Country Blues

[theincrediblemrzach]

Way to go Jimbo. Love your style.

[tubegucker1]

are you using the drop thumb lick ?

[wildjimbo]

@tubegucker1 yes, and a variety of other things too. :)

[tubegucker1]

@wildjimbo Thanks: This cover is really great .I'm trying to learn clawhammer banjo now . I really wanna learn this (your?) arrangement of this great song, but it doesn't seem to be the easiest choice for beginning clawhammer. I've only played classic Scruggs style before. Can you give me any tips?

[wildjimbo]

@tubegucker1 I'm glad you like my arrangement. It's not that complex, but it wouldn't be something I'd suggest for a beginner to tackle. Spend more time on the basics. Spend plenty of time with drop thumbing and learn to utilize the technique over all the strings.

Just like learning Scruggs style you have to spend a lot of time making sure everything is internalized before you can start picking apart other people's arrangements.

[tubegucker1]

@wildjimbo Thank you. Maybe I'll put a clawhammer vid online someday. Then I'll let you know. Thanks for your help!

[Shivas4659]

Very nice rendition of the old dock boggs tune.  Thanks for sharing your talent. Like your banjo too!

[fngrpkn06]

Very nice!

[tubesteakbooky]

looks kinda easy to me sounds great though

[wildjimbo]

@tubesteakbooky yup... nothing to it but to do it. Looking forward to watching some of your videos. :)

[Hottub111]

whats the song your playing when the credits roll?

[wildjimbo]

@Hottub111 I'm not really sure... sounds a lot like the Macarena though. :)

[fallfrukt]

Well done! I appreciate the lesson.

[fridaymiles]

That's just doing it right-all the way. Sweet touch. Dock Boggs would be proud.

[wildjimbo]

@fridaymiles Thanks!

[vilktube]

Sir Wildjimbo,could you please recommend me artists which play music like this. I'm from Europe and not really familiar with this kind of music (especially not with banjo). Is this your song or just an interpretation?

Anyway, you are really a master on the banjo. Please keep up posting videos! :)

[wildjimbo]

@vilktube Thanks for your comments! Some current artists that I like and recommend are; Bertram Levy, Adam Hurt, and Dirk Powell, Bruce Molsky and Frank Lee.

Country Blues comes from Doc Boggs and is my arrangement of a great tune.

[vilktube]

@wildjimbo

And, sir, since you're very proficient in playing banjo, could it happen that you also have some recordings and if so, are they available for download/purchase?

[wildjimbo]

@vilktube I have a fiddle/banjo cd I recorded with a friend of mine. You can find it at CDBaby. You can also download it from Amazon, iTunes and a few other places. Just search for my name: Jim Pankey. The name of the CD is "Fiddlin' Bob & Banjer Jim: Grasshopper Sittin' On A Sweet Potato Vine"

[kevinboue1]

Amazing playing and great singing too! thank you for posting this video! What banjo are you playing here? it sounds (you make it sound) PERFECT. looks like a Ramsey Standard to me, is it? Congrats again.

kevin

[wildjimbo]

@kevinboue1 Thanks so much. It's a Ramsey Woody. :)

[fngrpkn06]

Great job I like your rendition.

[cowboytony47]

Very awsome blues video my friend,I have enjoyed your performe

[H4thoR]

superbe

[ppoika]

After I saw this video I learned how to play this tune. Looking at your right hand and hearing which tuning you used helped me a great deal, thanks!

[bethycar]

great tune! who wrote this? i heard Doc watson do it

[wildjimbo]

I learned the lyrics and tune from a recording of Doc Boggs.

[shadowofayounglion]

what are the chords for this song??? Im wanting to play it on guitar. I figure I'd have to use a capo.

[wildjimbo]

Pretty sure it's just C & G. Don't have my banjo or a guitar handy, but sounds like just two chords. :)

[cams6673]

nice one

[olentangyjohn]

Thanks for sharing!

[musukowarui]

cool

[UncleBubba]

That was excellent - thanks.

[bugleboy1913]

Great job! I'm more of a bugle/trumpet person myself, but I would like to learn the banjo. It sounds great, keep it up!

[daddywaytooloud]

Adding this to my favorites. Nice work.

[banjocuz]

Great banjo playing Jim..are you in double C ?

[wildjimbo]

Yes, double C. :)

Thanks!

[JoelleRaymondDK]

omg' thats SO nice..

[JohnnyHorton]

great!

[maarten10100]

:P

niet echt wauw

[wildjimbo]

Thanks for the comment and for watching. Maybe next time I'll have something you like. :)

[bordertownbrown]

Jim, Great rendition! I started listening to Dock Boggs about 35 years ago and learning his songs. At that time it seems like nobody wanted to hear this stuff but today at last it has found an audience on You Tube. Thanks, RB

[wildjimbo]

Glad you liked it. :) Boggs has some haunting stuff. I noodle with some of his fingerstyle too, but I'm more at home with clawhammer, so I just played what felt right.

[folkwaller]

Quite simply - brilliant.

[wildjimbo]

Thanks.

[adastick]

Just lovely. I found you about a year ago, and I still keep coming back to this song. Thank you.

[banjite]

I know what you mean. I can't go a month without hunting it up to get a listen. And when I do I listen to it about 5 times in a row. My wife says I have a problem.....but I don't think so.

[wildjimbo]

For what it's worth, at 5 times my wife would say you had a problem too. ;)

Thanks a ton!

-=Jim

[johnnymccrowe]

what kind of tone ring is on that banjo? rolled?

[wildjimbo]

It's a rosewood tonering.

[rapunzel4lorn]

very nice -thanks

[joeynichols420]

nice, you dont have a tab for that do ya? i cant find one naawwhur

[chirfu]

awesome frailing! very driving style you have.

5 *****

[nUnit4Life]

thank you for posting this! its GREAT!

[DickDallyThe3rd]

what kind of banjo is that? i know HOW you play is really where the sound comes from, but that banjo just sounds phenomenal.

[wildjimbo]

It's a Ramsey Woody.

[mufasamusic]

That's some mean clawhammer you got there....

[monctonacadian]

I love this!

can't get over it, keep listening to it over and over again!

I frail , but I can't do that drop thumb I'll have to practice I guess , any tips anyone !

[vanass01]

Jim, you did an outstanding job here. Thank you for sharing. All the best.

[avatar3714]

very good performance!

[kenta0jenta]

i love this.

[livndream4u2]

In intense rich song sung as if its a shrug of the sholder!!! Wonderful work!!!

[beavermagnet]

Nicely done! God, I love the banjo.

[jameslinjameslin]

nicee

[skeletox]

Excellent Frailing,Jim.

I have been playing scruggs style for about ten years now,..but for the life of me, cannot seem to get the frailing rythm going.

If you have any tips, please shoot me a message!

Thanks again, for sharing.

[ajbadger]

Great playing, Jim. Thanks for sharing this.

[DickDallyThe3rd]

ive been listening to this song most of the day, great stuff...but im just starting banjo, so i cant tell what tuning that is in

[wildjimbo]

Tuning is Double C. -- gCGCD

[johnnysweetheart]

sorry but i had to post again, in responce to all the requests for tabs, trow all your tabs in the fire b'ys, all you gotta do is watch and listen and you'll pick it up, theres no rules what ever way you wanna play it is best kind, 9 out of 10 chances says if you heard jim here play country blues again he wouldnt play it the same way anyway, people shouldnt be so worried about note for note, its banjo not photocopy

[johnnysweetheart]

great man! you got some good sound, you should stick up a few more of your own tunes, or even a bit more boggs, thanks!!

[BanjoBoog]

Really fine WJ!

[kettuantti]

You are the greatest. I´ve been listening this tune for 25 years or more and after listened and WATCHED you I have realized a thing or two...

[crawleykakes]

Great !!!!!

[Kelongde]

Fine banjo playing. Like the singing also.

[Mntgoatsfan]

You've got talent man! Really cool stuff! I love that song!

[riverwindflutes]

Great song, what scale banjo is this, and how are the strings tuned.

Thanks

Don A.

[wildjimbo]

Scale is 25.75". It has a 12" head, and I'm tuned to Double C (gCGCD).

[brent3270]

sweet pickin'!!! awesome interpretation of the old Dock Boggs classic. Great on vocal too.

[texican65]

What kind of banjo is that? Homeade?

[wildjimbo]

It's a Mike Ramsey Woody.

[paudical]

very nice

[josiahscurlock]

This is a wonderful cover. Dock Boggs would like it, I think.

[TeamCannabis]

Mighty fine frailing and singing,great tune...Thanks!

[SUNNYD3322]

Nice singing.

[buffleheadcabin]

Damn this is cool, I just bought a Doc Watson CD where he picks this one. Got me all riled up over it again so I'veen digging up all the ld recordings I can find.

[sweettrack]

Great  !!!!

[graystan1944]

thanks very much for a ace performance

[Specialk32928]

very cool old timey song-- you belong in tin pan alley about 40 years ago man lol

[jw200799]

What tuning are you in? This is soooooo good!

[wildjimbo]

Double C gCGCD

Thanks!

[lazystrings]

You have that magic touch, I really enjoyed it.

[lgomez222]

Great job! I really enjoyed this tune...nice setting, really set a nice mood for the song...

Keep 'em coming!

[ColdChicago]

doc boggs lives up on a mountain top his banjo hangs upon the wall and waits for his thumb to drop so let no whiskey cross your pathway let no pretty women trouble your mind and if that do not do it, dear people leave your banjo behind the sun waits for the morning and your deeds proceed your path let the devil keep you from safety and the banjo be your wrath

[starsuelady]

Wish I could do that. Very nice. Love the old style.

[gomezaka]

Thank you for another great video. Your videos are always a great inspiration.

Big thanks from a Clawhammer learner, Norway

[scawa1952]

Just learning frailing banjo. This is a great song to practice drop-thumb on.... Thanks

[goldman1949]

if you ever come to england you can stay at my house and try teach me , im learning but it still baffles me how you do it so well

[sparkyfiddle]

Beautiful playing. Hope I can get that good one day.

[YoppyKyabetsu]

I do love watching that right hand. When people ask me what their frailing hand should look like, this is one of the places I send them.

[wildjimbo]

Thanks for the awesome compliment!

[sevenmileford]

Do you have instructional videos?

[pleasuretrip]

It gave me goosebumps! great stuff!!

[Zanbarbones]

Loved it :)

[JuJuBuddy]

Love it. What tuning are you using? Thanks!

[wildjimbo]

Double-C

[babior6]

hello jim, any chance you can play this three finger picking, or were could i get the tab, many thanks dave

[wildjimbo]

I've never bothered to play it 3-finger style. I'd have no clue about getting a tab, I play all this stuff out of my head. :)

[ChrisEdwards2004]

Thanks for this little gem. Does the tune have a specific name other than Coubtry Blues?

[fwoompf]

Nope, that's the name of the song, written by the great Dock Boggs.

Jim, your videos were the first things I found when I started looking for clawhammer banjo clips on the internet before I bought my first banjo this summer and I've always thought they were fantastic. It's coming along, I'm having a blast...I wish I could do that drop thumb kind of stuff you're doing, someday though!

[donmanfredo]

It is by Dock Boggs and he named it Country Blues

[wildjimbo]

I've only ever known the tune as Country Blues.

[Bikerdude69]

Right on! I like the scenery in your videos, it does the music justice!

[wildjimbo]

Thanks! Glad you like my Front Yard. :)

[eikels]

cool (john Hiatt on a banjo}

[RonCen]

You rock...

enough said.

[jamesblackburnlynch]

Very nice. Do you do House Carpenter? You've got a scooped neck banjo; very cool. What is it?

[harrismagoon]

That was very nicely done!!! I didn't think I was a clawhammer fan either.

[Jorsh123]

Great stuff man.

[wildjimbo]

Thanks!

[flatpicker86]

Sounds Awesome! I might have to start playin the banjo!

[wildjimbo]

Do it. :)  Thanks!