Videos of The Old 78's

St Louis Tickle

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The Old 78's new collaboration with Ray and Melanie Palmer: Curly Miller on fiddle, Melanie on Baritone Sax, Ray on Banjo Mandolin, and Carole Anne Rose on 6-string (5-string style) banjo.

Miss Jola

The Old 78's newest collaboration with Ray and Melanie Palmer. Curly learned this from the playing of Smith's Garage Fiddle Band. Curly on Fiddle, Ray on Banjo-Mandolin, Melanie on Baritone Sax, and Carole Anne on 6-string (5-string style) Banjo.

Mill Dam Galop

The Old 78's in their new collaboration with Ray and Melanie Palmer. Curly Miller on banjo, Ray on banjo-mandolin, Melanie on baritone sax and Carole Anne Rose on the 6-string (5-string style) banjo. This "galop" was composed by A.A. Babb in 1897. Curly first learned it while playing with Clarke Buehling and The Skirtlifters.

Beaver Slide Rag

The Old 78's newest collaboration with Ray and Melanie Palmer. Curly learned this from the playing of Peg Leg Howell & His Gang. Curly Miller on Fiddle, Ray on Banjo-Mandolin, Melanie on Baritone Sax, and Carole Anne Rose on 6-string (5-string style) Banjo.

Klezmer Hora

The Old 78's new collaboration with Ray & Melanie Palmer: Curly Miller on Fiddle, Ray on Viola, Melanie on Clarinet, Carole Anne Rose on 6-string (5-string style) banjo.

Jenny on the Railroad/Devilish Mary

The Old 78's with Ray and Melanie Palmer play a Fate Morrison (Arkansas) tune, Devilish Mary. Curly Miller on Fiddle, Ray on Banjo-mandolin, Melanie on Cello Banjo, and Carole Anne Rose on 6-string (5-string style) banjo.

Cuban Two Step Rag

The Old 78's in their new collaboration with Ray & Melanie Palmer. Curly Miller (fiddle) learned this from Smith's Garage Band. Ray on the banjo-mandolin, Melanie on the baritone sax, and Carole Anne Rose on the 6-string (5-string stye) banjo.

Monroe Stomp with Steve Green Flatfooting

The Old 78's in their collaboration with Ray and Melanie Palmer playing Monroe Stomp. Curly Miller (fiddle) learned it from the Playing of Hiter Colvin of northern Louisiana. Ray's playing the banjo-mandolin, Melanie is playing the (Goldtone) 5-string cello banjo, and Carole Anne Rose is playing the 6-string (5-string style) banjo. Steve Green is flatfooting and is also a dance instructor and contra & square dance caller.

Wild Cat Rag/Ruth's Rag

The Old 78's new collaboration with Ray and Melanie Palmer. Curly Miller learned Wild Cat Rag from the playing of Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats and Ruth's Rag from The Grinnell Giggers. Curly on fiddle, Ray on Banjo-mandolin, Melanie on baritone sax, and Carole Anne Rose on 6-string (5-string style) banjo.

Jimmy Sutton with Steve Green Flatfooting

The Old 78's in their new collaboration with Ray and Melanie Palmer playing for Steve Green's flatfooting. Curly Miller on fiddle, Ray on banjo-mandolin, Melanie on Cello Banjo, Carole Anne Rose on 6-string (5-string style) banjo.

Full set from The Old Time Banjo Festival

The Old 78s at The Old Time Banjo Festival from Carole Anne Rose on Vimeo.

Our full, 24-minute set.

Temptation Rag

We played this with Clarke on the Goldtone Cello Banjo at Cathy Fink's Old Time Banjo Festival, July 2009. The Washington Post Music Review reported that "The Old 78's.....and their infectious mix of classical and ragtime music STOLE THE SHOW."!

Thunder & Blazes - The Old 78's

(aka) "Entry of the Gladiators", featuring the new Gold Tone 5-string Cello Banjo played by Curly Miller, Clarke Buehling on solo banjo and Carole Anne Rose on second banjo. It was arranged for this 3 piece banjo orchestran by CUrly Miller and Clarke Buehling and recorded at the 2008 North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance conference in Memphis.

Russian Rag - The Old 78's

Russian Rag by George L. Cobb (1915), Curly Miller on Solo Banjo, Clarke Buehling on Cello Banjo, and Carole Anne Rose on Second Banjo

Sleigh Ride Galop

Curly Miller on Cello Banjo, Clarke Buehling on Solo Banjo, Carole Anne Rose on Second Banjo

Cat Rag

Clarke Buehling - Cello Banjo, Curly Miller - Fiddle, Carole Anne Rose 6-String (5-String style) banjo

Far South Medley

Clarke Buehling - Solo Banjo, Curly Miller - Cello Banjo

Too, Utterly Too - Clarke Buehling

Clarke Buehling on Cello Banjo