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No gut, no glory.
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oldcremona
Style: Roots
Joined: March 16, 2007
Last Sign In: 1 week ago
Videos Watched: 12,392
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"Ah! Eph, what'll they think when they hear the old cremona speak like that!"

Tom Briggs (1824-1854)

I use original and reproduction banjos. My main minstrel-style axes are a James Hartel Ashborn reproduction and a George Wunderlich swell-neck tackhead. Both of those luthiers are well known for their "taste exact for faultless fact" when making banjos.

My classic-style banjo is an early 1890's Elias Howe "Superbo" model. All of my banjos have natural calf-skin heads and are strung with gut.

The goal of those of us in this little genre is to provide a "time-travel" experience through music. If you dig history you will hopefully enjoy my video's.
Hometown: Kansas City
Country: United States
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Videos (67)
Sweet Corn, by A. J. Weidt (1908)
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[TRANSLATED] Sweet Corn, by A. J. Weidt (1908)
[TRANSLATED] Sweet Corn, by A. J. Weidt (1908)
Classic Banjo tune performed by Hezekiah Urastus Anderton in 1908. I found this v...
7 months ago 2,105 views oldcremona
Jammin' with Clarke!
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[TRANSLATED] Jammin' with Clarke!
[TRANSLATED] Jammin' with Clarke!
A jam session in Fayetteville, Arkansas with banjo legend Clarke Buehling. Edd Ri...
1 month ago 290 views oldcremona
Money am a Hard Thing to Borrow.
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[TRANSLATED] Money am a Hard Thing to Borrow.
[TRANSLATED] Money am a Hard Thing to Borrow.
The tune here is "Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel." It was common for early banjo...
8 months ago 1,056 views oldcremona
Briggs Medley with Clarke Buehling.
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[TRANSLATED] Briggs Medley with Clarke Buehling.
[TRANSLATED] Briggs Medley with Clarke Buehling.
More of the Gum Springs Serenaders evening playing music with banjo legend Clarke ...
1 month ago 308 views oldcremona
Jim Along Josie.
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[TRANSLATED] Jim Along Josie.
[TRANSLATED] Jim Along Josie.
Minstrel music from the 1840's, recorded in the herb garden of the John Wornall Ho...
2 months ago 968 views oldcremona
His name was HEZEKIAH.
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[TRANSLATED] His name was HEZEKIAH.
[TRANSLATED] His name was HEZEKIAH.
Classic ragtime banjo music by my great-grandfather, Hezekiah Urastus Anderton. T...
5 months ago 782 views oldcremona
O Lud Gals.
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[TRANSLATED] O Lud Gals.
[TRANSLATED] O Lud Gals.
An early (mid 1840's) minstrel banjo tune, arranged in the seminal Briggs Banjo In...
1 month ago 568 views oldcremona
A Banjo Oddity.
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[TRANSLATED] A Banjo Oddity.
[TRANSLATED] A Banjo Oddity.
by Joe Morley, played on an 1894 S. S. Stewart banjeaurine.
4 months ago 602 views oldcremona
Castles in the Air.
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[TRANSLATED] Castles in the Air.
[TRANSLATED] Castles in the Air.
Old-tyme minstrel banjo music in the stroke-style.
3 months ago 301 views oldcremona
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(2/9) WW2 Combat Cameramen
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[TRANSLATED] (2/9) WW2 Combat Cameramen
[TRANSLATED] (2/9) WW2 Combat Cameramen
shooting war
1 month ago 2,216 views 20thCenturyWar
President Theodore Roosevelt
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[TRANSLATED] President Theodore Roosevelt
[TRANSLATED] President Theodore Roosevelt
The actual voice of Theodore Roosevelt Please comment
2 years ago 68,334 views Swallowyoursoul
Although of Native Maids the Cream - Utopia Limited
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[TRANSLATED] Although of Native Maids the Cre...
[TRANSLATED] Although of Native Maids the Cream - Utopia Limited
Me as Princess Kalyba and Charlotte Persson as Princess Nekaya from Savoynet's pro...
5 months ago 346 views butagirluk
Clarke Buehling
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[TRANSLATED] Clarke Buehling
[TRANSLATED] Clarke Buehling
Clarke Buehling revisits the CCAC
2 months ago 301 views CCACSAAR
Give 'em Hell Harry Part 1
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[TRANSLATED] Give 'em Hell Harry Part 1
[TRANSLATED] Give 'em Hell Harry Part 1
James Whitmore as Harry Truman. A little audio drop off sometimes but it gets bett...
10 months ago 1,193 views armysaber
W S Gilbert "Patience" Poem animation
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[TRANSLATED] W S Gilbert "Patience" Poem ani...
[TRANSLATED] W S Gilbert "Patience" Poem animation
Heres a virtual movie of W S Gilbert dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator b...
4 months ago 426 views poetryanimations
My Lord, A Suppliant At Your Feet/He Loves - Iolanthe
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[TRANSLATED] My Lord, A Suppliant At Your Fee...
[TRANSLATED] My Lord, A Suppliant At Your Feet/He Loves - Iolanthe
Not my finest moment vocally, but it's one of my favourite Gilbert & Sullivan scen...
2 months ago 137 views butagirluk
Wait For The Wagon - Jig
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[TRANSLATED] Wait For The Wagon - Jig
[TRANSLATED] Wait For The Wagon - Jig
Converse 1865
2 months ago 79 views giggletoot
HMS Warrior
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[TRANSLATED] HMS Warrior
[TRANSLATED] HMS Warrior
HMS Warrior,Portsmouth
1 year ago 1,059 views abdabs855423575
Channel Comments (34)
crazyvinny54 (1 month ago)
hey you dang federal.... how are you doing? cant wait for middle school tell Katrina i cant wait!
cwrematchr (1 month ago)
Hello Mr. Anderton! I didn't know you could even make comments. lol Anyways, I look forward to and enjoy your A.C. posts with new songs. Very sincerely, Your friend & obdt Svt
dynamo400 (1 month ago)
Ace lads love it!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Arn't you on The Authentic Campaiger?
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Thanks for subscribing, Sir.
LegallyMoi (4 months ago)
Hi Carl I'm Daniel S and I'm part of the Elliott's Scouts and I have seen you at a lot of events. Do you know Dave West or Jay because I'm really good friends with them. I also play the bones. Maybe I'll see you at the Shoal Creek event if you are coming. Say hi to everybody in the Tater Mess for me.
TheOriginalWheelsTV (4 months ago)
I always feel more honest and up right when I'm through watching one of your videos. Does that sound crazy?
agprincess013 (4 months ago)
Go you mean a credit reel? You have to select it in WMM in the place where you can put on a word slide. It's the very last one at the bottom.
thekidwhorocks100 (4 months ago)
thanks for giving us the gift of roots if weren't for that we would'nt have the stuff we have today
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