Shady Grove

[sittinknittin123]

Mr. rpeek . . . Absolutely encouraging....... uplifting. For this I thank you over and over.  I'm just picking up my banjo (again) and so love the old tunes. This is probably one of my favorite and you have done yourself proud. Thank you much.

[davyglen1]

I love this tune .. great pickin !! Matty Groves by Fairport Convention in the 70's is the same tune - I wonder which came first ? Love all your banjo videos ......Dave

[flonksies]

Mr rpeek, all yer banjovideos are just so accessible. I like that a lot. I've been converted to drop thumb through your clips, also I like the slowness of many parts of many of the tunes/songs you prefer, IE John Hardy, for instance. Thanks for this, and Keep Posting.

[rpeek]

@flonksies You betcha! Thanks for watchin'.. Congratulations for converting to drop thumb. It won't do ya wrong.. hahaha.

[Bassium08]

That was amazing my friend, even if the melody notes were a bit tricky or messed up, my ears couldn't figure that out, so even if there were mistakes you still had my ears fooled!

[rpeek]

@Bassium08 Cool .. thank You!

[electricslipper]

five stars * * * * *

[natep77]

Cool instrument. Ya B. sounds good.

[DJFozter]

I like the sound of B dorian, nice work!

[duececaboose]

nice work. i usually play it in c modal. tried playing along with your version and couldn't figure out what tuning you were in? sounds about an octave higher than my version...

[rpeek]

It's like standard G tuning but on a short neck banjo, so probably a few octives higher.. I tend to just tune 'em till I like the sound and go from there..

[duececaboose]

yup. that would explain why i was having a hard time figuring it out! thanks for the response buddy!

[rpeek]

Betcha..

[amerikanerMarinen]

Sounds like I'm back at home sittin on my front porch...takes me back.

[engrish07]

what a coincidence! I had this stuck in my head last week and figured it out on my shamisen. this is a great tune!

[kenworthit]

Cool!

[Busia1949]

I look forward to all your videos. The car is neat and your banjo playing makes it all that much better. Are you going to put primer on your rat rod or just leave it all rust and bondo? Just wondering.

i'm kinda partial to the primer look as that was what I remember from the "old days".

Keep them coming!

George

PS What video editing program do you use?

[rpeek]

I use Windows Movie Maker and Sony Vegas. A kind of combination of the two to get what I've got.. Thanks.. I plan to leave as much of the "original" finish as I can. painted the frame and sprayed a little primer on the back, but might sand that off, and plan to leave rust. Might coat it with a some "concrete sealer" that I've got left over from my garage. That should be original.. hahaha

[dmoore714]

Im 99% sure I heard Doc Watson play this song live once. Good tune.

You really are a one man show... hot rods and pickin'! If CMT ever bought out the Speed Network, you could be their #1 show.

[rpeek]

Yea, wouldn't that be fun..  Yee Haw! Thanks.

[Danielcory]

I subscribe yesterday, Favorited this, and gave it 5 stars.  you are awsome!!

[rpeek]

Thanks.!

[peelovesbeca]

Ha! I was ready to click away at 30 seconds or so, but u really picked it up. Good job, sounds nice

[rpeek]

Yea, I didn't want start rockin' out too quickly. Kind of surprises ya when it goes to passin' gear.

[young2880]

hey can u play any old hank williams sr songs naybe that would cool for a vid ?

[rpeek]

Sure, bet I could if I tried.. Might just give that a try..