Paul Draper

Paul Draper

Old-Time and 19th century banjo

O! Pray Goody.

O! Pray Goody.

Chilly Winds

Chilly Winds

The Congo Prince Jig.

The Congo Prince Jig.

Georgie

Georgie

Tommy Turner’s Jig.

Tommy Turner’s Jig.

John Brown’s Dream

John Brown’s Dream

Booth Shot Lincoln

Booth Shot Lincoln

Buck Dance.

Buck Dance.

The Woodchoppers Reel

The Woodchoppers Reel

Jordan / Grape Vine Twist

Jordan / Grape Vine Twist

Sourwood Mountain

Sourwood Mountain

Star Of Kildare Jig

Star Of Kildare Jig

Draper’s  Hornpipe

Draper’s Hornpipe

Sally Ann

Sally Ann

Power of Music

Power of Music

Rosalie Polka

Rosalie Polka

Lincoln’s Hornpipe

Lincoln’s Hornpipe

Roaring River.

Roaring River.

Aunt Dinah’s Sauce Pan

Aunt Dinah’s Sauce Pan

Squirrel Heads and Gravy

Squirrel Heads and Gravy

Three 18th Century Tunes

Three 18th Century Tunes

Off To California

Off To California

Hunting the Buffalo

Hunting the Buffalo

Wounded Hoosier

Wounded Hoosier

Cluck Old Hen

Cluck Old Hen

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  • @user-qs6fq8hc7k
    @user-qs6fq8hc7kКүн бұрын

    Hell yea

  • @MylesPresley
    @MylesPresley2 күн бұрын

    I live in Arkansas it’s pretty good claw hammer to

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 күн бұрын

    Yep!

  • @dlh1947us
    @dlh1947us2 күн бұрын

    Nice bluesy rendition . My wife is walking around humming it to herself.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 күн бұрын

    The ultimate ear worm!

  • @udhehfhehcuw9169
    @udhehfhehcuw91692 күн бұрын

    Bravo. I only know the song in clawhammer style.

  • @user-qs6fq8hc7k
    @user-qs6fq8hc7k4 күн бұрын

    This is my favourite from your posts

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo4 күн бұрын

    Thanks

  • @user-qs6fq8hc7k
    @user-qs6fq8hc7k4 күн бұрын

    Sounds great

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo4 күн бұрын

    Thanks for listening

  • @benisontenison8225
    @benisontenison82254 күн бұрын

    Good stuff

  • @goldenbergconstruction1656
    @goldenbergconstruction16566 күн бұрын

    I think I am going to learn it 3 finger.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo6 күн бұрын

    Yes, it works well in that style

  • @giggletoot
    @giggletoot7 күн бұрын

    Briggs classic. Well done

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo7 күн бұрын

    Thanks Tim. Never gets old, does it

  • @lapboard340
    @lapboard3407 күн бұрын

    Well played gentlemen!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo7 күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @NoahCline
    @NoahCline7 күн бұрын

    Enjoyed it, Paul! Been a long time since I heard that one.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo7 күн бұрын

    Thanks Noah!

  • @dlh1947us
    @dlh1947us8 күн бұрын

    Very nice wonderful technique. It is great that you share. Thanks

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo8 күн бұрын

    Thanks for listening! I really appreciate it!

  • @loganminor3315
    @loganminor33158 күн бұрын

    I love jigs

  • @daviddraper6920
    @daviddraper69209 күн бұрын

    Very nice. Nice bouncy tune

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo9 күн бұрын

    Thanks

  • @daviddraper6920
    @daviddraper69209 күн бұрын

    Oh where is that garden and gate so I might learn upon it and listen to your tunes. 😊

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo9 күн бұрын

    That’s a really nice thought! Thanks

  • @dlh1947us
    @dlh1947us9 күн бұрын

    Great little tune.🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo9 күн бұрын

    Yes! Thanks

  • @gadaya
    @gadaya9 күн бұрын

    Great playing! What’s your tuning?

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo9 күн бұрын

    Thanks. Down a step or so from f#ADAD

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo9 күн бұрын

    Make that a half step: fG#C#G#C# or there abouts

  • @seanDF5
    @seanDF58 күн бұрын

    @@pauldraperbanjo Glen Smith also played in this tuning a lot too. Great playing

  • @KenneyCmusic
    @KenneyCmusic10 күн бұрын

    Very nice Paul, thats an interesting one! Love the slides.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo10 күн бұрын

    Thanks Kenney

  • @giggletoot
    @giggletoot10 күн бұрын

    Nicely done. That's a hard one

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo10 күн бұрын

    Thanks, Tim. I haven’t played it in a while

  • @banjotracks1
    @banjotracks111 күн бұрын

    Sweet - I like the little birds tweeting along...

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo11 күн бұрын

    Haha right in tune!

  • @FlatfootJohnny
    @FlatfootJohnny11 күн бұрын

    Lovely stuff. I've been trying to play this one for ages... can't quite get it.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo11 күн бұрын

    Thanks, John!

  • @KenneyCmusic
    @KenneyCmusic11 күн бұрын

    Banjo in the park! Doesn't get much better than that! Very nice Paul!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo11 күн бұрын

    Thanks, Kenney. Hope all’s well!

  • @dlh1947us
    @dlh1947us11 күн бұрын

    🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo11 күн бұрын

    Thanks for listening!

  • @KenneyCmusic
    @KenneyCmusic13 күн бұрын

    Yea, I really like this one too! That second chord is really interesting! Great playing Paul!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo13 күн бұрын

    Thanks, Kenney! Thanks for listening!

  • @gadaya
    @gadaya15 күн бұрын

    Love this one!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo15 күн бұрын

    Thanks, gadaya!

  • @terrencebritt5703
    @terrencebritt570316 күн бұрын

    Sounds like you should be playing on a boat. Lovely tune truly beautiful

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo16 күн бұрын

    Thanks. A steamboat would be nice

  • @samharris1035
    @samharris103516 күн бұрын

    Really cool tune!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo16 күн бұрын

    Thanks for listening, Sam!

  • @daviddraper6920
    @daviddraper6920Ай бұрын

    Once again, very nice. ❤

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjoАй бұрын

    Thanks. It’s been a while…

  • @rappstephen
    @rappstephenАй бұрын

    played this in a jam a few years back with Melinda Jamrom. She said she got it from Christian Wig's album. I picked it up from that. Love the way the melody appears to be in the key of D, yet barely utilizes the tonic chord.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjoАй бұрын

    As far as I can tell, there seems to be two versions of this tune - the Shelor version and the Knauff version. As gadaya pointed out in his comment above, Scott Prouty does a nice rendition of the Knauff version on his Shaking Down The Acorns album.

  • @gadaya
    @gadayaАй бұрын

    Fiddler Scott Prouty played this on his last record and it’s now a favorite of mine!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjoАй бұрын

    I haven’t heard his version yet, I’ll look for it..

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjoАй бұрын

    Of course! Silly me - I have this recording, totally forgot! It’s a great CD. I also like his version of Roaring River.

  • @elizabethslade4621
    @elizabethslade4621Ай бұрын

    Lovely indeed!!!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjoАй бұрын

    Thank you Liz!

  • @Dindi503i
    @Dindi503iАй бұрын

    Very nice. Are you in double C tuning?

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjoАй бұрын

    Thanks. Actually I’m in drop C: gCGBD. However most people play it in double C.

  • @Dindi503i
    @Dindi503iАй бұрын

    Thanks. It does sound good on my old John Grey in double C.

  • @BRIAN_IVERSON_20
    @BRIAN_IVERSON_202 ай бұрын

    old zip coon is a learned scholar

  • @gadaya
    @gadaya2 ай бұрын

    My favorite banjo tune! Great sound!

  • @sidonem5977
    @sidonem59772 ай бұрын

    beautiful! im in love with your fretless banjo, where does one acquire such an instrument?

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I bought this one years ago at Gryphon Stringed Instruments, but fretless banjos aren’t rare. There are a number of makers out there…

  • @MustardAndFries
    @MustardAndFries2 ай бұрын

    Haven’t been reading the news recently, but is this for real? President Lincoln was assassinated?

  • @daviddraper6920
    @daviddraper69202 ай бұрын

    Very nice. Enjoyed again

  • @jlmarks1
    @jlmarks12 ай бұрын

    Yowza!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks ! Taking advantage of Tim’s 6 string!

  • @jlmarks1
    @jlmarks12 ай бұрын

    @@pauldraperbanjo sounds especially great on this tune,

  • @udhehfhehcuw9169
    @udhehfhehcuw91692 ай бұрын

    👏 I love the way you play the C and D parts. I might need to copy yours

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I’m playing a 6 string, so the second bass string is tuned down to G. You can do the same thing on a 5 string by tuning the 4th string down to G. (Or A, if you’re playing in A)

  • @lynneshultis7070
    @lynneshultis70702 ай бұрын

    👍👍🎶🎶🪕🪕

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for checking it out. Much appreciated!

  • @BubbasRandomStuff
    @BubbasRandomStuff2 ай бұрын

    Very skilled sir.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for listening. Much appreciated!

  • @BubbasRandomStuff
    @BubbasRandomStuff2 ай бұрын

    @@pauldraperbanjo I’m just glad I found ya. It was a perfect listening song tonight as I set by a fire.

  • @noriturk
    @noriturk2 ай бұрын

    The off centered cadence was handled fantastic which kind of is the base of the song , bravo

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @sharkvus
    @sharkvus2 ай бұрын

    this is so sick!! tysm for this dude😸😸

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks, it’s cool with some percussion. kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJ6m2qVmmraWe7Q.htmlsi=cchlBr53QLFTWfec

  • @daviddraper6920
    @daviddraper69202 ай бұрын

    😊

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for listening 😊

  • @dlh1947us
    @dlh1947us2 ай бұрын

    🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for listening

  • @KenneyCmusic
    @KenneyCmusic2 ай бұрын

    6 string! Nice Paul! Great tune. I'm just waiting for my Frank Bradbury C Notation book to come in the mail. I'm very excited for it!

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    You’ll love it!

  • @KenneyCmusic
    @KenneyCmusic2 ай бұрын

    @@pauldraperbanjo Did I mention the Briggs Tutor that I ordered also? It was tabbed by a guy named Joseph Wedlich. Saw it on Amazon. I'd like to find a notated version.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Here it is…. archive.org/details/briggs-banjo-instructor-1855

  • @KenneyCmusic
    @KenneyCmusic2 ай бұрын

    @@pauldraperbanjo Ah nice! Thank you!

  • @daviddraper6920
    @daviddraper69202 ай бұрын

    Whole hog or none/root hog or die. Boy I don't like my choices but like the tune and your playing.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Some of the 1858 lyrics for Root Hog: This world it is a great one, I just begin to find / You got to travel mighty fast, or else you’ll get behind / Everyone is for themselves now is all the cry / Big pig or little pig, root hog or die.

  • @tastas3880
    @tastas38802 ай бұрын

    Are these nylon or nygut strings and what's it tuned in?? Ive been chasing after this sound for years

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    These are gut. Tuned dGDF#A

  • @tastas3880
    @tastas38802 ай бұрын

    @pauldraperbanjo the nylgut or just gut, if you don't mind, if i ask where would we find some gut strings??

  • @tastas3880
    @tastas38802 ай бұрын

    @@pauldraperbanjo I've got my kettle gourd tuned in dadF#a is a good tuning? Your opinion

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    These are Bow Brand harp strings which I get from Kolacny Music company, Denver CO. You can also get banjo specific gut strings from Gamut Strings. If you’re using harp strings, I go with 1st octave A for 1st and 5th strings; 2nd octave A for 2nd string; 3rd octave D for 3rd string; and classical guitar silver wound on nylon A for 4th string.

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    dADF#A or dGDF#A depending on what tune you’re playing

  • @dlh1947us
    @dlh1947us2 ай бұрын

    🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕

  • @pauldraperbanjo
    @pauldraperbanjo2 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Love those banjos

  • @drennenscotthistoric
    @drennenscotthistoric2 ай бұрын

    Enjoyed this!