/r/oldtimemusic
A place for lovers of old-time music.
A place for lovers of American Old-Time music.
Old Time is a specific genre and not just old music.
It generally refers to the dance music and songs that came from the European/African immigrant musicians living in the Southern Appalachians and Ozarks and less commonly other areas around the country. Typically involves a fiddle, banjo, guitars, or just solo ballad singing.
Feel free to post anything old time related especially audio/video of you playing.
Typical examples of Old Time:
Old Time Stringband playing a Tune
Valuable Resources:
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Hey Folks, I'm writing a paper on Tradition and Folk and would really appreciate if you could fill in my survey!
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Old Time on the BBC Jerron Paxton on Later with Jools Holland
18:45 UTC
Wee Midnight Hours played by Tuba Skinny
08:03 UTC
The Wilders play Riding On Your High Horse
18:06 UTC
Sandy Boys - Octave Mandolin & Banjo
Hey y'all! Here's my take on Sandy Boys. Thanks for listening!
22:54 UTC
SOLDIER'S JOY
01:45 UTC
When you go to a fiddlers convention, who is in the hottest jam and where can I listen to them?
All the links that get posted here or in Dedicated to Old Time Music are either the OGs or the YouTubers. I want to know who, in your experience, kicks the most butt in person. Looking for folks that a) are alive, b) drive hard, and c) suck at self promotion.
Many thanks!
20:06 UTC
I'm learning banjo and made this little music video in the Red River Valley
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03:52 UTC
Origin of this tune?
I just noticed that Béla Fleck's version of "Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" from the album "Crossing the Tracks" has the same tune as "Darling Cora", but most other recordings of it I've found don't use the same tune. Am I overlooking anyone else who plays it to that tune, or did Béla mix the two together on his own?
Do these two songs share a common origin, just like how "The Crawdad Song", "Peg and Awl", and "Peggy-O" all come from "The Ballad of Captain Kidd"?
Edit: Thanks to /u/banjoman74 over in /r/bluegrass for providing this Louvin Brothers recording from 1960 which uses the same tune I'm talking about (as opposed to the one used in most other versions).
16:24 UTC
Oh Suzanna played by Margo MacSweeney
06:17 UTC
"Doc's Guitar" by Doc Watson
16:18 UTC
The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore played by Tom Paley
07:29 UTC
Peggy Seeger plays Thoughts of time
07:25 UTC
Mike Seeger plays Cuckoo
07:20 UTC
Little Birdy and Graveyard Blues performed by Roscoe Holcomb
07:14 UTC
Suzy Thompson performs Stop and Listen
06:38 UTC
EKY Vacation
Visiting my friends in EKY and I happened into something really amazing. Yesterday, I went out to Knott County to George Gibson's house to listen to old time and make sorghum. John Haywood showed up and played three different instruments. After that I got to see John and some other good pickers put on a benefit for hurricane victims. Topped that off by stumbling my way through jamming with the boys. I just got back from James E Webb's store in Tomahawk where I watched a group of kids from Morehead State play. When I mentioned I never learned to pick because I am left-handed, Jim walked into the back and gave me this left-handed banjo neck. Looks like I'm fixin to build a banjo!
03:53 UTC
Jam in Nashville?
I will be in Nashville 10/12-10/15, and I am looking for any old time jams I could join during that time!
16:46 UTC
Meredith Axelrod with Jerron Paxton play Margie
07:37 UTC
Frank Fairfield plays Short Life of Trouble
07:32 UTC
Matt Heckler plays Been So Long
07:20 UTC
Amythyst Kiah plays Darling Corey
07:30 UTC
Kaia Kater plays Sun to Sun
07:05 UTC
Carolina Chocolate Drops play Pretty Girl With the Blue Dress On
06:57 UTC
The Soulmates play Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
06:22 UTC
Songs played around the holidays?
Does anyone know of Christmas or other traditional old time songs played around the holidays? I’m not talking about classic Christmas songs composed into banjo and fiddle tunes. I know breaking up Christmas is very popular so other songs similar is what I’m looking for. Thanks.
22:36 UTC
Can anyone identify the sample used here?
https://youtu.be/-RiXWHQbvpY?si=MO9ybvTx3nZs6Zzr&t=1317
Track 7, "Stumped", 21:57, could someone please identify the song sampled in that track? It's the only sample in this video that's left unknown.
Edit: FOUND! It's "Rose Room"
22:08 UTC
Tennessee Mafia Jug Band plays Mountain Dew
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