Old Cremona - Invidious

Old Cremona

"Ah! Eph, what'll they think when they hear the old cremona speak like that!"

Tom Briggs (1824-1854)

I use original and reproduction banjos. My main minstrel-style axes are a James Hartel Ashborn reproduction and a Jeff Menzies tackhead. Both of those luthiers are well known for their "taste exact for faultless fact" when making banjos.

My classic-style banjoes are an 1892 Elias Howe "Superbo" and an S.S. Stewart "Imperial" Banjeaurine from 1894. All of my banjos have natural calf-skin heads and are strung with gut.

The goal of those of us in this little genre is to provide a "time-travel" experience through music. If you dig history you will hopefully enjoy my video's.

The wallpaper here is an 1855 painting by George Caleb Bingham entitled "The Verdict of the People."

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2:58

John C. Woods gravesite. US Army hangman at Nuremberg.

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Shared 11 months ago

300 views

1:45

Darling Cora, at the grave of Albert Bull.

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Shared 2 years ago

436 views

2:29

THE CONSTITUTION, Our Platform! McCLELLAN, Our Choice! At the grave of Henry Clay Dean.

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Shared 4 years ago

1.6K views

1:20

La Petite Chapelle Du Bois.

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Shared 6 years ago

718 views

1:42

Hey Little Girl, Do What I Tell You.

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Shared 6 years ago

806 views

2:16

Sweet Nell.

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Shared 6 years ago

1.2K views

1:46

Out of the Woods, melodic banjo.

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Shared 6 years ago

630 views

4:03

Vladimir's Steamboat.

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Shared 6 years ago

1K views

1:42

Bull At The Wagon.

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Shared 6 years ago

674 views

1:47

Hangman's Reel, melodic banjo.

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Shared 6 years ago

1.1K views

1:18

Cold Frosty Morning, melodic banjo.

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Shared 6 years ago

598 views

2:33

Music For A Found Harmonium.

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Shared 7 years ago

1.8K views

1:56

The Beverly Hillbillies, a tribute to Paul and Ruth Henning (Electric version)

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Shared 7 years ago

772 views

1:54

At the grave of Paul Henning, creator of the Beverly Hillbillies.

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Shared 7 years ago

1.7K views

1:15

Hell Among the Yearlings.

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Shared 7 years ago

1.4K views

0:52

Puncheon Floor, Melodic Banjo.

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Shared 7 years ago

380 views

1:13

Garfield's Blackberry Blossom, Melodic Banjo.

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Shared 7 years ago

544 views

1:18

La Espana Waltz, by Frank B. Converse (1886).

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Shared 8 years ago

733 views

1:11

Snowbird On The Ashbank, melodic banjo.

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Shared 8 years ago

1.3K views

1:14

Green Corn Jig with variations.

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Shared 8 years ago

950 views

1:10

Water Street Reel.

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Shared 8 years ago

504 views

1:24

WORLD SERIES BANJO! Hawthorn banjo celebrates Royals championship.

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Shared 9 years ago

1K views

1:38

Spotted Pony, melodic banjo.

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Shared 9 years ago

578 views

1:22

Itzbin Reel, melodic banjo.

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Shared 9 years ago

723 views

1:14

Old Grimes, Melodic banjo.

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Shared 9 years ago

1.2K views

1:12

Kitchen Girl, melodic banjo.

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Shared 9 years ago

1.8K views

2:39

Chinkapin Huntin'

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Shared 12 years ago

1.5K views

3:56

Shawnee Mission North Marching Band, October 2012.

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Shared 12 years ago

778 views

1:51

Gracie at Charlie Parker's grave.

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Shared 12 years ago

1.5K views

2:25

Rose of Alabama.

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Shared 12 years ago

120K views

2:01

Hyram Rumsey's Jig, at the 124th NY Vol. Inf. monument in Gettysburg.

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Shared 12 years ago

3.8K views

1:53

Hop De Dooden Doo.

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Shared 12 years ago

2.4K views

0:59

Black Tony's Juber.

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Shared 12 years ago

961 views

0:55

Kentucky Juba, 1872.

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Shared 12 years ago

1.7K views

2:30

Boatman Dance.

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Shared 12 years ago

66K views

2:23

Few Days, or I'm Going Home.

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Shared 12 years ago

5.2K views

1:31

Nancy Till.

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Shared 12 years ago

1.9K views

2:13

The Unique Mazurka, 1892.

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Shared 13 years ago

1.2K views

1:17

The Jolly Moke, 1889.

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Shared 13 years ago

1.4K views

2:34

Old Folks at Home, by Stephen C. Foster, 1851.

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Shared 13 years ago

69K views

2:53

Rosalie The Prairie Flower.

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Shared 13 years ago

6.3K views

2:54

Ben Bolt. By Nelson Kneass, 1848.

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Shared 13 years ago

11K views

0:55

L'il Liza Jane.

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Shared 14 years ago

1.6K views

1:11

Funeral March for and by Frank B. Converse.

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Shared 14 years ago

1.9K views

1:34

Funeral March, by Frank B. Converse, at his gravesite.

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Shared 14 years ago

2.6K views

1:46

Leaning on the Garden Gate, 1886.

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Shared 14 years ago

1.7K views

1:01

Minor Waltz, by S. S. Stewart (1885)

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Shared 14 years ago

6.3K views

3:09

Funeral march of an Old Jaw Bone.

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Shared 14 years ago

21K views

1:21

Classic banjo and rhythm bones, 1889

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Shared 14 years ago

6.2K views

3:09

Do They Miss Me at Home.

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Shared 14 years ago

2.3K views

2:30

The Jolly Raftsman.

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Shared 14 years ago

1.3K views

2:23

Folks That Put on Airs.

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Shared 14 years ago

1.2K views

1:51

Rare footage of forgotten Blues duo.

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Shared 14 years ago

2.9K views

2:01

Calliope Rag. (1909)

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Shared 14 years ago

7.2K views

3:41

Mississippi Rag, early banjo film (1897)

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Shared 14 years ago

103K views

1:24

Saint Patrick's Day Ida Morning.

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Shared 14 years ago

1.3K views

2:11

The Grace Waltz.

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Shared 14 years ago

1.2K views

0:45

Banjo Exercise, by Emile Grimshaw.

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Shared 14 years ago

1.3K views

1:57

Tobacco Jake Jig.

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Shared 15 years ago

1.2K views

0:57

Pig Town Fling.

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Shared 15 years ago

4.9K views