Staten Island Hornpipe on the Lee Chalk Mountain Prototype

Sold this 2004 banjo new, and it's been traded on another Lee!

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Music

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• clawhammer
• banjo
• frailing
• frail
• clawhammerbanjo

[PepeCorsica]

cool version! who did you get it from?

[zeppmusic]

I learned the tune from the fiddling of Judy Hough, back in the '70s when I played in an Ithaca-based band with her. The banjo "arrangement" is simply how I play it, and is subject to change. :-) I have heard a few other banjo versions, but I rarely listen to other banjo players, as I find it influences my musical thinking. I much prefer to learn tunes from fiddlers!

[pit032]

Your never too old to learn tbugger..you make clawhammer look way too easy zepp, cut it out lol..

[zeppmusic]

Gotta agree: You are never too old to learn, and especially to learn a laid-back style such as clawhammer! The free time thing is another issue--one I must contend with daily, I fear. Contact me, tbugger, and we'll get you started!

Thanks, pit032. It looks easy because after enough time, it is easy. :-)

[tbugger]

Man! I'm a clawhammer fan! I give you a 5 star rating!

[zeppmusic]

Thanks! Do you play?  If not, you should, it's easy (after a while).

[fireflyxl5]

Great playing! 

[clawlarry]

Unless you are a lot older than I imagine, you probably AREN'T TOO OLD. I took up clawhammer banjo at age 60. I've now been playing for over three years and unless my math skills have completely failed me, I'm now 63. I don't know that I'll ever get super good but that's now why I started playing. It was to have fun and I'm having a BLAST!

[sableJester]

i think if you played a song written for banjo on an electric guitar, it would come out sounding something liek dropkick murphys.

or maybe flogging molly.

[gdtrfb24]

Agree, like the song and the tone of the Lee banjo.

[tbugger]

Nope. I don't (can't) play. Too old to learn! Too young to have enough free time. I just love the ol time stuff.