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Generally what I play when "Arkansas Traveler" gets called at a bluegrass jam. September 2024.

My version of "Waynesboro" from Kentucky fiddler Doc Roberts. September 2024. gDGBD tuning.

I made this fretless gourd banjo during the great lockdown of 2020. I had no idea what I was doing, and had a very limited skill-set (and tool-set) to pull from, but I managed to make something playable! I started reading a book about the history of the banjo this summer “Well of Souls” by Kristina R. Gaddy (highly recommended, if you’re into such things). It's made me want to take "Gourdy" dow...

My take on "Little Liza Jane." August 2024.

My version of "Landslide." Maybe a little too much "groove" for a sad ballad, but it's fun to play it this way. July 2024. gDGBD tuning.

Heavily based on a tab from Michael J. Miles, who claims Pete Seeger as the source. July 2024. gDGBD tuning.

My version of "Michael Turner's Waltz." I only know of this one because of the movie "Emma." Apparently it was written by Mozart, and Michael Turner was a 19th century fiddler who popularized it as a dance tune. June 2024. gDGBD tuning.

My take on "Whiskey Before Breakfast." I like to keep my playing approach on the simpler side, so this is Scruggs-style/in C-shapes/in standard tuning. May 2024.

Practicing for our performance at Adeline's upcoming recital. May 2024.

Adeline and I always get Steph a piece of yard art for Mother's Day. This year I carved her a fox out of a longleaf pine log.

My go-to warm-up song for bluegrass jams/gigs. May 2024.

My version of "Cherokee Shuffle." May 2024.

My version of "Big Scioty" (a fiddle tune named after the Scioto River in central and southern Ohio). May 2024.

My take on "Leather Britches." (“Leather Britches” are green beans that had been strung up and dried in order to preserve them. It’s an old Appalachian term, so that’s probably what the title is referencing, as opposed to rockstar pants). March 2024. gDGBD tuning.

Grandad's Favorite | Clawhammer Banjo

Taylor Swift "Blank Space" (Instrumental) | Clawhammer Banjo

Salt Spring | Scruggs-Style Banjo

Wildflowers (Instrumental) | Clawhammer Banjo

Reel a Castonguay | Clawhammer Banjo

Can't Fight This Feeling (Instrumental) | Clawhammer Banjo

St. Anne's Reel | Clawhammer Banjo

I Can't Make You Love Me (Instrumental) | Clawhammer Banjo

Si Bheag Si Mhor | Clawhammer Banjo

Nutcracker Chainsaw Carving

Smashing Pumpkins | Clawhammer Banjo

Adeline & dad’s “somewhere over the rainbow” 🌈(fiddle, clawhammer banjo)

Abe Lincoln Chainsaw Carving

Kate's Owl (Chainsaw Carving)

Adeline & Dad's "The Lilting Banshee" (fiddle, clawhammer banjo)