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Great stuff Martin, it's a great tune. Maudlin Mandolin played this for our group. I think we should resurrect!!
Well played Martin. I like the sound of your banjo.
Love that banjo, Martin. I'm glad I got the Song of the Week in early this time. There are so many fun extras coming out to learn.
Thanks folks. I like the way Maudlin did that Tosh. I had to slow it down quite a bit for banjo as we are still in the getting aquainted stage.
That's definitely the next on my todo list when I am finished with Blodaur Drain. Wonderfully honest and essential rendition on the banjo - who needs ornaments?
Man, I love this tune. Here I am trying to get ready to hit the road... dare I take the time to try to record it?
nice one Martin - you're making me miss my tenor banjo now!
I dared! Here it is one time through, played on my Collings MT2O mandolin, with my Petersen octave mandolin on rhythm.
Wow, that was fast! Accompaniment and all. It really sounds nice.
Good golly Miss Barbara, you whipped that right out! Sounds great too! Now, get thee to Colorado!
Great job there Barbara - that was awesome!
Really cool.
Wow Barb, such simple happiness!
Played on a Beard bouzouki - GGDDAAEE
Great work Eddie! Are you shy today?
The Zoom Q3 was set to zoom mode... I was hoping to capture the finger-stretches... the zouk is 24" Scale.
Sounds very good Eddie, though we didn't get to see much. Whatever those stretches were like, apparently you managed.
Sounds great!!
This is one fun jig to practise, though it drove me nuts in the second measure of the A part, but here goes.
Excellent Bertram! Love that booming bass at the end. Let it ring!
Fantastic Bertram, love it and like Martin says, you can't beat the booming bass!!! Great stuff.....
Thanks Martin and Tosh. You've got a potential boomer yourself, Tosh - haven't seen that 'cello in a while
With all the inspiring renditions so far, I thought I'd try my hand at this one. I'm playing my Breedlove OF Quartz mandolin. Tried this at 120 bpm, but couldn't keep up, so doing it at 110 bpm. Wish I could add some rhythm background to the recording, but had fun anyway doing this solo with my metronome. Jim
nice job there Jim!
That was great, Jim. I can't imagine it being played any faster than you just did!
Did a quick Tenpenny Bit version while Monica made supper..
Hi Marty, that was great. I hadn't heard this tune before so we gave it a go in our trio. We need to pick the speed up a bit and get a better recording but here is what we have: [mp3=0]http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=121858&d=1406122008=1][/mp3]
Great versions Marty and Bob. I first came across this tune On the Waterboy's fisherman's blues album (highly recommended) where it appeared as "When will we be married?". It was listed as traditional and I remember it took some detective work to track down the origins of the tune. So thanks guys for reminding me of this tune and taking me back to my original encounter with it. I've posted it here for those not familiar with it. They are still going strong - saw them in concert about a year ago but a bit too much electric rock and not enough acoustic/traditional for my tastes (the mandolin only made an appearance on one song - blink and you'd miss it - oh the fate of our lowly instrument).
enjoyed relearning this one , had forgotten how good a tune it is
Very nice, Lawrence. What a great tune. Those strings sure sing under your fingers !!
Fine steady playing, I’m still tapping my foot! Thanks Lawrence, this is actually the third or fourth tune years ago that I was unable to play... until today.
Here's a link to when the Ten Penny Bit was a Tune of the Week. https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/g...243&do=discuss
Lovely stuff Lawrence!
What a great sound you are getting out of that instrument, Lawrence - and your playing is a big contributory factor in this! Michael, thanks for posting the reminder of the original thread. I had forgotten about this one and have just been back on the thread having a listen to the offerings once again.
That mando matches the tune and really brings out the mystery tones. I love tunes you can get lost in, and you pulled that off here Lawrence.
Thanks Lawrence! Great bouncy playing as usual.
Good one Lawrence, with that mandolin's strength in the midrange boosting the driving parts of the tune, and you knowing how to use it