If Banarama played banjo in monasteries...

Curiously Cruel Summer

Messing around trying to play guitar clawhammer style. Phone take with windows open so a bit of traffic noise to add to the authentic atmosphere...

Little Sadie (Clawhammer Guitar)

Felix  on trumpet and vocals for this IItalian nursery rhyme set to the 1870s song of the Bersaglieri (an Italian light infantry corps, who later got around on bicycles).

Garibaldi Fu Ferito

Tom Waits' "immaculate confection". Needed to bin several washtub bass takes before I managed one which was approximately OK, but had much fun putting it all together.

Chocolate Jesus (banjo, washtub bass, flute)

Unleashed my inner teenager and created some 'portentous' lyrics for this traditional fiddle tune. My brother reckoned they're more appropriate for some kind metal track!

Cold And Frosty Morning

Grease meets banjo, washtub bass, and Daft Punk (kinda).

The One That I Want

A Peggy Seeger cover about the Mona which tragically capsized off the east coast of Scotland, inspired by the Dubliner's version.

Lifeboat Mona

Inspired by the wonderful John Hartford version.

Gum Tree Canoe

Roll Northumbria (Dreadnoughts cover)

Matty Groves

Jumping At Shadows (Duster Bennet/Fleetwood Mac Cover)

The Last Pharaoh (Dave Rawlings Machine cover)

An unconventional take on the Blue Öyster Cult classic.

Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult cover)

Foot-stomping farmyard fun, with chicken uber-cluck, and some skilful washtub from Felix including an 'astounding' solo at the end, along with Margaret's awesome fiddle.

Peachum

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