Hook & Line | Close-Up
Added 2018-08-02 21:11:38 +0000 UTCHere's a close look at all of my variations for "Hook and Line" one of the earliest banjo songs still played in the United States. At one time this was an extremely popular dance piece in southern Appalachia; today it mostly survives in the repertoire of eastern Kentucky banjoists. In West Virginia it is more commonly known as "Minnow on the Hook" and elsewhere in the mountains as "Shout Lulu."
Banjo is tuned one full step below gCGCD at fB♭FB♭C "Hook and Line Tuning."
Comments
What sort of banjo is this (how much is it for sell/or sold for?)?
Jason Estopinal
2023-07-24 19:07:41 +0000 UTCWill put the tab up for this soon. Have you seen this video of Guy Bruce playing "Shout Lulu?" https://youtu.be/5kyYpX6JRKY
Clifton Hicks
2021-03-30 05:24:04 +0000 UTCCliff, please do provide a tab. My grandpa used to play this one. He sang it: "Shout lil Lulu. Stomp and Shout. What the heck are you shouting about."
Robert Biggs
2021-03-30 03:51:26 +0000 UTCHook & Line was one that I did before I started making tabs. I'll have to go back and do that.
Clifton Hicks
2021-01-01 11:03:00 +0000 UTCHi clifton i dont remember if ya had a page with the tab for this. I thought there was one but i am not seeing it?
Hope4ourfallen
2021-01-01 02:01:15 +0000 UTCNice documenting and perfect speed. I like the variation in this song, with some different "parts" to keep the listener interested.
Justin Hoffmann
2018-08-03 19:51:29 +0000 UTCI like the inlays on it! Neat banjo.
Alan
2018-08-03 04:15:38 +0000 UTCThis is actually one that's been laying in pieces in my workshop for over a year now. I traded a small child's banjo I made in exchange for the pieces. Turned out to be a great banjo and apparently a fairly rare one. Several knowledgeable people I asked haven't ever heard the name "Edmund Valentine" which is printed on it. Possibly a Lyon & Healy made under contract but nobody knows for sure. Great sounding banjo, easy to play--I really like it.
Clifton Hicks
2018-08-03 02:04:17 +0000 UTCI’m really diggin’ that banjo, some of George’s supply I’m assuming?
Patrick Campbell
2018-08-03 01:59:29 +0000 UTCthank you.
Mary LeVesque
2018-08-02 23:28:23 +0000 UTCI do not use a capo although I do encourage people to use them if it helps them sing with the instrument. Capos were seldom used traditionally and as far as I can determine they were popularized during the 1950s-1960s by northern revivalists like Pete Seeger et al. For me they are simply not useful as my singing voice is somewhat lower than standard pitch to begin with. When I play with a fiddler they either have to tune down to F or G--or let me borrow a capo as I do not own one!
Clifton Hicks
2018-08-02 22:43:33 +0000 UTCClifton do you ever use a capo? Or was the capo not used traditionally in oldtime music.
Mary LeVesque
2018-08-02 22:30:43 +0000 UTC
