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Don Borchelt |

Posted by Don Borchelt
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Size: 1,425kb, uploaded 8/11/2011 10:48:36 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
This tune comes from fiddler Art Stamper. It feels like A Dorian, but it does not use the third degree of the scale, so it is hard to say for sure. My friend Tim Rowell recorded this tune with me at Clifftop 2011 one afternoon, at his campsite. He is playing clawhammer, while I am picking three-finger style. We both first heard this on Adam Hurt's inspiring Earthtones CD (engineered by BHO's own Paul Roberts), but ended up going back to Stamper to learn it.
3 comments on “John Riley the Shepherd from Clifftop 2011”
jimh269b Says:
Thursday, August 11, 2011 @12:30:47 PM
now don you and tim just done one of the best pickin you could ever ask for,it belongs in the banjo hell tribute
BanjoFlyboy Says:
Thursday, August 11, 2011 @1:11:24 PM
Very nice Don!
Couchie Says:
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 @4:18:30 PM
A very eloquent rendition for sure.
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