Custom Lesson Update

Casey Henry

Here’s what’s new lately on the custom lesson front. Some really interesting tunes I think. These can be ordered from my website, of course.

• City of New Orleans (I) – Steve Goodman song recorded by many, many people. Watch clip.
• Daddy’s Dream (A) – One of Sammy Shelor’s banjo tunes. Watch clip.
• Double Banjo Blues (A) – the Don Reno classic. These breaks can also be used on “Foggy Mountain Special.” Watch clip.
• Fox on the Run (Alternate Version) (I) – Two breaks here (verse and chorus). This is DIFFERENT from the Bill Emerson version I taught earlier. Simpler. From a recording sent to my by a student. Watch clip.
• Grandfather’s Clock (I) – My own arrangement of this. It’s a fun one to play. Watch clip.
• I Know You’re Married (Kickoff only) (A) – Another Reno classic. This kickoff is legendary. Hard, but legendary! Watch clip.
• I’ll Be There for You (Bon Jovi song) (A) – Backup for the entire song. Watch clip.
• Imagine (A) – My own solo-banjo arrangement of this John Lennon song. Watch clip.
• Lonesome Fiddle Blues (A)– A rather Scruggsy break to this fiddle tune, which most people play melodically. It’s easier this way, though you don’t get as much of the melody. Watch clip.
• Never Say Goodbye (Bon Jovi song) (A) – Again, backup for the entire song. Watch clip.
• Northern White Clouds (A) – Scruggsy break to this Bill Monroe tune, recently popularized by Michael Cleveland. Watch clip.
• Spanish Pipedream (I) – John Prine! I love John Prine and I love this tune, which I always think of as “Blow up your T.V.” Watch clip.
• Sunny Side of the Mountain (I) – A Jimmy Martin classic. This break is from JD Crowe playing it with the Grascals on YouTube. Watch clip.
• Walk the Way the Wind Blows Backup in D (I) – Good, solid 1-4-5 backup in the key of D. Watch clip.
• Why You Been Gone So Long (A) Watch clip.