Listening to Earl's closing song on The Bluegrass Celebration DVD he plays what Skaggs called "Lonesome Rueben". But it sure sounds like the old standard "Train 45" to me.
Am I missing something?
Listening to Earl's closing song on The Bluegrass Celebration DVD he plays what Skaggs called "Lonesome Rueben". But it sure sounds like the old standard "Train 45" to me.
Am I missing something?
Al Henderson
Jacksonville, FL
"Only two kinds of people never make mistakes: Dead people and people that do nothing!" [Al's Dad]
'81 Gibson F5L Fern, J Rowland
'07 Arches A Style #11, "Hoss"
You're absolutely correct! - Scruggs: "Rueben"/"Lonesome Rueben" - Jimmy Martin & various others...: "Train 45" - Identical tune(with a few "twists" here and there). AND possibly..., "You Could hear the Whistle Blow a 'hundred Miles(words & a slower tempo!) - Regards, Moose.
Rueben is in the key of D (D tuning on the banjo) and Train 45 is in B if the singer can get that high-I mean sing that high.
Keep it acoustic.
my son's name is reuben, so i'd love to learn this tune. tab?
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