Very
often, Derroll used a capo on
the second position. All samples presented are played
without, to
keep things simple. Only
Portland town has a instructional video because of too
little
webspace ! Sometimes
repeating verses are omitted in the samples and tabs to
save
webspace. I am confident you will be able to double them
yourself
playing Derroll's version...
This
is Derroll's most famous song covered by many international artists. It
is played using the "double thumbing" technique as explained in the
"basics" section. This tab deals with the way Derroll played
on
the original recordings from "Portland Town", "Live!" and "De
Muziekdoos"
The
song can be found on "Derroll Adams Live!", "Portland Town", "Songs of
the banjoman", "Riding in Folkland", "Banjoman", "65th Bithday
concert", "America" and "De Muziekdoos"
This
song was written by Tucker
Zimmerman especially for Derroll. It can be found on
"65th Bithday
concert", " Songs of the banjoman" and "
Along the
way".
For
your
inspiration only .... At the risk of being considered as a
"wrong"
folkie
I want to show that, using Derroll's techniques, you can play also
contemporary " folksongs" like Egyptian
Reggae by
Jonathan Richman or Things
we said today by The Beatles ....
or you can play a Derroll song on a fretless
mountain banjo ....
You can even push it further, this is a version of
The Valley in a
Greek Rembetiko way! (I used a 5-string, a baglama, a bouzouki and an
el.bass)
These
files are
the
author's own work and represent his interpretation of the songs. You
may only
use these files for private study, scholarship, or research.
