Tuesday, April 25, 2017

New songs for this month

Sorry for being late

1-Georgia on a fast train
2-Is it too late now
3-Will you be loving another man
4-I saw the light (adjustment to progression) 4441 instead of 4411
5-I'll never love another
6-T for Texas
7-Short life of trouble (parking lot book)

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Whiskey before breakfast

http://www.mandolessons.com/lessons/fiddle-tunes/whiskey-before-breakfast-part-1
http://www.mandolessons.com/lessons/fiddle-tunes/whiskey-before-breakfast-part-2

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=whiskey+before+breakfast+guitar&&view=detail&mid=C60CCE74B78933DFFE68C60CCE74B78933DFFE68&rvsmid=01F61090041DFC38B66101F61090041DFC38B661&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV

Friday, March 10, 2017

Red River Valley lesson

https://www.banjobenclark.com/blog/2017/3/10/red-river-valley-carterstyle-guitar-buildabreak/

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Marana DBA Spring Session 5 weeks

Here is a layout of songs for our progressions we will be covering over the next 5 weeks.

1. Dueling Banjos (there are handouts at the Workshop and I will be posting tabs in a near future Blog)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhnAZFR1po
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xd4tGsEF6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srEOZzpdhs8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5XEc48lKg
2. Nobody's Business (Parking Lot Pickers Book)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjYlYv5dKk
3. Red River Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A5x7wkOn9E (music)
http://www.classic-country-song-lyrics.com/redrivervalleylyricschords.html (tabs and lyrics)
4. I'll Fly Away (Parking Lot Pickers Book)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNaf8WjAB44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPoMIQHwpo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U243YjLdpu4  (Dobro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js0NRYw4g54 (Guitar Carter Style)
5. My Little Georgia Rose (Parking Lot Pickers Book)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LReQdH-uzDU
6. Drinkin Dark Whiskey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_m5yrE-uMM (music)
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/g/gary_allan/drinkin_dark_whiskey_crd.htm (tabs and lyrics)
7. Roll on Buddy (Parking Lot Pickers Book)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmEtzQwiI3E

Fiddle tune remains Bill Cheatum
REMINDER: Its Renew your membership month at the DBA. If you haven't renewed or would like to be a new member, please sign up. It's only $20 for the year. with that you are provided Workshops (2 per week!), Jams(at least one per week), 3 day Bluegrass Festival, Special instrument Workshops by professional artists(at least one per month)
http://desertbluegrass.org/membership-application/

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

more links for Bill Cheatham

Hey a found a backdoor method to Bluegrass College and Bill Cheatham tabs

Banjo
http://www.bluegrasscollege.org/fakebook/pdf/BillCheatumBanjo.pdf

Dobro
http://www.bluegrasscollege.org/fakebook/pdf/BillCheatumDobro.pdf

Fiddle
http://www.bluegrasscollege.org/fakebook/pdf/BillCheatumFiddle.pdf

These are tabs from a Bluegrass College Fakebook. Enjoy! No associated lessons though. If you are presently taking lessons, and you should be, you can take these to your instructor for review.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

DBA New songs for January-Happy New Year

Remember, there is no Workshop on December 26(Monday), 27 (Tuesday) and January 2(Monday), 3(tuesday). 2 full weeks without Workshop, bummer. Get with a friend or Family and have a jam!

Here are the songs for January, plenty of time for practice


1 Wreck of the old 97-parking lot book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU-MTWwFV4g&list=RDnU-MTWwFV4g#t=34 Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5CNWkW6EoM How to play on banjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L9EBcJjGn4 how to play on Mandolin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_exuUAG_PfE How to play on guitar
   Sorry Couldnt find Fiddle or dobro lesson
2 Knock in on your door-bluegrass song book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzPJ6lQZ39U song
    Sorry couldn't find any lessons

3 This train-parking lot book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb2uciHpe4U song
    Sorry No Lessons

4 Long gone (5511 turnaround instead of 1511)bluegrass song book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB8rhpKGPWU Song


5 Greenville trestle high
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOh7y8OL1Mc Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEHlmm0huYU another version, more bluegrass instruments
http://www.classic-country-song-lyrics.com/thegreenvilletrestlehighlyricschords.html Lyrics


6 Graveyard shift (5411 turnaround)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqUArCvWNsI song, this group to be in our Festival
http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-graveyard-shift-lyrics-steve-earle.html Lyrics

7 Love oh love please come home (sub flatted 7th chord for the 4th measure)bluegrass song book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztew1cNpKdU


Fiddle tune Bill Cheatem
http://flatpickapprentice.blogspot.com/2010/11/bill-cheatham.html backing tracks
http://www.mandolessons.com/lessons/fiddle-tunes/bill-cheatham/ Mandolin lesson with tabs
http://www.bluegrassguitar.com/pdf/BillCheatham.pdf Guitar tab
http://www.banjobenclark.com/videos/free-banjo/banjo-bill-cheatham-254/ Banjo lesson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nr_f5brbkw Fiddle lesson
I will have the tab for all instruments including Dobro
There is a lot here, but you have two weeks to get a nice start on. I like a lot of the songs for singing; so if you want to sing, claim it!