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04 Feb 10 - 07:09 PM (#2830293) Subject: Banjitar sound files/Champagne charlie guitar chor From: GUEST,Ian Hi All you good folks Could someone help me with two queries, firstly, I am thinking of purchasing a banjitar (sorry to all the purists) I like the look of the open back vega senator but I can't find a sound file anywhere. If anyone has got one how does it compare to the Deering banjitars. Better still if anyone has a sound file my gratitude would be infinite. Secondly, would anyone have a good guitar chord tab and lyrics for champagne charlie I got the Leon Redbone album for Xmas and would just love to learn it. Kind regards and huge thanks to all the people who help me every time I post You are the greatest. Take care and good health to all Ian |
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04 Feb 10 - 07:27 PM (#2830303) Subject: RE: Banjitar sound files From: Leadfingers There is some controversey about Champagne Charlie - I have heard it as a Music Hall song(From Stephen Foster ) but there is supposed to be a Blind Blake version too . The link I gave has a Midi ! |
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04 Feb 10 - 07:30 PM (#2830305) Subject: RE: Banjitar sound files From: katlaughing If you scroll down to Vega Senator which is listed as a "banjo," HERE, there is a sound file. (I don't know about banjitars, so not sure if this is the one you mean.) Oh, I see, it has six strings. There's a neat sounding one HERE, if you don't mind the singing along. The sound clips button is to the far right just under the last photo. I'll keep looking. |
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04 Feb 10 - 07:33 PM (#2830310) Subject: LYR: Champaign Charlie?? Blake's version?? From: katlaughing Not sure how accurate these are - found them on another forum posted by someone in Finland: Leon Redbone (live) version: I went to see young lady Ain't been there before Shoes and stockings in her hand And her feet all over the floor Champagne Charlie is my name Champagne Charlie is my name Champagne Charlie is my name by golly And rogueing and stealing is game I went down to Louisville ain't been there before And got kicked in it... by a big fat mule and ain't going back no more Went to.... a young lady I ain't been there before A big bully, knocked me down and I ain't going back no more I got drunk last night and all the nite(s) before ("or the night before") ain't drunking, drunk no more' I ain't gonna... What ... is to do What ... daddy done Leon Redbone studio: I went to see young lady I've been there before Her shoes and stockings in her hand And her feet all over the floor Champagne Charlie is my name Champagne Charlie is my name Champagne Charlie is my name by golly And rogueing and stealing is/'tis/this game I went down to Louisville I've been there before And got kicked in up by a big fat mule and ain't going back no more I went to see young lady I've been there before She put me out of an old big strump and I ain't going back no more I got drunk last night all the nite before I ain't gonna get drunk no more' I ain't gonna... |
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04 Feb 10 - 07:51 PM (#2830319) Subject: RE: Banjitar sound files From: katlaughing Have a laugh HERE. Certainly a "unique" banjitar! There's a nice video HERE which demonstrates a Gold brand banjitar. And, HERE is a 20 second demo of a Gold. I know that's not the brand you were looking at, but at least you can hear it.:-) Another fun one...this guy is really charming! CLick. Don't know what kind he is playing, though. There are quite a few other videos with banjitars. Hope that helps! |
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05 Feb 10 - 06:15 PM (#2831039) Subject: RE: Banjitar sound files From: Songbob Are Vega Senators still made? Those were mid-1960s models, and I thought had gone the way of the dodo. If someone offered me one of each make you mentioned, sound-unheard, I'd take the Deering without hesitation. The Senator models I remember were pretty basic, a simple brass rod atop a 3-ply shell and nothing more, and were not distinguished as to sound, to my memory. Of course, these were 5-strings, and a guitar-banjo might be improved by the basic construction methods, but I'd probably still opt for the Deering, based on the last one of those I played (it was a Boston model guitar-banjo and if I had had the money, I'd have bought it right then). I have a very basic GoldTone banjo-guitar now, and it "does," but not that well. I think I may see if I can't get a better sound out of it with some tweaks (like a new, thinner head, maybe). As for recordings of banjo-guitar, google and see what you can find. I'll be more than a little surprised if you can find the Senator in any recording, though. Of course, I could be wrong. I can be, you know. Why, once I thought I had made a mistake and I hadn't, so I am not perfect. Bob |