Video: Jamming w/ Steve James at Goleta Old Time Fiddlers’ Convention
Here’s a little jam we had with Steve James (far left) at the National Guitar Booth at the Goleta Old Time Fiddlers’ Convention last month. A slow and sweetly melodious version of Stuff Smith’s “If...
View ArticleA banjo lesson – Marching Jaybird
Here’s (finally) the video version of the banjo lesson I promised at the Goleta Old-Time Fiddler’s Convention. The tune is Marching Jaybird; you can buy the original (and I highly recommend this album...
View ArticleA Christmas grind
Here’s a little Christmas present from one member of Sausage Grinder — enjoy!
View ArticleReview of ‘Delicious Moments’ on Folkworks
In case you weren’t aware how splendid Sausage Grinder’s debut CD, Delicious Moments, really is, there’s a great review of the album by Joel Okida over at online magazine Folkworks. Click here to go...
View ArticleBanjo lesson: Dock Boggs’ Danville Girl
Here’s a banjo lesson — a full 20 minutes, thanks YouTube — on Dock Boggs’ banjo song Danville Girl. I taught this at the Los Angeles Old-Time Social last month, which was a bunch of fun. Hope you enjoy!
View ArticleFiddle tunes from Jim Bowles
David taught these two fiddle tunes from Kentuckian Jim Bowles at the Los Angeles Old-Time Social last month. He plays the tunes up to speed and then gives ‘em to you slow with the bowing and a bunch...
View ArticleHello from Grinder Land
As Inspector Kemp said in Young Frankenstein, “A riot is an ugly thing. Und … I think it is just about time that we had one!” Well, we feel the same about our Sausage Grinder web posts, so today we...
View ArticleHappy birthday Mel Durham
It occurred to me this evening that Mel Durham would have been 97 years old a few days ago if he were still around, so I thought I’d share one of his tunes with everybody. If you don’t know who Mel is,...
View ArticleSausage Grinder at the Equinox Festival
The California Traditional Music Society’s Equinox Festival is September 10-11 at Rancho Cordillera del Norte in Northridge. Sausage Grinder will be there officially on Sunday (although most of us will...
View ArticleIt’s Goleta time again
Sausage Grinder will be playing a square dance at this year’s 40th Annual Old-Time Fiddlers’ Convention in Goleta, CA on Sunday, October 9. The festival starts at 10, the dance is around noon, and...
View ArticleA Christmas grind
Here’s a little Christmas present from one member of Sausage Grinder — enjoy!
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Review of ‘Delicious Moments’ on Folkworks
In case you weren’t aware how splendid Sausage Grinder’s debut CD, Delicious Moments, really is, there’s a great review of the album by Joel Okida over at online magazine Folkworks. Click here to go...
View ArticleBanjo lesson: Dock Boggs’ Danville Girl
Here’s a banjo lesson — a full 20 minutes, thanks YouTube — on Dock Boggs’ banjo song Danville Girl. I taught this at the Los Angeles Old-Time Social last month, which was a bunch of fun. Hope you...
View ArticleFiddle tunes from Jim Bowles
David taught these two fiddle tunes from Kentuckian Jim Bowles at the Los Angeles Old-Time Social last month. He plays the tunes up to speed and then gives ‘em to you slow with the bowing and a bunch...
View ArticleHello from Grinder Land
As Inspector Kemp said in Young Frankenstein, “A riot is an ugly thing. Und … I think it is just about time that we had one!” Well, we feel the same about our Sausage Grinder web posts, so today we...
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Happy birthday Mel Durham
Mel Durham, 2003 It occurred to me this evening that Mel Durham would have been 97 years old a few days ago if he were still around, so I thought I’d share one of his tunes with everybody. If you don’t...
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Sausage Grinder at the Equinox Festival
The California Traditional Music Society’s Equinox Festival is September 10-11 at Rancho Cordillera del Norte in Northridge. Sausage Grinder will be there officially on Sunday (although most of us...
View ArticleIt’s Goleta time again
Sausage Grinder will be playing a square dance at this year’s 40th Annual Old-Time Fiddlers’ Convention in Goleta, CA on Sunday, October 9. The festival starts at 10, the dance is around noon, and...
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Sausage Grinder is back!
Hello everybody! It’s been a while but after a not-so-brief hiatus, Sausage Grinder is back with more of our usual foolishness. We’ve been practicing away in the Old-Time Tiki Lounge and have some new...
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Grindette
If this is what those mysterious Elders were really getting up to with their world-controlling Protocols, I want in:
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