Ragtime Banjo : FRED VAN EPS ( Lonesome Mama Blues 1923 )

[MrFabiodagostino]

marvellous,so relaxing,looks like a stan laurel and oliver hardy soundtrack....

[mustaine75]

It's a great genre of music. It always reminded me of these funny American movies, like westerns or something, but now, as I've grown up a bit, I realized it's something unique, though it's rather happy, cheerful, it also has a lot of spirit.

[shiambles]

Prachtig!!

Great old music!

[filmcrew1551]

wow,so rich and on a string instrument.cool to hear things like that from the 30's and earlier

[BrunoEspo]

awesome stuff....yer the best dude



[Harmonicajello]

This is a magic piece of music. Thanks for posting it.

[johnnyhoodoo]

This is great.Thanks.

[Marygrange1]

Superbe !



[LillyC68]

What a charming upload!

[ATOMICOELIA]

fantastica registrazione!

[MegaMoochie1]

Good stuff there, Ragtime. Glad to see you're back. you always come up the the coolest tunes! Peace, bro

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

@MegaMoochie1 thanks bro!

[cinderellalifestyle]

Sweet!:-)

[journeyer58]

Dorian, great to hear these oldies again. Thank you for finding these absolute gems of old time music. Your channel is one I listen to everyday for a break from the cares of these troubled times. Again thank you for finding and uploading these absolute gems.

[Glaeken1961]

Yes, the CRAFT was alive and well, and practice, practice,practice. Entertainers had to have something of substance back then, to hold a crowd. Now, music itself is not so much the priority, but more the image, the marketing. Roy Smeck practiced for a year on some of his pieces before he performed them in public.

[ThePeaceableKingdom]

@Glaeken1961 "Roy Smeck practiced for a year on some of his pieces before he performed them in public."

Interesting. I didn't know that, but I can believe that!

[Idaho278]

I'm learning to play the Maple Leaf Rag, worked on a bit of the first part and am starting to really appreciate the hard work these guys put into their music!

[jet936]

More Please ! I notice that the banjo always sounds "harder" in these old recordings, is that just down to different recording methods or were different strings used ?

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

@jet936 I love his fingerstyle. I know the strings used before were not the same.

[noblesiner]

Dude!!!! I'm so glad your hear. I love all this obscure roots stuff you find and upload. AWESOME!!!

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

@noblesiner 1923.. maybe, the last year of ragtime.

[love2beachbum]

It certanly is beyond amazing at how things have changed. thank You for always sharing these great oldies

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

@love2beachbum I want to play "Echoes from the Snowball Club" (with my Martin) tomorrow. Some good ragtime guitar ! okay ??