A small collection of traditional tunes (and one from JS Bach), which have been updated and reinterpreted. Descriptions are in the song list, below.
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songs
all songs arranged and performed by skip via
- the blackest crow: traditional Appalachian song, played here on the banjo, autoharp, Dobrato guitar, and bass, along with vocals. The last verse is not from any form of the song I have heard, but it fits.
- shady groove: variations on a traditional Appalachian song, played on banjo, mandola, fiddle, bass, and percussion, with a short vocal
- bourée in E minor: variations on a composition by JS Bach, written between 1708 and 1717, which borrows heavily from Jethro Tull’s interpretation. Played on harpsichord, bass, guitar, flute, cello, and finger cymbals. For some reason I decided to play this in D minor, actually–the saddest of all keys.
- willy o’ winsbury: traditional English/Scottish storytelling ballad from at least 1775 [Child Ballad 100] played on guitar, bass, cello, tin whistle, bodhran, tambourine, and finger cymbals, along with vocals