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Kaw-Liga

Played on an Ome Flora in Sawmill tuning (capo 4). Recorded on a Zoom H5.

From tab posted on BHO by user Harpist. Played on an Ome Flora in Sawmill tuning (capo 4). Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Two-finger, index lead and then thumb lead. I learned this from clawhammer banjo player Jack Childress. I used to be in a band with Jack, who was born in Pike County, KY and lived in Virginia before moving to Indiana. Although I am not playing clawhammer, for parts of the song I am adding a brush to my two-finger picking, so it sounds close (though not exactly the same) to the way Jack played it

Based heavily on an arrangement by Mike Iverson. Played on an Ome Flora in Open C tuning (capo 2). Recorded on a Zoom H5.

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 7/1/16, this tune comes from the playing of Illinois fiddler Waldo Helton and is #67 in R.P. Christeson's Old-Time Fiddle Repertory Vol. 2. He played the tune every year at a fourth of July picnic. What makes this tune unique this week is that their is no longer an available recording from the tune -- just the notation in the book. BHO members have collaborated to resurrect the tune and even give it a title.

source: Waldo Helton

Think I got this from a Dave Swarbrick (on Mando) rec. Really like the "accident" note and the mellow character.

Swift Solo Banjo. Tuned the 5th down a bunch for this. I heard this one the first time on Clyde Davenport´s record "Clydeoscope" and love it ever since.

As heard from the playing of John Salyer. Picked this rather basic version up from other people though.

Played on a buckbee fretless with nylgut strings tuned gDGDE (old G)

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 6/24/16, Josie Girl was learned by Tennessee fiddler Charlie Acuff (b. 1919) from his grandfather. A josie is said to be a lady's overcoat with a cape. Art Stamper called the tune Josie-O.

This is an arrangement from an instruction book "Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Banjo" by John Burke. I bought this book in the 70's at the Cambridge Folkfestival. At the time I could not coop with this tabs. Lucky me they invented internet and YouTube, so that we could get familiar with this old time music. The arrangement goes in the melodic direction. That's ok if you don't loose to much drive. The last part is meant to be a harmony part on the other ones

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 6/16/16, this arrangement uses three sources: fiddlers Clayton McMichen, of North Carolina, who learned it from his father and recorded with Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers in 1928; William Stepp, who recorded it with John Lomax in 1937; and John Ashby of Virginia, with his Free State Ramblers band. If you go to the TOTW thread, http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/319572, there's a great link of Stringbean playing and singing. It's a much better piece with the singing, IMO, but strangely the vocals don't use the double tonic mode like you hear in the A part.