Hi All!
The 7th Ever Los Angeles Old-Time Social will be here May 17th through 19th and I'm teaching workshops again!! It's a grass roots event that keeps getting bigger and more exciting each year. It's 3 days of concerts, jams, square dances, cake walks and workshops in fiddle, banjo, calling, clogging, guitar, singing, etc.! I'll be joined by other instructors including Tom Sauber and West Virginia musicians Andy Fitzgibbons, & Ben Townsend to name a few.
I'll be teaching a clawhammer banjo workshop entitled Incredible Jam Tunes from Virginia and Kentucky on Saturday the 19th! Go to the website to reserve your spot. Here's the workshop description:
Incredible Banjo Jam Tunes from Virginia and Kentucky with David Bragger 5 – 6pm:
This workshop is for all levels! The objective is to get the banjo player playing some incredible tunes that will rock any jam session. I’ll be drawing from a vast repertoire of Kentucky and Virginia jam tunes that are fun, rhythmic and easy to grasp. I will also be teaching these exact tunes in a fiddle workshop entitled “Incredible Fiddle Jam Tunes from Virginia and Kentucky.” Banjoists and fiddlers can rejoice and play them together afterwards at the Social or at the numerous jams in Los Angeles and beyond!
As always I will provide audio recordings of the workshop tunes with detailed instruction and variations for all the attendees. This way, beginners will have a chance to work through the basics and the more advanced banjo players will get variations including drop-thumbs, rakes, syncopations, etc. Please reserve your spot!
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Incredible Fiddle Jam Tunes from Virginia and Kentucky with David Bragger 4 – 5pm:
This workshop is for all levels! The objective is to get the fiddler playing some incredible tunes that will rock any jam session. I’ll be drawing from a vast repertoire of Kentucky and Virginia jam tunes that are fun, rhythmic and easy to grasp. As always there will be a strong emphasis on traditional bowing. I will also be teaching these exact tunes in a clawhammer banjo workshop entitled “Incredible Banjo Jam Tunes from Virginia and Kentucky.” Fiddlers and banjoists can rejoice and play them together afterwards at the Social or at the numerous jams in Los Angeles and beyond! Please email mike@triplechickenfoot.com for registration & questions.
David Bragger plays banjo, fiddle and mandolin in the old-time jugband Sausage Grinder and in several local dance bands. David teaches old-time fiddle, banjo and mandolin to students of all ages and levels. His students have won awards at festivals from the Topanga Fiddle Banjo Festival to Galax, Virginia and the Surry County Old Time Fiddlers Convention. Most importantly, he shows you how to have a foot-stomping ruckus of a good time! Please email mike@triplechickenfoot.com for registration & questions.
For more info on the Social go to: http://oldtimeisagoodtime.com/?page_id=977