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Baltimore Fire
ianpicco
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A Traditional tune about the great fire of 1904 that burned most of Baltimore to the ground. Below is an interesting web page with further info on the song, complete with t...
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Rattlesnake Daddy
ianpicco
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Here's an old country blues tune popluar with the novelty acts in the 40's and 50's. However, I think it must have originated in the Piedmont regions in the early 20th cen...
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Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
ianpicco
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The first recording of this song I know of is by Charlie Poole in 1928, but the song dates back much further I'm sure. It's a song about an old card game called the Georgia...
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Oklahoma Blues
ianpicco
380 views
A Western Swing tune, originally recorded by Zeke Clements and His Western Swing Band. I am playing it here on my Regal Resonator.
The chords i'm playing are:
C, C7, F, C...
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Mole in the Ground
ianpicco
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This is a traditional tune played on my fretless Supertone banjo. I have it tuned to a Double C. GCGCD
Here are the Lyrics:
Wish I was a mole in the ground
Wish I was a ...
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Canción Mixteca
ianpicco
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My favorite Mexican Ranchera song. It is a melancholy tune about homesickness, originally written by José López Alavéz, who wrote the song about his longing for his home in...
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Fooba Wooba John (Jaw Harp)
ianpicco
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A children's Song. Learned this lick from Mike Seeger, from his album "Music From True Vine" Kudos to Gadaya for transferring that album on his Old Times Aint What They Use...
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Dyin' Crapshooter Blues (Ballad of Fat Lip Jim)
ianpicco
489 views
Influenced by Michael Hurley's version, lyrics adapted to fit the story of a close friend of mine in Tulsa, OK.
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Pine Grove Blues (Ma Négresse)
ianpicco
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A Cajun tune originally written by Nathan Abshire: "Pine Grove Blues", also referred to on some recordings as "Ma Négresse," is a song that follows the lineage of "Black Gi...
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Dear OKIE
ianpicco
1,897 views
A song I recently learned from The New Lost City Ramblers, on their Modern TImes album. A comical song about the great depression/dustbowl era, and the migrant exodus to Ca...
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