Half Irish. 49th Annual Santa Barbara old-Time Fddlers Contest Tim Rowell 2020-10-01 | My Name is Tim Rowell and I’ll be playing Half Irish for the 49th Annual Santa Barbara Old-Time Fiddlers’ contest.Half Irish comes from fiddler Owen “Snake” ChapmanChapman who was born near the small town of Canada up in Pike County, Eastern Kentucky in 1919. Owen learned banjo and fiddle from his father George and his uncle Hense Chapman. I first heard this at the Lake Genero Fiddlin’ Bear festival in Pennsylvania played by fiddler Christina Crowder.
Burl Hammons Tune Tim Rowell 2020-08-04 | I learned this tune from the fiddling of Jimmy Triplett from his recent compilation of Lee Hammons tunes.
Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase Tim Rowell 2020-06-20 | Great old C tune from Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners. Played by the Quarantiners from 5 towns in two countries.John Maguire - fiddleJohn Reddick - fiddleDon Borchelt - banjoTim Rowell - banjoDon Couchie - guitar, bass
Hell Broke Loose In Georgia Tim Rowell 2020-05-25 | Old-time music performed from 5 cities in two countries during this crazy time of quarantine. Inspired by a recording of Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers. A band from Georgia that performed in the 1920's and 30's. Don Borchelt and Tim Rowell on banjos, John Reddick and John Maguire on fiddles and Don Couchie on guitar and bass.
Amy and Tim at Banjo Camp North Tim Rowell 2020-05-17 | Shortnin' BreadD Medley: Spring In The Valley, Half Irish, Cowboys DreamTim Rowell - banjoAmy Coburn - banjo and guitar
Old Mose Tim Rowell 2020-05-07 | Learned from an early recording of Illinois fiddler Howard Sims. b.1897. Played from four different towns in Massachusetts. Key of C.
Silver Dagger Tim Rowell 2020-03-30 | Silver Dagger clawhammer banjo arrangement inspired by the fiddling of the legendary Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley. I'm super excited to hear the new boxed set of the Haley family tunes coming out this summer from Spring Fed Records.
Darling Nellie Gray Tim Rowell 2020-02-24 | One of my most favoritest, bestest long time students, Calvin, plays the Kyle Creed piece Darling Nellie Gray
White Creek (source: Earl Collins) Tim Rowell 2020-02-23 | Tim, Jess and Tim play the tune White Creek from Missouri-born fiddler Earl Collins.
Emergency Pulloff Tim Rowell 2019-12-01 | Yersterday's rehearsa of the Stoned Face Mountain Stringband..Megan the banjo player burned her finger during Thanksgiving. So she played this without picks and with a bandaid covering the tip of her right hand picking finger. Ahh kids. They don't know what they're not supposed to be able to do.
Halloween tour of my teaching studio. Tim Rowell 2019-10-31 | Here at the school we like to take advantage of the holidays.
Shadow Ridge Tim Rowell 2019-10-18 | Rehearsing a Chris Thile tune with a few students at the Real School of Music last Saturday. This band four years ago was called Candy Mountain Stringband. They renamed themselves Stone Face Mountain.
Farewell Trion Clawhammer Banjo Tim Rowell 2019-08-15 | I learned this tune from the fiddling of James Bryan. The banjo is a really exciting design and beautiful build by Ryan Navey. It's a short-scale, 6 string banjo built on a 12 inch pot. Mahogany with rosewood trim and nylon strings.
Old Home Place Tim Rowell 2018-07-04 | The second video that afternoon. It was hot plus outside. The kids were real troopers and a ton of fun to work with. Bluegrass Ensemble from The Real School Of Music in Burlington, MA.
Ground Speed Tim Rowell 2018-07-04 | Candy Mountain Stringband - a young bluegrass ensemble (except for one old guy) from The Real School of Music in Burlington, MA. Special guest appearance at the end...
Texas Gals Tim Rowell 2018-06-30 | Texas Gals fiddle tune played on the banjo in the clawhammer style in the key of C by Tim Rowell. There's an early source recording of this tune by the Virginia band "The Hill Billies" that can be found at the website Slippery-Hill.comBostonBanjoTeacher.com
Garfields Blackberry Blossom with Ambrose Tim Rowell 2017-11-07 | Another great fiddle tune that came from West Virginia / Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley. Here played by fiddler Ambrose Verdibello with banjo player Tim Rowell in Ossining, NY.
Snake River Reel Tim Rowell 2017-10-30 | Snake River Reel by Peter Lippincott performed by Ambrose Verdibello on fiddle and Tim Rowell on banjo at the Jug Tavern in Ossining, NY.
Highlanders Farewell Tim Rowell 2017-10-23 | Highlander's Farewell played by Tim Rowell and Ambrose Verdibello at the historic Jug Tavern in Ossining, NY.
3 Thin Dimes at Clifftop Tim Rowell 2017-08-15 | Clifftop 2017. Fiddle tune from fiddler John Hutchison. Laura Taylor - fiddle, Thomas Sayers - guitar, Scott Nissenson - bass, Tim Rowell - banjo. Thank you Amy for shooting this. I actually learned this tune at Clifftop several years ago in a jam with Laura.
Sugar In The Gourd Tim Rowell 2017-07-10 | Mike Jarboe - fiddle Tim Rowell - banjo Mike and Tim playing together at the 2017 Harry Smith Frolic in Greefield, MA
Original Fiddle Tune Cold Mountain Tim Rowell 2015-08-13 | Jane Rothfield - Fiddle, composerTim Rowell - BanjoJoel Wennerstrom - guitarPerformed at Stubblebine Lutherie in Somerville, MATim's website BostonBanjoTeacher.comJanes's email janerothfield@gmail.com
Ida Red Tim Rowell 2015-06-12 | Ida Red fiddle tune from Ed Haley played by Jamie Ferguson on fiddle and Tim Rowell on banjo.
Cowboys Dream Tim Rowell 2015-05-08 | Cowboy's Dream - banjo and guitar. There's a source recording of John Hutchinson at Slippery-Hill.com I learned it after hearing Walt Koken play it on banjo at Banjo Camp North about a dozen years ago.
Gilsaw on Banjo and Guitar Tim Rowell 2015-02-02 | Fiddle tune Gilsaw played clawhammer style on the banjo. Recorded by Chad Maggs at his excellent studio Juniper Sound in Lowell, MA.source: Missouri fiddler Pete McMahan. I learned this tune after hearing and playing it a bunch down at Clifftop. Thanks Amy for the guitar playing!
Tallulah Gorge Tim Rowell 2015-01-29 | Tallulah Gorge composed by Amy Colburn. ..."I wrote this tune a couple winters ago after a hike through Tallulah Gorge in northern Georgia. Tallulah falls used to be called the Niagra of the South, until 1912 when the Georgia Railway and Power Company built a dam there. The gorge is the setting for several legends and many epic adventures. What is left is a deep gorge that gave me a real sense of being a guest of nature. The namesake of the gorge, Tallulah, was a Cherokee maiden, the daughter of Chief Grey Eagle. She fell in love with a white hunter. Her father ordered the stranger thrown off the cliff, now called Lover's Leap, and into the gorge. Much to the chief's dismay, Tallulah leaped in after him.In the evening, after the hike, I didn't sit down to write a tune. I sat down to learn Sally in the Garden. Though I like the tune, I was having trouble and so I let it go and just started to play whatever came out of my banjo in that same tuning. What the banjo and I came out with was this tune. The low A part of the tune represents the deep shadows that the tall cliffs cast over the canyon most of the day. The high B part represents the rushing cold whitewater that winds through the gorge. I play the tune in double C tuning, which puts it in C minor. I like the low bass of C as opposed to capoed up to D. Guitar players seem to prefer C as well. "
Silver Belle Tim Rowell 2015-01-17 | Silver Bell, also called Silver Belle, was composed in 1910 by Percy Wenrich, and was published with words by Edward Madden. Wenrich was from Joplin, Missouri but went to music school in Chicago and then on to New York. His biggest hit was probably “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet” in 1909, though he composed many tunes and scored stage productions as well. You can read more about Percy and see the cover of the sheet music for this tune, featuring a beautiful Native American maiden and her suitor, in the article found here: http://parlorsongs.com/issues/2000-4/2000-4.phpHere is the chorus: "Your voice is ringing,My Silver Bell.Under its spell,I've come to tellYou of the love I am bringing,O'er hill and dell.Happy we'll dwell,My Silver Bell."I first became acquainted with this tune by hearing Chip Arnold play the Will Keys two- finger index-lead version of the tune in double D tuning. I learned the three finger version in this video from Pete Peterson of the Orpheus Supertones. I like both versions very much. Bluegrass people also play this tune, and change keys somewhere along the line. I’m playing this one in the key of D with the banjo tuned in Drop D (aDAC#E).Many thanks to Tim Rowell for his supportive guitar playing!
Snake River Reel Tim Rowell 2015-01-15 | Great tune from Arkansas musician Peter Lippincott. Recorded by Chad Maggs at Juniper Studios in Lowell, MA
Fortune Tim Rowell 2015-01-09 | Fortune played two-finger index-lead by Amy Colburn. Tim on guitar.Banjo tuned to double D.BtheBanjo.com
Stumptailed Dolly Tim Rowell 2015-01-07 | Fiddle Tune Stumptailed Dolly played clawhammer style on the banjo. source recording: Kentucky fiddler John Morgan SalyerBtheBanjo.comBostonBanjoTeacher.com
Snakewinder Tim Rowell 2015-01-01 | Clawhammer Banjo. Source: Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas. Played by Tim Rowell with Amy Colburn on guitar.BostonBanjoTeacher.comBtheBanjo.com
Coal Creek March Tim Rowell 2015-01-01 | Coal Creek March played by Amy on banjo and Tim on guitar. Recorded at Juniper Studios in Lowell, MA.BostonBanjoTeacher.comB the Banjo.com
Chinquapin Hunting Tim Rowell 2014-06-04 | Art Stamper's Chinquapin Hunting. Key of D. Will Keys 2-finger style banjo.
Hanings Farewell Tim Rowell 2014-05-09 | Haning's Farewell from the fiddling of West Texas fiddler John Crooks by way of J. S. Price and the Marion Thede book.
Gilsaw Tim Rowell 2014-05-06 | A great fiddle tune brought to us by fiddler Pete McMahan from Missouri. He learned it from his uncle the sheriff who learned it from an itinerant fiddler at a railroad station. Here's a great link to the story:http://fiddlingmissouri.blogspot.com/2013/03/gilsaw-fiddler-from-hard-times-and-his.htmlPlayed here on the banjo clawhammer style by Tim RowellBostonBanjoTeacher.com
Petes High D Tune Tim Rowell 2014-04-24 | Pete's High D Tune played clawhammer style on the banjo. Composed by Pete Vigour.
Roaring River Tim Rowell 2014-04-21 | Roaring River inspired by the fiddling of Alabama fiddler Monte Sano Crowder
Tippin Back The Corn Tim Rowell 2014-04-19 | Tippin' Back The Corn. Fiddle tune by Jordan Wankoff played clawhammer style on an open-back banjo by Tim RowellBostonBanjoTeacher.comSkype lessons available.
Half Irish Tim Rowell 2014-04-16 | Fiddle tune from Snake Chapman named Half Irish played by Tim Rowell on a Bart Reiter Tubaphone banjo in the key of D.BostonBanjoTeacher.com Skype lessons available.
Christmastime In The Morning Tim Rowell 2013-11-14 | Inspired by the fiddling of Stephen B. Tucker, Library of Congress c.1939.Key of A Cathy Mason on Fiddle, Stephen Levy on Mandolin and Tim Rowell on Banjo.http://BostonBanjoTeacher.comhttp://therealschoolofmusic.com
Chilly Winds Tim Rowell 2013-06-04 | The Chicken Pluckers - a Boston area band play this great Old Time tune. Woody on Banjo, Marylou on Guitar and tim on Harmonica.http://www.thechickenpluckers.comSkype lessons and banjo tab available at:http://www.BostonBanjoTeacher.com
Sandy Boys Tim Rowell 2013-05-15 | The Chicken Pluckers - a Boston area band play this great Old Time tune. http://www.thechickenpluckers.comSkype lessons and banjo tab available at:http://www.BostonBanjoTeacher.com
Ora Lee Tim Rowell 2013-05-06 | The Chicken Pluckers a Boston area band play this great old tune. Woody reminded us of how much fun this tune was to play again. Tim on banjo, Woody on fiddle and Marylou on guitar.http://www.thechickenpluckers.comSkype lessons and banjo tab available at:http://www.BostonBanjoTeacher.com
Mike In the Wilderness Tim Rowell 2013-04-17 | I learned this from a recording of the fiddling of John Salyer. Sometimes he plays the "C" part twice and sometimes three times.Skype lessons and banjo tab available at:http://www.BostonBanjoTeacher.com
Long Steel Rail Tim Rowell 2013-04-16 | The Chicken Pluckers a Boston area band play this great old tune with lyrics mostly learned from a recording of Fred Cockerham. Tim on banjo, Woody on fiddle and Marylou on guitarSkype lessons and banjo tab available at:http://www.BostonBanjoTeacher.com
Its Raining Here This Morning Tim Rowell 2013-04-02 | The Hi-Tone Ramblers sing an old country song at the Sandywoods Center for the ArtsSkype lessons and banjo tab available at:http://www.BostonBanjoTeacher.com
Valley Forge at Sandywoods Tim Rowell 2013-04-01 | The Hi-Tone Ramblers perform an old fiddle tune learned from the playing of Absie Morrison at Sandywoods Center for the ArtsSkype lessons and banjo tab available at:http://www.BostonBanjoTeacher.com
