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This is one of the oldest, most recognizable, and most universal of all American fiddle tunes, dating back to well before the Civil War. Ed and I recorded this while busking in Harvard Square. Ed is playing clawhammer style in double C tuning, capoed on the 2nd fret, and I amd three-finger picking in open D tuning. Someday we'll have to work out the classic skit that goes with it.

This video illustrates one of my banjos fiddle tune arrangements featured in my upcoming article for the Banjo Newsletter, called Orville's Way, Finding a Bridge from Bluegrass to old Time. You can find the article on-line, here:

https://banjonews.com/index.html

I've been meaning to learn this tune for years, and I finally got around to it, another great fiddle rag in the key of C. I am three finger picking my semi-fretless 1928 Tubaphone in double C tuning (gCGCD).

Ed Britt, John Maquire and I spent a very pleasant morning today busking in Harvard Square. A nice time for a waltz. Ed is playing clawhammer style on his OME Columbine in double C tuning capoed on the 2nd fret, I am three finger picking my Ode Model 42 in open D tuning (aDF #AD).

Picking with my good friend Don Couchie, who came down from Ontario to stay at Banjo Hell for the duration. Cripple Creek is the tune that got me started, and it is still my favorite tune.

This is a repost of a video I first posted a year ago. This is a new old-time tune by Peter Lippincott, a fiddler and potter from Missouri, and in the original video post I spelled his name wrong, which was just pointed out to me. Now, I believe I got it right! Anyway, the tune has that nice mixolydian flatted seventh that creeps in, especially in the B part. Ed is playing clawhammer style on his OME Columbine, in double C tuning capoed on the 2nd fret. I am three finger picking my Ode Model 42 in open D tuning.

This is still my favorite to play after all these years, and hundreds of tunes. It was the first one I learned, and likely the last one I will play before I leave. It never gets old for me.