It has been a great month in the days and lives of Lowcountry Bluegrass. I have several video and audio clips of the last month, including a lesson from Cletus, a Bluestone Rambler Gig with Alan Bibey filling in for Keith, and a documentary of the infamous Birdfest.
Stay tuned...
Sandy
Showing posts with label Cletus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cletus. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
PBR in the Wind
Last night I payed Cletus a visit to learn some tunes, and to try and catch some rare footage of his southern banjo pick'n ways. I was hoping to get him to show me some standard tunes I have learned wrong and played wrong for years. I need to grab the bull by the horns and relearn them. They say it is 7 times harder to relearn a tune after playing it wrong. You have to over come the bad habits you have instilled in the melody, and retrain your motor skills to play the correct melody. Cletus is a great teacher and has no problem telling you that your melody is wrong.
The tunes I am focusing on are Temprence Reel, Blackberry Blossom, Whiskey Before Breakfast, and Billy in the Lowground. I was fortunate enough to have him show me a great Mark O'Conner Tune called Picking in the Wind.
Here is the rare footage of my friend:
Sandy
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Pick'n with Cletus on a Cold Winter Night
Well after a fun night at Yo Burrito, I spent my Tuesday evening visiting Ole Cletus. It was freezing cold over on the Mountain they call Pleasant, but the fiery temperament of Cletus was more then enough to forget about the cold and focus on my guitar pick'n.
We started off playing the Dixie Hoedown then moved on to the Red Haired Boy, then to Cuckoo's Nest. As a guitar player I struggle with playing melodies in time. Ole Cletus has much to correct me on this night and I captured some great moments in this "lesson".
Here is me falling off the melody of Cuckoo's Nest and Cletus's response:
Yes funny stuff! After we spent a good half hour on Cuckoo's Nest we went on to Angeline the Baker and Over the Waterfall medley. Here is a clip of why any picker should turn there phone off when pick'n:
Ole Cletus is a character, but in all seriousness it was a great night we spent cleaning up some tunes I am struggling to pick. Thank goodness for a dedicated southern banjo picker!
Sandy
We started off playing the Dixie Hoedown then moved on to the Red Haired Boy, then to Cuckoo's Nest. As a guitar player I struggle with playing melodies in time. Ole Cletus has much to correct me on this night and I captured some great moments in this "lesson".
Here is me falling off the melody of Cuckoo's Nest and Cletus's response:
Ole Cletus is a character, but in all seriousness it was a great night we spent cleaning up some tunes I am struggling to pick. Thank goodness for a dedicated southern banjo picker!
Sandy
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
YO Monday
Yet another Mond
ay night at Yo Burrito (downtown) has come and gone for the Bluestone Ramblers. Somehow i think that we will remember this past one for a while. From time to time we have guest pickers join us for a few tunes on the illustrious recycled rug that some say is the source of Sandy's strumming power. Local legends such as Chris Robinson, Banjo Ben, and Cletus have joined us on the colorful rug (i think it needs a nickname, but more on that later).
show that you can't judge an evening by the amount of dollars that end up in the tip jar (in our case, the fiddle case). Perhaps a better measure would be the amount of beer that ends up in the beer bucket. It looks like it was a good night!
Keith
ay night at Yo Burrito (downtown) has come and gone for the Bluestone Ramblers. Somehow i think that we will remember this past one for a while. From time to time we have guest pickers join us for a few tunes on the illustrious recycled rug that some say is the source of Sandy's strumming power. Local legends such as Chris Robinson, Banjo Ben, and Cletus have joined us on the colorful rug (i think it needs a nickname, but more on that later). This time we were joined by Jason Schorr, a talented picker who only just recently moved to town. He played some banjo and guitar with us, but I hear he is quite capable of pickin' the doggy-doo out of just about anything with strings on it. We had a blast. It just goes to
show that you can't judge an evening by the amount of dollars that end up in the tip jar (in our case, the fiddle case). Perhaps a better measure would be the amount of beer that ends up in the beer bucket. It looks like it was a good night! Thanks Jason for coming out.
Here's Dixie Hoedown from on top of the recycled rug at Yo Burrito (Keith-mandolin, Sandy-guitar, Jacob on bass, Gary-dobro, Jason-banjo).
Keith
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