Old Time Fiddle Tunes

Old Time Fiddle Tunes
There's some great stuff out there this site has sheet music, midis and recordings of Old time, bluegrass, celtic tunes. They'e all been transcribed by John Lamancusa.

I found it while looking for the chords or tab for Margaret's Waltz played in the Dobro Dojo video from you tube I posted recently.

Jeff Davis, Spa Hotel 10th Feb

Spa Hotel, Saltburn
Tuesday 10th Feb 8pm

Jeff Davis
Old-time songs and music from North America with fiddle, banjo, guitar and mandolin

Jeff Davis is one of those musicians who makes everything look easy. He plays superb old-time fiddle, is a master of clawhammer banjo and just as good on guitar, mandolin or mandocello, without ever striving too hard for showy licks or empty virtuosity. His singing, based on long immersion in the styles of the old singers is truly timeless, conjuring vividly the world of the cowboy or the Civil War soldier.
Jeff Davis - Shortnin Bread


Jeff has an unusual and refreshing repertoire that includes songs and music from New England and the American West, as well as the more common Southern mountain material. His performances range from Appalachian ballads to Long Island fiddle tunes, songs of the civil war to African-American-style banjo-picking.
http://www.harbourtownrecords.com/Jeffdavis.htm

Sent in by Stan Gee
contact http://stangee.co.uk/

Groanbox Boys

If you get chance to see 'em, take it. I saw them in in 2008 when they were in North Yorkshire and they play a great mix of folk, blues and old-time music - fantastic.



http://www.groanboxboys.com/

Heroes - Dock Boggs

Initially, what got me into banjo was the idea of the bluegrass picker blazing away on those intricate rolls, but as I started to look at the history of the instrument more closely I came to feel that there was lot more to the story, and that the different styles of playing that evolved reflect the history and politics of America as it developed a unique and vibrant culture of its own through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

For me, one musician represents what I love about both banjo and American music - Dock Boggs. He's virtually unknown in the UK but his music has a fascinating hybrid quality which sets him apart. His recordings from the 1920s are a combination of old-time folk songs and early blues and have a driving rhythm which feels distinctive and unique. Boggs only recorded about twenty tracks in the 1920s before the Great Depression finished his recording career and sent back to the mines, where he stayed until he was rediscovered by Mike Seeger in the 1960s. He rerecorded a lot of his old songs and a load of folk standards for Folkways Records and you can download both his old and new stuff from Smithsonian Folkways - see the links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Boggs
http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=313
http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-6/6-5/dock-boggs.html

This is Jim Pankey playing a great clawhammer version of Country Blues