HOMESPUNTaught By Mike Seeger.
Level 3
90-min. video, Includes tab book
Special guests include Doc Watson, Etta Baker, Kirk Sutphin and others.
Mike Seeger teaches dominant old-time picking techniques —clawhammer, two- finger, three-finger, up-picking and others—in several tunings and styles. Workshop appearances from the Merle Watson Memorial Festival feature the banjo styles of Doc Watson (North Carolina); Kirk Sutphin and Greg Hooven (Mt. Airy and Galax); and Etta Baker and Joe and Odell Thompson (African-American). Mike's own interpretations of classic old-time tunes make this a comprehensive lesson for all players.
Eighteen songs including: "Molly Dear," "Snowdrop," "French Waltz," "Reuben's Train," "Tom Dooley," "Willie Moore," "Frosty Morn," "Old Joe Clark," "John Brown's Dream," "Backstep Cindy," "Old Corn Likker," "Marching Jaybird, "Soldier's Joy," "Needle Case," "Baptist Shout," "White House Blues."
Mike Seeger has devoted his life to singing, playing and documenting southern traditional
mountain music. He has toured throughout the world as a soloist and as a member
of the Vanguard old-time music group, the New Lost City Ramblers, of which he
was a founding member. Mike plays a variety of traditional styles on banjo, guitar,
fiddle, mandolin, trump, harmonica, quills, lap dulcimer, autoharp and other
instruments. He has produced nearly 70 recordings and has been nominated for
six Grammy awards.