Blaine Chappell
Blaine Chappell
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Comparing two Dobson 1867 patent early banjos
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A friend of mine sent me his Dobson 1867 that he bought while out of the country to hold for him until he’s able to come pick it up. These are beautiful and wonderful sounding banjos, but my friend’s in particular is VERY beautiful and likely one of a kind.
Bat Cave, NC day 2 part 2 disaster recovery and relief effort from Hurricane Helene
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Bat Cave, NC day 2 part 2 disaster recovery and relief effort from Hurricane Helene
Bat Cave, NC disaster recovery and relief effort day 2 after Hurricane Helene
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Bat Cave, NC disaster recovery and relief effort day 2 after Hurricane Helene
Old Joe Clark banjo up picking lesson
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This is a somewhat simplified version of how to play Old Joe Clark in G, in an up picking style.
“Johnny Grotto” at Rattlesnake Ridge by Stefan of Trinidad and Tobago
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This was performed on Saturday September 7, 2024 during the banjo heritage gathering at Rattlesnake Ridge in Tennessee. Stefan is playing a traditional Trinidadian folk tune on a beautiful Cubley banjo, circa 1870-1880.
How to play Cripple Creek up picking on banjo
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I’m probably tuned in aEACE a step up from standard G (gDGBD)
Cole’s Eclipse banjo banjeaurine playing “Rye Whiskey” in three styles on
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Cole’s Eclipse banjeaurine, 11” rim, calfskin head, 21-1/2” scale, serial #3584. it uses a 5/8" solid maple 3 post bridge, nylgut light tension classic strings with a labella .0255" wound 4th string. This was made by the Cole Makers of Boston Massachusetts in the mid 1890s, after the split up of the Fairbanks and Cole Makers company in 1890. The tune is “Rye Whiskey” which I learned from Clifto...
Original Boucher banjo setup and service
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This circa 1850 Boucher was bright to me to clean up and setup by a friend, so I thought I would document some things about it, and demonstrate how I get banjos back to playable. Especially ones of this age
Gold Tone AC-mini review old time clawhammer two finger style playing
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Just got this cool little Gold Tone AC-mini to travel with and for my daughter to play when she’s old enough (if she wants to) Great little banjo, great tone.
Darling Cora on the porch with the rain and iona
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I learned this tune from Clifton Hicks. It’s tuned in gCGCC #wncmountains #banjoheritage #blueridgemountains #cliftonhicks
“Little Gray Mule” in fading light on 1840s Boucher banjo on the porch with the crickets
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I learned this tune from Clifton Hicks, who learned it from a recording by Roscoe Holcomb. It’s played in gCGCD, though I’m tuned several steps lower from there, on an original W. Boucher Jr. banjo, built in Baltimore in the 1840s.
“Little Birdie” on banjo singing to iona.
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“Little Birdie” on banjo singing to iona.
“Charlie’s Neat” banjo lesson gCGCD based on Jake Book’s version
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“Charlie’s Neat” banjo lesson gCGCD based on Jake Book’s version
“Charlie’s Neat” on 1840s Boucher banjo (June Apple?)
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“Charlie’s Neat” on 1840s Boucher banjo (June Apple?)
“Jubilee” watching a distant storm on banjo
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“Jubilee” watching a distant storm on banjo
“The House Carpenter” banjo while watching a distant storm
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“The House Carpenter” banjo while watching a distant storm
iona and banjo on the porch with a storm coming
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iona and banjo on the porch with a storm coming
Banjo on the porch with iona, Maude, Millie, and the rain
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Banjo on the porch with iona, Maude, Millie, and the rain
“Cold Icy Mountain” on 1880s Dobson Silver Bell lady banjo in Hartford, Connecticut
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“Cold Icy Mountain” on 1880s Dobson Silver Bell lady banjo in Hartford, Connecticut
“Wild Bill Jones” banjo by Wovoka on the porch in Zirconia, NC
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“Wild Bill Jones” banjo by Wovoka on the porch in Zirconia, NC
Playing various tunes for Iona on 1840s W. Boucher Jr. Banjo. Fireflies, fireworks and distant storm
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Playing various tunes for Iona on 1840s W. Boucher Jr. Banjo. Fireflies, fireworks and distant storm
“Little Maggie” quick how to, on banjo
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“Little Maggie” quick how to, on banjo
“The Coo Coo” during a distant storm on banjo
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“The Coo Coo” during a distant storm on banjo
The House Carpenter during a storm playing banjo
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The House Carpenter during a storm playing banjo
East Virginia during a storm on banjo
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East Virginia during a storm on banjo
How I play “Old Tar River” on banjo, relative gCGCD, quick lesson
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How I play “Old Tar River” on banjo, relative gCGCD, quick lesson
“Hop High My Lulu girl” lesson on banjo gDGBD
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“Hop High My Lulu girl” lesson on banjo gDGBD
“The blacksmith” lesson on banjo gDGCD
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“The blacksmith” lesson on banjo gDGCD
East Virginia Blues on Dobson 1867 banjo
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East Virginia Blues on Dobson 1867 banjo

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @IzaakAtlasSchwartz
    @IzaakAtlasSchwartz День тому

    This is great!

  • @onelove154
    @onelove154 3 дні тому

    Hi, I'm thinking about buying this little banjo today. I really like it. Could you do a short video showing how you play this song? I would like to learn to play it but I don't yet understand the right hand plucking and strumming technique. It's very fast, could you slow it right down please, so I can see and understand how you are playing that particular technique. Thanks, mate. Have a great 2025.

  • @onelove154
    @onelove154 18 днів тому

    That was really good. Impressed. 👏👏👏

  • @SamuelCollette-e8n
    @SamuelCollette-e8n Місяць тому

    It's good finger his banjo doesn't song like its in double C like Steve

  • @doggystyly
    @doggystyly Місяць тому

    Can you imagine all sitting around listening to this on the banjo in 1891 Im building the Time Machine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @doggystyly
    @doggystyly Місяць тому

    I would love to buy an album of all three of you playing your covers & songs Inc The Devil went down to Georgia Aaron’s version and this is brilliance at its best 🌏🌍🌎💫💫💫💫⚡️⚡️⚡️💥💥🌈

  • @LoTheBeloved
    @LoTheBeloved Місяць тому

    Nice one here! will you do a tutorial of Old dog blue, blind boy paxton? Cheers!

  • @DylanKDowd
    @DylanKDowd Місяць тому

    I’ve been watching this so much lately

  • @GuruishMike
    @GuruishMike 2 місяці тому

    Very nice, man. Have a good Christmas or whatever you celebrate

  • @AyePee
    @AyePee 2 місяці тому

    That is an amazingly beautiful banjo, curious as to how one goes about finding something so old

  • @doggystyly
    @doggystyly 2 місяці тому

    Searched for this 😊

  • @gp-banjo
    @gp-banjo 2 місяці тому

    Hey there Blaine, I remember seeing you mention an old time radio station in a comment. I promised myself I wouldn't forget the station's name but I did. Would you happen to know which station you were talking about?

    • @blainechappell5383
      @blainechappell5383 Місяць тому

      @@gp-banjo WNCW 88.7 fm out of Spindale, NC. The show it’s called This Old Porch from 3pm - 6pm EST on Sundays.

    • @gp-banjo
      @gp-banjo Місяць тому

      @@blainechappell5383 Thanks bud.

  • @NERDSLAYERPRIME
    @NERDSLAYERPRIME 2 місяці тому

    Any possibility in maybe getting a tab?

  • @seancline8130
    @seancline8130 2 місяці тому

    thanks Blaine, yer awesome

  • @jakeglanville6835
    @jakeglanville6835 3 місяці тому

    Very nicely played, Blaine, and I can see why English banjo makers like William Temlett took such a shine to it when one of the Dobsons (sorry, forgotten which one) demonstrated it to them around 1868, and started making their own copies kicking off the zither-banjo craze which lasted from the last two decades of the 19th Century to around 1940 and isn't dead yet!

  • @davidhalldurham
    @davidhalldurham 3 місяці тому

    Love the t-shirt!!!

  • @tina8796
    @tina8796 3 місяці тому

    Do you live there. So sad. Just a mud ball.

    • @blainechappell5383
      @blainechappell5383 3 місяці тому

      @@tina8796 I live a few miles away in Zirconia, NC. I was lucky and sustained minimal damage at my property. I wanted to come help those that were devastated by the hurricane.

  • @tina8796
    @tina8796 3 місяці тому

    Sadly, nothing but a mud ball. Not sure Western North Carolina will ever be the same.

  • @tom-green
    @tom-green 3 місяці тому

    Great banjos and great playing.

  • @MuddyGutSailingAndOutdoors
    @MuddyGutSailingAndOutdoors 3 місяці тому

    Great video Blaine, hope you’re doing well after the hurricane

    • @blainechappell5383
      @blainechappell5383 3 місяці тому

      @@MuddyGutSailingAndOutdoors we were lucky and came out of it all relatively unscathed. I’ve been able to go help the community a bit as well.

    • @MuddyGutSailingAndOutdoors
      @MuddyGutSailingAndOutdoors 3 місяці тому

      @blainechappell5383 Thats good to hear, and good to hear that you’re getting out and helping the community

  • @joshjames253
    @joshjames253 4 місяці тому

    Can you tell me if 815 is still there? It shared a bridge with 797

    • @blainechappell5383
      @blainechappell5383 3 місяці тому

      @@joshjames253 sorry for the late response. Most of the houses were completely destroyed.

  • @apollopathos1795
    @apollopathos1795 4 місяці тому

    Certified hood classic

  • @zachsmith5399
    @zachsmith5399 4 місяці тому

    Does it do okay tuning down some?

  • @badboybootz8
    @badboybootz8 4 місяці тому

    Damn I wanna be at this level!

  • @bodurango
    @bodurango 4 місяці тому

    Thanks. After watching this I ordered an AC-Mini. It will be my travelling, hiking and river trip partner. Thanks to Gold Tone for bringing this to market. I like that it is tuned to G. BTW, what is the tune that you play at the start of the video ? I like it.

    • @blainechappell5383
      @blainechappell5383 3 місяці тому

      @@bodurango it’s my own version of Hop High LuLu Girl. Let me know how you like yours

    • @bodurango
      @bodurango 3 місяці тому

      @@blainechappell5383 Well I bought an AC Mini and I love the thing. It makes it really easy to practice outside in beautiful places, where it would be a little cumbersome to take a standard banjo. I really like the G tuning. I ordered mine from Gold Tone with a scoop. Gold Tone charged $75 to install one, and it looks great. To my ear, the tone of the banjo was a little hollow for clawhammer. So I threw a sock in the resonator, and I really like the sound now. This banjo is a keeper for me.

  • @td4dotnet
    @td4dotnet 4 місяці тому

    This is what it’s all about boys

  • @seancline8130
    @seancline8130 4 місяці тому

    good stuff Blaine!

  • @badboybootz8
    @badboybootz8 4 місяці тому

    Thank Blaine i watch all these videos. Nice rifles by the way. I learned hot cross buns today 😂

  • @Popcorn_Kernel
    @Popcorn_Kernel 4 місяці тому

    You lucky ducky! Now im extra jealous 😂

  • @davidjerezgomez
    @davidjerezgomez 4 місяці тому

    Nice! Great ballad singing! Sounds like a Scottish ballad.

  • @tylerjgifford
    @tylerjgifford 4 місяці тому

    A surreal experience to see that in person. The way Stefan captured everyone's attention with this story doesn't come across on camera.

  • @CliftonHicksbanjo
    @CliftonHicksbanjo 4 місяці тому

    💀🔥💀

  • @chrismlastname
    @chrismlastname 4 місяці тому

    Right on great tutorial thanks!

  • @waltzingpeter
    @waltzingpeter 4 місяці тому

    Beautiful banjo, it’s a bitch being in mainland Europe and purchase something without insane tariffs

  • @davidhalldurham
    @davidhalldurham 4 місяці тому

    Excellent job, Blaine! Very easy to follow.

  • @badboybootz8
    @badboybootz8 4 місяці тому

    Thanks Blaine

  • @SYCHOp999
    @SYCHOp999 5 місяців тому

    Thanks my guy

  • @akirabell8743
    @akirabell8743 5 місяців тому

    Do you have a tab available for this?

    • @blainechappell5383
      @blainechappell5383 5 місяців тому

      I don't. I think clifton hicks did a tab for this, but in Double C

  • @davidjerezgomez
    @davidjerezgomez 5 місяців тому

    Nice job, Blaine! I love this ballad.

  • @HarryVsingersongwriter
    @HarryVsingersongwriter 5 місяців тому

    Found Cliftin Hicks'' version of Ain't got No Home. Love what you're doing Clifton!

  • @JimB73C
    @JimB73C 5 місяців тому

    Very informative demo! Thank you!

  • @waltzingpeter
    @waltzingpeter 6 місяців тому

    Beautiful.

  • @joegodsey8425
    @joegodsey8425 6 місяців тому

    Brother where can i find a lesson for this? I got a tab for ashleys version but I'm strugglin

  • @ButteCreekBanjo
    @ButteCreekBanjo 6 місяців тому

    Glorious brother!

  • @davidhalldurham
    @davidhalldurham 6 місяців тому

    Excellent job! And a CookOut t-shirt to go with it! 😃

  • @seancline8130
    @seancline8130 6 місяців тому

    Sweet sounds!

  • @chickenindoubleC
    @chickenindoubleC 6 місяців тому

    It's great to see the process. So cool!

  • @chickenindoubleC
    @chickenindoubleC 6 місяців тому

    Sounds great, Blaine! A few questions: are you planning on modifying it or do you think you'll keep it as is? AKA strings (steel, I imagine?), bridge, tailpiece, resonator? It seems very particularly designed, so I figured as-is is the way to go, perhaps? Thanks so much for this video!

    • @blainechappell5383
      @blainechappell5383 6 місяців тому

      @@chickenindoubleC at this time I'll keep it as is. That's no promise that I won't change it up. I may go with lighter strings and reduce the back angle on the neck one day. But it's pretty good as is

  • @MountainHomeJerrel
    @MountainHomeJerrel 6 місяців тому

    Awesome. Good one, man.