COLORED ARISTOCRACY

A cake walk . Played by Guy Wolff as learned from the playing of Taj Mahal back in 1970. I am leaving out a bit of the melody in search of more rhythm flourishes . Tuning full C : gCGCE

Category:

Music

Tags:

• cake
• walk
• Colored
• Aristocracy
• Clawhammer
• banjo
• taj
• Mahal
• guy
• wolff

[htfiddler]

Blast from past time! Hey Guy ... what a hoot. Someone told me to look for Taj Mahal's banjo YouTubes, and I end up at yours! Long time .... eh? I see you have 128 uploads. Sorry ... I only got 3 on my channel. Check em out.......  Henry the Fiddler, Denver

[guywolff]

Hey Henry , I know I have a lot of clips but its because Ive met so many great people here to trade tunes with .I bet you are playing with real people .. Have you met any of the "mudcat" crew from mudcat . org . Lots of nice music people to stay with if your traveling . Lots of mudcatters in the UK .. All the best , Guy

[Mandolin1944]

Terrific! I play this song but not nearly so well!

[guywolff]

Hello and thanks for the listening . You have some wonderful mandolins with really great tone . Thanks for all your great clips , Yours Guy

[techman65]

Wow! Fantastic! Thanks for that demonstration of how to play!!

I am just learning to play banjo in the clawhammer style so watching you play that tune was truly an inspiration!

Best to you!!

Peace!

[pit032]

That looks like a tough tune to play wolff..always liked that one,.sounded good. Have you seen Taj play in the movie songcatcher?.

[guywolff]

backpourchbanjo (steve ) wrote the first note here and very kind of him it was :

"That's rather eccentric Guy but as you said, a lot of fun!"

[guywolff]

PS By the way sorry about below .. I am blind enough that I sometimes am trying to click on reply and hit remove instead.(Ive done it twice know ) I can see your comment on my editing page but I cant get it back up out here. I think Ill try and paste it . All the best , Guy

[guywolff]

Hello Steve .. No worries I knew just what you meant and was glad for your note .. The great thing at YT is with a flick of the wrist one can hear 4 great versions of a tune.. I would love to add more of those melody strains and not loose the cake walk syncopation . A tall order .. All the best , guy

[backporchbanjo]

I am not suggesting you change anything Guy, eccentricity is fine. As you said it's your own unique voice coming through. It aint broke so don't fix it!