EXCELSIOR – ALAN MUNDE
ALAN MUNDE – EXCELSIOR CD
Here on the Pautexent label is my new recording of 13 of my new originals and 2 from the great songwriter, tunesmith Elliott Rogers. This recording features 21 of my wonderful musical friends with special hugs from the mandolin world.
Mandolin – Billy Bright, Don Stiernberg, Sam Bush, Ron Pennington, Jayson Chapman, Emory Lester, Kym Warner, Paul Glasse, Noah Jeffries, Steve Smith; Guitar – Elliott Rogers, Bo Brown, Randy McSpadden; Steel Guitar – Lloyd Maines; Bass – Dom Fisher, Kitty Ledbetter, Bruno Avitia; Accordion – Josh Baca; Drums – Pat Manske; Fiddle – Dennis Ludiker, Eric Hokkenan.
“Longfellow’s Excelsior Hornpipe,” “Lloyd’s of Lubbock,” “Blue Hole Stroll,” Miss Kitty’s Hornpipe,” “Hymn for Slim,” “Byron’s Buddies,” “Holler Up a Possum,” “Stay With Me Waltz,” “Bo Knows,” “Five Fall Down,” “Birthday Waltz,” “The Ten Cent Breakfast,” “Rodrigo and Johnson,” “Rabbits in a Watermelon Patch,” and “Untitled Waltz.”
Alan Munde, Excelsior CD
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Excelsior – Tab Book
Tab book of all Alan Munde banjo solos from this album
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ALAN MUNDE BANJO TUNES ARRANGED FOR GUITAR TAB BOOK BY TIM MAY
ALAN MUNDE BANJO TUNES ARRANGED
FOR GUITAR TAB BOOK BY TIM MAY
For the guitar pickers among you, or your guitar playing friends, here is a guitar tab book of arrangements of nine of my banjo tunes (and one guitar piece) arranged by the superb guitarist Tim May. Arrangements include “Counterblast Rag,” “Deputy Dalton, “Geezer Ride,” “The Great American Banjo Tune, “Molly Bloom,” “Old Pecan Street,” “Peaches and Cream,” “Traditional Family Breakdown,” “Uncle Clooney Played the Banjo,” “The Virginia Boys.”
Alan Munde Banjo Tunes Arranged for Guitar Tab Book by Tim May
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BAKER’S BREAKDOWN TAB AND MP3
BAKER’S BREAKDOWN TAB AND MP3 – This fiddle tune comes from the bow of the one and only Kenny Baker. I learned it from the old Bill Monroe recording which featured Kenny on fiddle. It is arranged here in the melodic style (string crossing) popularized by Bill Keith. The tune is an A A B B tune with the A part in the key of G and the B part in the key of D, not unlike “Flop Eared Mule.” It repeats basically the same tune in both parts with some small differences. It requires some fingering challenges, but well worth the effort. This is a great one to add to your jam sessions – new but similar.
Baker’s Breakdown Tab and MP3
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ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL TAB AND MP3
ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL TAB AND MP3 – What a great tune that does not get played very often on the banjo. Here is my version, again from Festival Favorites, Volume 1. My inspiration comes from hearing J.D. Crowe play it at the Sliver Slipper Lounge, in Lexington, Kentucky, December 1968. If he could do it, I thought I could give it a try. Audiences love this tune no matter on what instrument. Now you give it a try.
Orange Blossom Special Tab and MP3
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WHEEL HOSS TAB AND MP3
WHEEL HOSS TAB AND MP3 – A staple of the Bill Monroe fiddle tradition, it also make a great banjo tune. My version here from Festival Favorites, the Southwest Sessions, features twin banjos – I played them both. A trick I learned from Vic Jordon who, I think, learned it from Bobby Thompson, is this – when the lead banjo is in open G, the harmony banjo tunes to a D tuning (F# D F# A D) and capoes at the fifth fret (fifth string tenth fret). This maneuver harmonizes each string as a third – built in harmony. Sometimes, not always, the licks come out with the right hand and left hand fingering being the same, other times similar, many times totally different. It all has to be worked out of course. One more detail, rather than retuning the fifth string, I just capoed it at the 9th fret to sound a B note. It effects the fifth string fingering, so take note. The lead and harmony parts are included in the tab.
Wheel Hoss Tab and MP3
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EIGHTH OF JANUARY TAB AND MP3
EIGHTH OF JANUARY TAB AND MP3 – One of the most beautiful of the old, old, fiddle tunes. I have always loved to hear this tune and love playing it. It is from Festival Favorites, Volume 1. Here it is played in the traditional key of D. For my arrangement, the fifth string is capoed at the seventh fret to sound an A.
Eighth of January Tab and MP3
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SALLY GOODIN’ TAB AND MP3
SALLY GOODIN’ TAB AND MP3 – This great old standard is a must know tune for a life in bluegrass music. Here is my arrangement of Sally Goodin’. Up to measure 82 is the version presented on the MP3. Following that arrangement are several variations I have played on the different recordings I have made of that tune. An example of my most complete playing of the tune can be found on You Tube – click to view
Sally Goodin’ Tab and MP3
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UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE TAB AND MP3
UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE TAB AND MP3 – UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE TAB AND MP3 – I originally started my musical career as a guitar player. My Dad thought that to call yourself a guitar player you needed to know “Wildwood Flower,” and “Under the Double Eagle.” Here is my arrangement of “Under the Double Eagle” for banjo. The recording comes from my Festival Favorites, Volume 1.
Under the Double Eagle Tab and MP3
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ALAN MUNDE AND BILLY BRIGHT | ES MI SUERTE – BANJO TAB BOOK
ALAN MUNDE AND BILLY BRIGHT
ES MI SUERTE – BANJO TAB BOOK
The latest project from mandolin player Billy Bright and banjo player Alan Munde, Ex Mi Suerte, showcases instrumental mastery of all styles of acoustic roots music. Eight of the ten songs are originals, capturing the spirit of traditional and progressive bluegrass, 1950s folk, Texas waltzes, a blend of “Tex-Mex-Cajun” and a tinge of country gospel. Bright and Munde are joined this time around by Billy’s bandmates of Austin’s terrific, Wood and Wire, musicians who also know their way around acoustic roots music. “Jenny’s Desire,” Wild Heron,” Moms’ Waltz,” “Oklahoma Bound,” “Es Mi Suerte,” “Dapple Patti,” “Munde Night Waltz,” “By the Side of the Road,” Going Bodmin,” and “Goodnight Irene.”
Es Mi Suerte – Tab Book
Tab book of all Alan Munde banjo solos from this album
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Alan Munde and Billy Bright – Es Mi Suerte CD
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ALAN MUNDE AND BILLY BRIGHT – ES MI SUERTE
ALAN MUNDE AND BILLY BRIGHT
ES MI SUERTE
The latest project from mandolin player Billy Bright and banjo player Alan Munde, Ex Mi Suerte, showcases instrumental mastery of all styles of acoustic roots music. Eight of the ten songs are originals, capturing the spirit of traditional and progressive bluegrass, 1950s folk, Texas waltzes, a blend of “Tex-Mex-Cajun” and a tinge of country gospel. Bright and Munde are joined this time around by Billy’s bandmates of Austin’s terrific, Wood and Wire, musicians who also know their way around acoustic roots music. “Jenny’s Desire,” Wild Heron,” Moms’ Waltz,” “Oklahoma Bound,” “Es Mi Suerte,” “Dapple Patti,” “Munde Night Waltz,” “By the Side of the Road,” Going Bodmin,” and “Goodnight Irene.”
Alan Munde and Billy Bright – Es Mi Suerte CD
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Es Mi Suerte – Tab Book
Tab book of all Alan Munde banjo solos from this album
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