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Joseph Decosimo
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2011
I'm mostly posting old school-ish Old-time music from Southern Appalachia and the broader Southern US. I'm trying to post high quality stuff because the internet is full of half-baked renditions of this beautiful music, which is a bummer. I make music inspired by rare old sounds. songs/banjo/fiddle-mostly inspired and informed by Old-time musicians from the Southern US. I grew up in Tennessee and cut my musical teeth there. I tried to learn from some of the older players around there. I like music with edges, grit, and guts. I'm also a folklorist/ethnomusicologist person with a phd and have taught fiddle and banjo at one of the few university programs where you can major in this stuff. Besides playing and teaching lots of traditional stuff, I sometimes collaborate with folks who make music outside of that world. Thanks for checking this out.
Lost Girl - Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, Cleek Schrey + I 85 underpass
Lost Girl from our new record "Beehive Cathedral" available here: josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/beehive-cathedral
We learned it from our visits with the great fiddler Clyde Davenport in Jamestown, TN and later in Monticello, KY. While we're familiar with versions in the keys of G and C from VA, NC, WV, and KY, Clyde's is the only one we've come across in D and feels quite different from the others. We're playing it below I 85 in Durham, NC. Joseph and Cleek are fiddling. Luke is playing the banjo.
The record is available via Dear Life Records.
www.josephdecosimo.com/
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We learned it from our visits with the great fiddler Clyde Davenport in Jamestown, TN and later in Monticello, KY. While we're familiar with versions in the keys of G and C from VA, NC, WV, and KY, Clyde's is the only one we've come across in D and feels quite different from the others. We're playing it below I 85 in Durham, NC. Joseph and Cleek are fiddling. Luke is playing the banjo.
The record is available via Dear Life Records.
www.josephdecosimo.com/
josephdecosimo?igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
cleekschrey?igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
#folkmusic #folk #clawhammerbanjo #banjo #violin #fiddle #oldtimemusic #traditionalmusic
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Lost Gander / Wild Goose Chase - Joseph Decosimo
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inspired by Dee Hicks and Virgil Anderson. On my album "While You Were Slumbering," which just turned 2 : josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/while-you-were-slumbering Much of the recording explores the beautiful repertoire of the region and of Dee Hicks, who was a great ballad singer and banjo player. The piece is unique to the Upper Cumberland Plateau region along the TN/KY line. I recommend sp...
Cluck Old Hen - Joseph Decosimo 2 finger banjo
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Here's another uncommon Cluck Old Hen on the banjo. This one is from Ed Weaver and Pug Allen of Stuart's Draft, VA. fDGCD but lower on this lovely Romero gourd banjo. Old-time banjo and fiddle lessons: www.josephdecosimo.com/teaching my banjo/fiddle/song recordings: josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/ josephdecosimo?igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw
Cluck Old Hen clawhammer & 2 finger banjo / Joseph Decosimo
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An East Tennessee setting from Charlie Acuff played clawhammer and two finger style. It's on my new trio album "Beehive Cathedral": josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/beehive-cathedral Luke Richardson is banjoing on it and Cleek Schrey and I are fiddling). It's also on my solo banjo album: josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/the-aluminum-wonder tuned relative gGGBD but low banjo and fiddle lessons...
Blackberry blossoms - Joseph Decosimo fiddle
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an old fiddle tune from my new trio record "Beehive Cathedral": josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/beehive-cathedral the recording features Cleek Schrey on pump organ and Luke Richardson on banjo This is my favorite version of Blackberry Blossoms / Blackberry Blossom, inspired by Dick Burnett’s 1930 Columbia recording. I love the subtlety that Burnett brought to it, especially compared to the mo...
Shoot That Turkey Buzzard by Joseph Decosimo / two finger old-time banjo
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Here's shoot that turkey buzzard (aka shoot old davy dugger) that I learned from one of Art Rosenbaum's recordings of Chesley Chancey from Cherry Log, GA. I've changed some stuff around. gDGDE-ish It seems like all the old fiddlers in E TN and N GA played versions of this one. josephdecosimo "Beehive Cathedral"-a new trio record coming out 6/28/24 josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/albu...
betty baker on a Romero gourd banjo / Joseph Decosimo
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Jason Romero made me a beautiful gourd banjo, and here it is. It plays beautifully and sounds fantastic. I was noodling around with Betty Baker, one of my favorite fiddle pieces from Clyde Davenport's repertoire. It lays out well in this eCGCD (but lower) tuning and this two finger lick connects it back to how one of the ways that lots of the folks in Clyde's community (including the man himsel...
Roses in the Morning by Joseph Decosimo / from Clyde Davenport / track 2 of JD plays Clydeoscope
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Clydeoscope track 2: Roses in the Morning Here's the second track from the sweet, out of print Clyde Davenport record "Clydeoscope." I guess most of y'all probably don't know that recording, so this project probably seems like an arbitrary assemblage of Clydean pieces since the record is long out of print. Nevertheless, I'm trying to play through the tracks on there and get as close as I can to...
Callahan by Joseph Decosimo / JD plays Clydeoscope track 1
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Clydeoscope track 1: “Callahan” from Clyde Davenport. He called this one “Old Callahan” to distinguish it from another tune he played called “New Callahan.” I guess it’s one from his dad’s repertoire-a late 19th century TN/KY line Cumberland Plateau repertoire. It's a wonderful setting. So I’m gonna embark on a Clyde Davenport cosplay adventure in which I play all the tunes on the the rad “Clyd...
Fred Cockerham fiddle, Kyle Creed banjo, and Bobby Patterson play Soldier’s Joy 1974
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Here’s a deep cut: Fred Cockerham fiddling Fred Cockerham fiddling (!), Kyle Creed on banjo and Bobby Patterson on guitar, ripping Soldier’s Joy. This is the only video of Fred fiddling that I’m aware of. I found it while researching something unrelated. It’s from the National Folk Festival in 1974. These dudes were supreme shredders. It’s a good reminder how mighty the old standards can be. Pa...
Cumberland Gap 2finger banjo - Joseph Decosimo
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Cumberland Gap is always the best, and Morgan Sexton’s might be the bestest (at least for this week)… Or at least in the 2 finger old time banjo category. more rare old-time banjo: josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/the-aluminum-wonder fDGCD Old-time Banjo and fiddle lessons: www.josephdecosimo.com/teaching New Record: josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/while-you-were-slumbering
Katy Bar the Door - Joseph Decosimo (from the aluminum wonder)
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To celebrate the 2nd birthday of my banjo album "the aluminum wonder," here's "katy bar the door" from that recording, played on the aluminum wonder-a cheap, old, defretted aluminum banjo. Here's the album: josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/the-aluminum-wonder "Katy Bar the Door" is one of my favorite clawhammer pieces on there. I learned it from a recording of Roscoe Parrish of Coal Creek, Vir...
Young Rapoleon (The Bonny Bunch of Roses) - Joseph Decosimo
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"Young Rapoleon" is a "Bonny Bunch or Roses" variant from Tennessee ballad singer/banjo player Dee Hicks. It's a wonderfully cryptic alternative version and a fav on my new record "While You Were Slumbering." josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/while-you-were-slumbering open.spotify.com/track/2Tmtb49073Gcedq5eRdsIl?si=ddc9f8e9175d4c7c You can hear Dee Hicks beautiful rendition on "Five Miles Out ...
Joseph Decosimo & Matt O'Connell - "The Wild Goose Chase" (live)
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from "While You Were Slumbering" LP, CD, downloads available: josephdecosimo.bandcamp.com/album/while-you-were-slumbering www.sleepycatrec.com/scr019-while-you-were-slumbering Joseph Decosimo and Matt O'Connell perform the Wild Goose Chase from Joseph's new album "While You Were Slumbering." Joseph learned the piece during visits with master fiddler and banjo player Clyde Davenport. Davenport w...
Joseph Decosimo and Stephanie Coleman - Clear Fork (live)
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Joseph Decosimo and Stephanie Coleman - Clear Fork (live)
Joseph Decosimo - The Fox Chase / Lost Gander [Official Video]
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Joseph Decosimo - The Fox Chase / Lost Gander [Official Video]
Joseph Decosimo - Man Of Constant Sorrow (live)
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Joseph Decosimo - Man Of Constant Sorrow (live)
Joseph Decosimo - Will Davenport's Tune [Official Video]
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Joseph Decosimo - Will Davenport's Tune [Official Video]
Will Davenport's Tune by Joseph Decosimo
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Will Davenport's Tune by Joseph Decosimo
red steer clawhammer banjo / Joseph Decosimo
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red steer clawhammer banjo / Joseph Decosimo
jenny ran away in the mud in the night / joseph decosimo fiddle fast and slow
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jenny ran away in the mud in the night / joseph decosimo fiddle fast and slow
alabama gals / buffalo gals Joseph Decosimo old-time banjo
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alabama gals / buffalo gals Joseph Decosimo old-time banjo
mystery Dee Hicks tune from Clyde Davenport / Joseph Decosimo clawhammer banjo
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mystery Dee Hicks tune from Clyde Davenport / Joseph Decosimo clawhammer banjo
Fortune | Joseph Decosimo old-time clawhammer banjo
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Fortune | Joseph Decosimo old-time clawhammer banjo
Mississippi Sawyer clawhammer banjo lesson / Joseph Decosimo / Wade Ward's Old-time banjo version
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Mississippi Sawyer clawhammer banjo lesson / Joseph Decosimo / Wade Ward's Old-time banjo version
wild goose chase / geese honking clawhammer and two finger banjo by Joseph Decosimo
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wild goose chase / geese honking clawhammer and two finger banjo by Joseph Decosimo
Puncheon Camps by Joseph Decosimo / Old-time clawhammer banjo tune from Clyde Davenport
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Puncheon Camps by Joseph Decosimo / Old-time clawhammer banjo tune from Clyde Davenport
Cumberland Gap /Joseph Decosimo Old-time two finger banjo from Morgan Sexton
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Cumberland Gap /Joseph Decosimo Old-time two finger banjo from Morgan Sexton
blackeyed susie clawhammer banjo lesson | from Joseph Decosimo
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blackeyed susie clawhammer banjo lesson | from Joseph Decosimo
Awesome!!
Ya can’t sit still music, Lovely! Kind Thanks! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
If you tab these out I will pay
What are you tuned to Joseph?
❤
Sounds great, and the new CD is wonderful.
Do you suppose any randoms were out there, and thought they'd lost their minds because right smack in the middle of Bull City they were hearing an amazing fiddle tune...
Nice Job! Impressive!
More bow
Wow!
Love it.
Cut back banjo
sweet job
Wow. ❤
perfect
Very nice. I really loves this tune. I hope you will make a lesson on it like the one you made for Josie Girl. Tom Collins made one on Patreon, but it is very advanced and detailed, and continues in several videos. That’s fine, but also exhausting 😂I just want to play some banjo 😜so a simple, no nonsense lesson in on my wishing list for Christmas. Actually I figured the harmonic part out myself, but the odd and twisted part later on really busted my sorry brain 🥴😂 Enyway, it’s a great tune, and I enjoy it every time I put your LP on the player.
Excellent! Hope you do, `Shout Lulu` some fine day!
Nice! I just read the description, nice little tid bits of info in there. Thanks!
love it Joseph.
That is AWESOME! Beautiful and hauntingly ethereal.
Incredible, going to try to tackle this.
Do you have the tab for this? Would love to learn it, I can't get enough of Morgan Sexton. Lovely playing.
Masterful!
Cool! I play a version in major as well, different B part. Beautiful!
Thank you, Joseph.
Whoa! I've never seen a gourd banjo with frets. Sounds great
Wow this is such a wonderful and flowing version.
Magic! Your gourd banjo sounds great. Nice version of cluck old hen
lovely!!
Doubling down on this, Inkeep returning to this song! Trying to learn this version now on my gourd.
Dig it!
@JosephDecosimo any chance you have this arrangement available in written form? would love to learn it
Thanks brother
I haven't been playing very long but I was playing with him in hi bass
What a great tune! What a great fiddler and the guitar is perfect Oct 7 830 am. David from arkansas
I recognise this tune also as Old Blue Bonnet from Stephanie and Nora’s tiny desk
One word: Nice...!
Amazing picking
Beautiful....what is the tuning?
gGGBD but tuned lower
Well done Joseph 👏!
❤❤🔥🔥🔥
Great tune and playing Joseph! It’s the John Brown’s Dream tuning right?
yep!
Awesome brother!
Excellent player! I like both version but If I had to pick a favorite it would be the second one. They used to called that index lead upstroke style. You use the flesh side of the index finger to pick out the melody which sounds a little better to my ears. But I like both.
Worked pretty hard to fiddle around like that.
That background is weirding my eyes out!
Really nice!!!🌻
Swag
Nice 😮
Do you need specific strings to tune a banjo as low as your first one? I've tried tuning my entry level barns and mullins thing but at a full step it starts to lose intonation
GDA..D?
GDAE but pitched a bit lower probably
Is this my sign to learn fiddle as well