Harry Reser Tenor Banjoist plays Tiger Rag

[vincenz55]

if you want to see even faster than this guy listen to the fastest banjo ive ever seen

lou calabrese in ida

watch?v=tc13cPihvqA

[oxdrift76]

yago2br. You're not reading carefully.

[oxdrift76]

By the early thirties, Reser had introduced a rythym guitar into the band including the Cliquot Club Eskimos group. We (my family) still have pictures of the band in their eskimo suits. My dad was the guitarist and his final instrument before he left the band was a Gibson L-5 he and Reser picked-up the the factory while playing in Michigan. That was 1934. An L-5 cost $275.00 at the time; a small fortune.

Enjoy the music

[yago2br]

@oxdrift76 your dad was harry reaser?

[potatoepeter1]

absolut music , and a abslolut club

[potatoepeter1]

:-)

[boojum2222]

Reser's banjo work is extrordinary but the arrangement as a whole loses the melody of "Tiger Rag." The accompanying pics are a treat.

effjay

[blondiebanjo007]

very nice, Harry.....nice version.......

personally, i am an Eddie Peabody fan......

ya gotta hear Eddie rip the strings off this song.....

but I enjoyed Harry's version.....however,

Eddie Peabody, "King of the Banjo" !!!!!!!!!!!

[sanfranphono]

Hello, I have added as a video response Harry Reser's Syncopators playing a hot 1926 Number:

Someone is Losin' Susan

Thanks for posting this.

Cheers

[williambeier]

Harry Reser was the most fantastic tenor player. Myron Hinkle was the only one who could out perform Harry. William Beier

[pomeroy40144]

Fantastic.

[Corrie121]

Harry Reser was something else on the banjo. Few could match virtuosity.

Thanks for sharing a great posting.

[hajune]

AMAZING

[azzx96]

Oh MY GOD how did you find an orignal clip of the cliquot club eskimos!!!!!

[samjhatfield]

This man could ROCK on the banjo.

[diarmaidok]

Harry Reser is the greatest banjo player of all time!

theres a couple of mice running round near the door at about 1:40

[ordix44]

..no fear, the kittens are on the keys...

[Bigband78]

@diarmaidok ,I saw that!

[bluedanbob]

This guy puts all the best bluegrass pickers to shame.

[specialedshortbus]

Completely different type of banjo and technique of playing, not that Harry Reser isn't amazing. It's just like comparing this to a rock guitarist though, unrelated.

[bluedanbob]

You're correct, the tenor and five string are only really similar in that their soundboxes are both heads stretched over a pot, however I was remarking that the sounds of a tenor virtuoso of Reser's level are in my opinion more complex, and, frankly, scarier than the fastest bluegrass picker.

In any event, the five string pickers outlasted the tenors :)

[diarmaidok]

hey theres still plenty of us tenor players around!...Buddy Wachter is well worth looking out for.

[xoxJazzBabyxox]

ALL BOW DOWN TO HARRY RESER

he is superior to the rags for sure

[neahga]

He needs to ditch the fluffy cuffs, they're interfering with the sound.

[KawhackitaRag]

HOLY ---- he makes it look so easy!

[vithefiddler]

The best ones always do. :)

[Morahman7vnNo2]

God Damn! This Guy Plays A Banjo So Fast It Like The Matallka For Banjos.

[HarborGuy]

We used to say "Hold that Tiger" to this at my grandmothers as kid and play it on the old Victrola....different band tho.......

[zootdroop]

Great stuff. What is this from?

[richmeister1]

Is that a big bottle of Cliquot Club?

[dgill1965]

Studio lights were HOT back then. How could these guys wear fur coats? Great performance! (Even the pull-back on the camera dolly is great!)

[Mutamaniac]

Man oh man that guy was 'frantic'.

The name Jack Convery rings a bell with me from sometime in the past. Did you happen to know Peter Thomas Stanton?

[deltasleep]

wow- amazing. and kinda nuts too!

[seanmoyses]

By the way, Harry does this tune on his Gibson Plectrum banjo, Harry played both tenor and plectrum..wonderfully of course!

[seanmoyses]

Great Jack, how much better can it get?

Sean