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Posted by JanetB
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Size: 3,006kb, uploaded 7/3/2015 6:31:12 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the old-time Tune of the Week, 7/3/15, here are five versions of Liza Jane. The first is from a 1917 recording of Little Liza Jane by Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band. Second is J.P. Fraley's Little Liza Jane. Third is Mountaineer's Love Song via Al Hopkins and the Hillbillies (1926). Fourth is from Clyde Davenport and fifth is Bob Thornburg's Liza Jane, learned from Dwight Diller.
2 comments on “Liza Jane (open G tuning)”
Don Borchelt Says:
Friday, July 3, 2015 @7:48:33 AM
Nice job of picking, Janet. This first version is the tune I first learned as Liza Jane, decades ago as a baby picker.
JanetB Says:
Thursday, September 17, 2015 @5:20:54 PM
Thanks, Don!! Are you a grandpa picker yet?
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