammer style which works quite well, except I've go the stop banging the body of the Uke with my thumb as it's more distracting on the Uke than on the banjo.

Ukulele Blues

It's here, the Blue Moon F-Hole Ukulele. Turned out the blog had prompted my wife - Mrs Northern Banjo Boy - and the kids to get me one for Father's Day. Thanks guys.

So I've been neglecting the banjo and my music lessons to play with my new toy.

Here's a bit of audio of it in action.

Blues Bend - Slight Return

Went back over the old blues exercise I was doing while ago, incorporating some drop-thumb, hammer-ons and bends.

Bendin those Blues

Been working on the 12 bar blues that I posted earlier, adding in a few of the 7th hammer-ons, pull-offs and bends that Patrick's been posting on Tangier Sounds workshops lately. Gettin there..

12 bar blues drop thumbing

This is a version of the 12 bar blues in G but using drop-thumb.

12 bar drop in G

oh susanna and 12 bar blues in G

A couple of tunes recorded with my new microphone - need to adjust the settings.

Oh Susanna


12 bars in G


The 12-bar blues has come out of this Daily Frail Workshop which I found quite handy and am still working on.