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07 May, 2009

roscoe’s gone – updated

Posted by: Stephen In: stephen's blog

I’ve been playing the tune i posted yesterday for a day now. The more i play it the more I love it! As with most tunes it has started to change to suit my fingers so here is an updated version which is closer to the way I am now playing it. More…

06 May, 2009

roscoe’s gone

Posted by: Stephen In: stephen's blog

Here is my approximation of an old-time fiddle tune I heard yesterday on an album by American group The Stairwell Sisters. I couldn’t find it online so I just transcribed it myself. Apparently it was written by someone called Hank Bradley on the passing of an old fiddle player called Roscoe Parish. More…

03 Dec, 2007

chris joins the band

Posted by: rab In: rab's blog

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE! Chris joins Pigtown Fling!

Pigtown Fling now has a new member!

We are delighted to welcome Christine Beveridge to join us on our travels into music and beyond. More…


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  • Stephen: Yeah, it is a great tune. It's tunes like this that make me want to get a banjo!
  • David Brooks: This is a great tune. Evie Ladin, the banjo player for the Stairwell Sisters, plays a driving, syncopated version that is the engine for the tune. I

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web server change

I am in the process of moving all our sites to a new hosting company. The sites have been hosted with GoDaddy for the last year and I can’t say I have been very impressed with the service. More…

posted by Stephen in news on 23 Sep, 2009