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...
Remarks:
Songs:
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".
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".
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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".
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It can be found on "Feelin' Fine"
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It can be found on "Feelin fine", "Songs of the banjoman" and "Banjoman".
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It can be found on "Live", "Along the way" and "Banjoman"
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It can be found on "Feelin' Fine", "Live" and "Banjoman"
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It can be found on "Banjoman", "Feelin' Fine" and "Songs of the banjoman"
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It can be found on "Feelin' Fine" and the film by Patrick Ferryn. It is a good example of the drop thumb technique.
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It can be found on "Songs of the banjoman".
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It can be found on "Along the way".
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It can be found on
"Live!", "Feelin' fine" and "Songs of the banjoman". Here is your
opportunity to practice the Hammer on, Brush off technique!
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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.
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.
| Egyptian Reggae | Things we said today | Fretless mountain banjo | The Valley | ||||
