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Here’s a rough cut of the only song on the Hanson book I really like. Over and Out Rag

Mar 7th, 2010 | Filed under Music, Recordings

One last one in Open D. This is Elizabeth Cotton’s version of Vastopol. I guess she spelled it with an ‘A’. Vastopol This is my 1000th blog post. Huh.

May 3rd, 2009 | Filed under Music, Recordings

This may be my favorite John Hurt tune of all. Open D. Payday

Apr 29th, 2009 | Filed under Music, Recordings

It’s an Open D marathon. This is a classic parlour guitar tune, Grossman version. Vestapol

Apr 28th, 2009 | Filed under Music, Recordings

Another one in Open D. Sitting on Top of the World

Apr 24th, 2009 | Filed under Music, Recordings

Another one in Open D, this one with a capo on the second fret. Quite a few mistakes in this one, but it’s just too hot in my house to do it again. John Henry

Apr 19th, 2009 | Filed under Music, Recordings

This is a simple version of the tune I learned from Grossman’s Big Book. It’s in Open D tuning. Kassie Jones John Hurt’s slide version of this song, ‘Talking Casey’, is my favorite.

Apr 17th, 2009 | Filed under Music, Recordings

A little change of pace. This is an old folk tune I learned from this nifty site. The Girl I Left Behind Me

Apr 16th, 2009 | Filed under Music, Recordings

One more John Hurt song in the key of A. This is not the Candyman song where ‘the Candyman can’. Although, in this version, the Candyman certainly can, he’s not actually talking about candy. Candyman In this recording my strings are completely shot. I’ll have to record it again sometime when I summon the energy [...]

Mar 29th, 2009 | Filed under Music, Recordings

Hey, a John Hurt tune. Can’t go wrong with one of those. Big Leg Blues

Dec 26th, 2008 | Filed under Music, Recordings