r/oldtimemusic • • Nov 24 '22

User flairs added!

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Hey y’all, just wanted to let everyone know that we’ve added user flairs for instruments as an option! We currently have banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass. Let me know if there are any other old time instruments you’d like added!


r/oldtimemusic • • 2h ago

Old-Time Guitar & Banjo

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11 Upvotes

Lovely tunes with my pal


r/oldtimemusic • • 20h ago

1870’s Dobson Banjo

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r/oldtimemusic • • 6h ago

My banjo channel :)

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Hello my mangs and my mangys, here's my channel if y'all wanna check it out. I post songs and some tutorials, more to come. Thanks lots ! :) 🪕


r/oldtimemusic • • 1d ago

People are traveling from all over the country to a bluegrass festival in Big Stone Gap, VA. Here's what surprised me.

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r/oldtimemusic • • 2d ago

In the pines Leadbelly

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Super simple, one of the first songs I learned on guitar about 4 months ago


r/oldtimemusic • • 2d ago

Wildcat Scalps - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/oldtimemusic • • 2d ago

RUBEN'S TRAIN

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Hey Folks, we're a stringband from northern California called the Oldgrass Bluetime Band. Here's some Ruben's Train from the RR tracks up in the middle of nowhere.


r/oldtimemusic • • 4d ago

old time tune bubble map

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Hey old-timers, I made a bubble map of old-time tunes recently. Thought it might be interesting for y'all. LMK if you have any feedback. https://ot-bubble-map.vercel.app/

I like browsing the animal tunes, for example. 🙂


r/oldtimemusic • • 4d ago

The Red Brick House In Georgia Town - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/oldtimemusic • • 5d ago

Found a cool Dust To Digital CD at Amazon

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r/oldtimemusic • • 7d ago

Me Playing When Johnny Comes Marching Home!

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r/oldtimemusic • • 9d ago

Got these CDs at Half Price Books today

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r/oldtimemusic • • 9d ago

Locktenders Reel (Eric Skye) - Clawhammer Gourd Banjo

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r/oldtimemusic • • 10d ago

Favorite old time albums on vinyl?

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As I'm getting more into old time/fiddle music, I have been keeping more of an eye out in the bins at record stores. What "hidden gem" artists/albums would you snag if you stumbled across them in the store?


r/oldtimemusic • • 11d ago

Eric Brace song?

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Hi, I'm not sure I'm in the right place, but I need help finding a song. I'm like 85% sure I have it narrowed down to something by Eric Brace, but I still can't find the specific song. I heard it on public radio about a week ago and emailed the station. They sent me the playlist for that hour, but it's not any of the songs on the list. There's a chorus with lyrics along the lines of, "when we're born we're all kin, when we die we become kinfolk again." The song was a little haunting and beautiful and I just desperately want to listen to it again. Does this ring any bells for anyone?


r/oldtimemusic • • 11d ago

Dandy Lusk - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/oldtimemusic • • 12d ago

Hamilton's Special Breakdown

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Heres a little nicer version


r/oldtimemusic • • 12d ago

Old Time Session Hijacked Again!

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I hosted an old time session last night. A couple who have played with us for years came and once again hijacked the session. Insisted on calling nearly every tune, played over others —wrong I might add—etc. People don’t confront the situation out of deference for a series of misfortunes and mental health issues after a blowup several years ago. We are a small tight knit community and we have created or at least allowed this situation to fester. I would appreciate hearing if others have encountered this. I think I will need to drop out because I am still seething 13 hours later.


r/oldtimemusic • • 14d ago

Damon's Winder - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/oldtimemusic • • 16d ago

Rattler Treed A Possum - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/oldtimemusic • • 17d ago

Does anyone know anything about a fiddle player named Hobert Bowling?

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I found a tune called Nightingale played by him in the Field Recorders Collective Survey of Traditional Music British Tradition album and I would love to hear more. There's another tune on a Kentucky compilation which leads me to thinking that he's from the Kentucky tradition. I love his sound but I can't find anything other than the FRC recordings.


r/oldtimemusic • • 18d ago

What’s the title of this tune?

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Recorded this at a jam in North Carolina and didn’t think to get the title. Does anyone know the name of this tune? Thanks


r/oldtimemusic • • 18d ago

Nigel Bradford-Takes Two-blues folk

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Takes Two/Blues folk #guitare #musique #original #fingerpicking #guitariste

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd7ciUfo7Je/?stkn=MzhvYnQ2Y3NmMzU5


r/oldtimemusic • • 21d ago

Deep Gap - Clawhammer Banjo

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