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Period Music The following selections are being made available for the historian and educator, as an aid in the study of Antebellum America. We've gathered together what we feel is simply one of the best collections of Antebellum period music ever assembled and offered in one place, with some of the most well known and respected music historians and most talented minstrel artists in the field. All of the music on the below CD's was recorded using only period correct instruments, accurately played in period fashion and authentic sheet music. These performances are the closest you can get to actually being there, a virtual step back in time to Antebellum America. We are pleased to offer CD's of authentic period style "Minstrel Music" performed by Bob Flesher, aka Dr. Horsehair and his Old Time Minstrels. All of their music is performed with period style instruments, including actual 1850's and 1860's vintage banjos. Bob has searched archives and has recovered original music that has been lost and forgotten for over 100 years, and brings it all back to life just as it was heard back then! All played in the popular style of the time, "minstrel stroke style" or sometimes called "frailing", this is the way that was first taught to Joel Sweeney as a boy in the 1820's near Appomattox, Virginia, and later taught by Tom Briggs, Phil Rice, Frank Converse and James Buckley in the early banjo tutors published in the 1850's and 1860's. This was the common method to play during the Civil War.
WIZARD OIL by Dr.
Horsehair's Old-Time Minstrels. This is a collection of 12 upbeat and
light-hearted minstrel songs by this raucous group, including the famous song
"Wizard Oil", a comical parody on the old medicine show. Listen to old
Doc Horsehair try to slicker folks out of their money with his healing elixir.
This tape is a repeat favorite. The instruments used are an authentic 1862
minstrel banjo, bones, guitar, and bass. Songs are: Buffalo Gals, Wizard Oil, Nine O'Clock Bell Jig, Ring, Ring de Banjo, Gwine Back To Dixie, Lynchburg Town, Old King Crow, Jordan Is A Hard Road to Travel, Rosin The Beau, Dixie's Land, Oh! Susanna, Johnson's Old Grey Mule. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-001 - $15.00
CIVIL WAR BANJO by
Bob Flesher. This is a collection of 22 minstrel songs that were undoubtedly
played during the war by the troops. Played on two original banjos of the 1850's
and 1862, these songs are taken from banjo instructor books of the day, and are
typical of what banjoists of that period played. Along with the banjo is fiddle,
bones, and tambourine. Bob has tried to achieve the exact sound you would have
heard had you been in one of these minstrel shows that were so popular in the
army. The enclosed card is loaded with history. Songs are: The Old Grey Goose, Cotton Pod Walk Around, Briggs Jig, Jordan is a Hard Road To Travel, The Grape Vine Twist, Twill Nebber Do To Gib It Up So, Hobson's Jig, Green Corn Jig, Essence of Old Virginny, Green Corn, Briggs Breakdown, Get Up In The Morning, Circus Jig, Jim Along Josie, Hoop De Dooden Doo, Canebrake Reel, Camptown Hornpipe, O Lud Gals Gib Me, Walk Into The Parlor Jig, Boston Jig, Peeping Through The Cellar Door, Hard Times. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-002 - $15.00
MINSTREL BANJO of
the Civil War and Antebellum Period by Bob Flesher. After the immense popularity
of the "Civil War Banjo" project above, Bob used the same instruments
to create a second authentic minstrel banjo project with 18 songs of the period.
Again, the "J card" inside is loaded with information on the songs and
banjo history of that day. This is probably the best project they have recorded.
Songs are: Coon Hunt Walk-Around, Bee Gum Reel, I'm Gwine Ober De Mountain, Wake Nicodemus, Origin of de Banjo, De History of De World, Get Away Gumbo, Sound Your Horn, De Bones In De Barnyard, Nicodemus Johnson, Sugar Cane Dance, Walk Jawbone, De Old Banjo, Bluetail Fly, Kick Up De Debble On A Holiday, Josephus Orangeblossom, Old Virginny Jig, Grape Vine Reel, Rose of Alabama. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-003 - $15.00
THE CANEBRAKE MINSTRELS - "FINER THAN FROG HAIR"
Produced by a small group of living historians who are also very talented
musicians from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, the Canebrake
Minstrels as they call themselves use all period style instruments including a gut string fretless
banjo, gut string fiddle, 19th century wooden flute, tin whistle, authentic bones,
tambourine, and even an original vintage Estes pump organ circa 1840-1850. All of their music is historically correct in both the instruments
used, as well as the lyrics. The Canebrake Minstrels offers one of the only
opportunities today to hear this important American art form as it was
originally performed 150 years ago. Songs are: Old Dan Tucker, Lucy Long, De Floating Scow Quickstep (Carry Me Back to Old Virginny), Walk Jawbone, Alabama Joe, Rob Ridley, Land of Cannan, Someone in De House Wif Dinah, Oh Lemuel, Effects of the Brogue, Darkey Money Musk, Year of Jubilo, Babylon has Fallen. Complete with liner notes. WARNING: Contains original 19th century lyrics and minstrel concert banter, may be offensive to modern listeners. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-004 - $14.00
THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MINSTRELS OF OLD NEW ORLEANS
Seven songs from a crucial era of American history - 1835-1861. This period
saw the rise of America's first popular entertainment which had it's core in
minstrels' music and their banjo. Performed live from period sheet music using gut
string fretless antebellum style banjos played in the method described in Brigg's
banjo Instructor of 1855, along with a skin head tambourine, bones, jawbone,
and triangle. Lyrics have been unchanged from the originals and are sung in
dialect, as written. These recordings represent a local band as it may have
sounded in a saloon around 1850. [MORE INFO]
Songs are: De Camptown Races, Mary Blane, Dandy Jim of Caroline, Jenny Get Your Hoecake Done, De Ol Jawbone, Jim Along Josey, Old King Crow. Complete with liner notes. WARNING: Contains original 19th century lyrics, may be offensive to modern listeners. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-005 - $12.00 We are also now able to offer you the music of Marty Liebschner Jr. A very talented musician and knowledgeable historian, Marty has been playing 19th century period music for over 12 years, including the banjo, tin whistle, harmonica, bugle, fife, violin, guitar, jaw harp as well. [MORE INFO]
PLAY 'DAT' BANJAR
by Martin Liebschner Jr. All of these recordings are made with original 19th
Century instruments and sheet music. The songs date from 1840's through the
1890's. (Instrumental) Songs are: Soldier's Joy, La Bastringue, Brigg's Breakdown, Sally Goodn', Liberty, Circus Jig, John Brown's March, Roddy McCorley, Red Wing, Marching through Georgia, Johnny Booker, Amazing Grace, Coon Hunt Walk Around, A Rovin, Buffalo Gals, Rattlesnake Jig, Johnson Boys, Nelly Grey, Cripple Creek, Kimo Keemo, Boatman's Dance, Old Joe. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-006 - $15.00
FORGOTTEN TIMES FORGOTTEN MUSIC by Martin Liebschner Jr. All of these
recordings are made with original 19th Century instruments and sheet music. The
songs date from 1840's through the 1890's. Songs are: Soldiers Joy, Glendy Burk, Dandy Jim, Rose of Alabama, Bugler's Song, Peeping through the cellar door, Liza Jane, Lynchburg Town, Hard Times, Rosin the Bow, Old Joe, Boil them Cabbage Down, Sweet By and By, Boatman's Dance, Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel, Walk into the Parlor, Root Hog or Die, Old King Crow, Lucy Long, Sail Away Ladies, Old Dan Tucker, Cindy. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK
HERE] CD - Item# CD-007 - $15.00
SONGS FROM THE PARLOR, 19th CENTURY BANJO MELODIES by Martin Liebschner Jr. All of these
recordings are made with original 19th Century instruments, including original
19th century banjos, guitars, jaw harp, harmonica, and bones. Songs are: Old Dan Tucker, Grandfather's Clock, World Turned Upside Down, Mountain Dew, Hard Times, Old Dog Tray, McCloud's Reel, Buffalo Gals, Bonnie Blue Flag, The Conscript, Darling Nelly Gray, Camptown Races, Hot Time In The Old Town, Uncle Ned. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK
HERE] CD - Item# CD-010 - $15.00
I COME FROM OLD VIRGINNY! by Carson Hudson Jr. Recorded using period
accurate reproduction instruments and performance styles, including a gourd
banjo, tack head fretless banjo, fretless minstrel banjo, fiddle, bones,
tambourine, fire tongs, gourd and wooden bowl percussion, wicker rattle, goat
skin drum, and one-key flute. "I Come From Old Virginny!" is an attempt
to reproduce the sounds of the early Virginia banjo as heard by Antebellum
Americans, it ranges from the plantation to the parlor. Songs are: Pompey Ran Away, Juba, Coal Black Rose, Lynchburg Town/Grapevine Twist, Circus Jig/Jim Along Josey, Whar Did You Come From?, Jonny Boker, Old King Crow, Mary Blane, Alabama Joe, Git Up In The Mornin', The Floating Scow, Ring de Hoop & Blow de Horn, Boston Jig, Jordan is a Hard Road to Trabel, Virginia Belle. Complete with liner notes. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-008 - $15.00
Songs are: Hard Times Come Again No More, Soiree Polka, Oh! Susanna, Don't Bet Your Money on de Shanghai, That's What's the Matter, Santa Anna's Retreat from Buena Vista, Camptown Races, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Glendy Burke, Evening Star Waltz, Virginia Belle, Better Times Are Coming, Farewell My Lilly Dear, Gentle Anne, Was My Brother in the Battle?, Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier, Old Uncle Ned, Old Folks at Home, Some Folks. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-017 - $15.00
CAMP LINCOLN STRING BAND - "COUNTING STITCHES" Recorded using
only period
accurate instruments and performance styles, including fretless banjo, fiddle,
bones & percussion, flute & tin whistle, and guitar. A wonderful collection of popular songs
of the American public from the era of the Civil War that captures the different presentations of the band around the campfire, in the
concert hall, and in the front parlor. Songs are: Keemo Kimo, Feed Her Candy (and Tell Her Lies), Jine the Cavalry, Do They Miss Me at Home, Arkansas Traveler/Turkey in the Straw, Durang's Hornpipe, My Old Kentucky Home, Wrecker's Daughter, Camptown Races, Rye Whiskey Waltz, Ring the Banjo, When Johnny Comes Marching Home/Jefferson & Liberty, Lubly Fan, Flop Eared Mule, Polly Wolly Doodle, Pig Squeal Schottische, Columbia the Gem, Minstrel Boy, Marching Through Georgia. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-009 - $15.00
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SPRINGS SERENADERS - "NELLY WAS A LADY" A wonderful collection of
Antebellum era songs, all performed in a period fashion using only period
correct correct instruments that include fretless gut string banjo, bones,
fiddle, jawbone, bhouran, and parlor guitar. A truly enjoyable work by truly
talented players. Songs are: My Love is but a Lassie/Brigg's Jig, Ole Tare River, Nelly was a Lady, Camptown Races, Pat Malloy/The Ten Penny Bit, Molly Malone, Sally Come Up, United States it am de Place, Oh Susannah, Get up in de Mornin/Sich a Getting Upstairs, Susan's Sunday Out, Uncle Gabriel the Negro General, Settin on a Rail (or Raccoon Hunt), Sally is de Gal for Me/Kick up de Debble on a Holiday. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-011 - $15.00
PRAIRIE COUNTY AVENGERS - "SOLDIERS JOY - SONGS OF THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN
INDEPENDENCE" The Prairie County Avengers get their name from a company
of Southern Volunteers raised in Prairie County Arkansas, 1862. The Prairie
County Avengers are long-time reenactors and War Between the States enthusiasts.
They have a love for music that originates from their Southern roots. The
Avengers go to great lengths in insuring an "authentic sound" by
extensively researching the period music and using original period instruments
whenever possible. They have had a custom, museum quality, 1850 Boucher fretless
banjo built to compliment their collection of original instruments. Instruments
used on this CD include fretless gut string banjo, harmonica, jaw harp, bones, jawbone,
bhouran, and parlor guitar. Songs are: Soldier's Joy, Joe Bowers, Polly Wolly Doodle, Abner's Shoes, Just Before the Battle Mother, Old Zip Coon, The Glendy Burke, Jordan's Stormy Banks, Cluck Ol' Hen, The Johnson Boys, Dandy Jim of Caroline, John Bell of Tennessee, The Ballard of Pea Ridge, Angel Band. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-012 - $15.00
Songs are: Cumberland Gap, Rose of Alabamy, Lorena, Old Dan Tucker, Southern Soldier, Jine the Cavalry, Rebel Soldier, Kingdom Coming, Minstrel Boy, Rabbel Soldier, I'm A Good Old Rebel, Rosin the Beau, The Yellow Rose of Texas, Dixie (Southern Version). To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-016 - $15.00
CAMPTOWN SHAKERS - The Camptown Shakers are a very popular minstrel band
that began as Civil War reenactors that would entertain themselves and friends
in camp by passing the time playing period music. Their goal is to research and
perform the minstrel style of music in a way that is faithful to the original
form. The music that they perform is composed of songs, banjo jigs, and fiddle
tunes of the Antebellum era from the 1840's through 1865, so all is Civil War
period correct, including the instruments used, which are the 5 string fretless
gut string banjo played in the minstrel stroke style, the fiddle, bones, and
tambourine. Songs are: Jim Along Josey, Ol' Dan Tucker, White Cat Black Cat, Brushy Fork of John's Creek, The Boatman's Dance, Ol' Zip Coon, The Hound Dawg Song, Gwine Obder De Mountain, Sail Away Ladies, Old Joe, Angelina Baker, Julie Ann Johnson, Tucker's Soliloquy from "Hard Times" a comedy in dialect. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-013 - $15.00
CAMPTOWN SHAKERS - "TOOTH & NAIL" - The second album
release of the Camptown Shakers, includes more popular songs and tunes from the
middle of the 19th century through the Civil War period. Just as their first
album, all are performed with period correct instruments played in period
fashion. Songs are: Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel, Tooth & Nail, Peg and Awl, Glendy Burk, Chinquapin Hunting, Buffalo Gals, Twill Nebber Do to Gib it Up So, Waterbound, Ring De Banjo / Oh Susanna, Flatwoods, Gwine Back to Dixie, Rickett's Hornpipe, Keemo Kimo, / Brigg's Corn Shucking Jig, Tobacco Hill, If You Only Got a Moustache. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-014 - $15.00
CAMPTOWN SHAKERS - "SHAKEDOWN" - The third album release
from the acclaimed "Shakers", delivers yet another wonderful
collection of even more performances. This album includes songs and tunes that
may very well have been heard in camps, songs about diversions from the rigors
of the war and reflect that theme: tobacco, drinking, gambling, and the pursuit
of the fairer sex both chaste and otherwise. All played on period correct
instruments in period fashion. Songs are: Rose of Alabama, O! Lud Gals, Tater Patch, Walk Jawbone, Walk Into De Parlor, Dandy Jim from Caroline, New York Girls, Walk Along John, Robinson County, Drunken Hiccups, Blue Tail Fly, Chickens Crowing at Midnight, Miss Lucy Long, Old Horse & Buggy, Way Down the Old Plank Road. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-015 - $15.00
Includes: First Call, Sick Call, Reveille, The General, Breakfast Call, Assembly, To the Colors, Officers Call, Drill Call, The Disperse, Church Call, Fatigue Call, Dinner Call, Tattoo, Lights Out, Attention, Deploy Skirmishers, Forward, Halt, Quickstep, By the Right Flank, By the Left Flank, Change Direction Right, Change Direction Left, Lie Down or Kneel, Rise Up, Rally by Fours, Fix Bayonet, Unfix Bayonet, Charge, Double Quick Time, Commence Fire, Cease Fire, Orderly Retreat (While Firing), Recall, Rally on the Reserve (Without Firing), Rally on the Battalion, The Run, Assemble After Battle, Cease All Fire (Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry), Truce Call, Taps, Echo Taps, along with bonus Patriotic and Military selections. To download a sample track in mp3 format [CLICK HERE] CD - Item# CD-018 - $15.00
Please note: once opened, music CD's and Movie DVD's are not refundable, however they may be exchanged for the same title if they are defective.
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TIMES, STEPHEN FOSTER REMEMBERED by Amy Miller & Carson Hudson Jr. A
wonderful collection of the music of Stephen Foster. Just as in "I COME
FROM OLD VIRGINNY!", Carson Hudson and Bill "Bones" Rose together
perform songs of the period with fretless gut string banjo, parlor guitar,
harmonica, tambourine, sticks, and bones, but this time with the addition of the
beautiful voice of the wonderfully talented Amy Miller. Amy also plays the
piano, pump organ, parlor guitar, flute, wooden whistle, tambourine, and iron
triangle. A simply marvelous collection of authentically performed parlor music,
played as it would have been played in may homes. Includes liner notes with
historic information regarding each song. 
