josie o / the josie girl clawhammer banjo old tune tune and lesson / joseph decosimo

here's the old time tune josie girl / aka josie o on clawhammer with a short lesson at the end.
Pretty please check out my new solo old time banjo album: josephdecosimo... tracks of old time banjo, clawhammer, 2 finger, gourd banjos, banjo songs, resonator banjos, openback banjos, and super rare banjo repertoire! I'm proud of it.
Anyway, I used to the play this one with Charlie Acuff. He learned it from his grandfather. Art Stamper learned it from Charlie and called it Josie O. Charlie called it the Josie Girl and would sing "where's that girl, where's she gone, where's that girl with the josie on." A Josie was a cloak of some sort. gDGBD tuning for this one. I kept the tutorial piece simple, but there's plenty more you can do. On that note, I'm starting up a monthly, sliding scale streaming old-time banjo workshop. It'll be archived and available after for folks who can't tune in in real time. DM or contact me through my website if you're interested. www.josephdeco...
bye for now.
PS: l also recorded a fiddle, guitar, banjo version on this album. Luke Richardson's playing on it is really great: josephdecosimo...

[@richardmacewan2385]

The album is THE BEST. Buy it if you love banjo.

[@JosephDecosimo]

that's might kind of you, friend!

[@clawhammer704]

Those old aluminum bottle cap banjos sound great played in the old time style. Great playing .

[@thumbstring]

Absolutlely love this!

[@gregpeterson1272]

Old guy from northern Mn. Very nice, keep smiling, it makes it fun

[@sharrison7662]

Great to see and hear you again playing some solid ol' time music! Brings back memories of Mud Fish.

[@brendandoyle815]

Damn, Joseph! So good! 🪕👍

[@JosephDecosimo]

Brendan, you're so good! thanks.

[@markbullen5989]

Outstanding

[@mejodo4532]

Thank you for sharing, Joseph! You precious gem.

[@matyascerny3207]

Very cool to hear the story and song too!

[@travishoward108]

Great job on the new album! Been listening a lot the past couple days and I’m not ready to leave the place it’s taking me. Bravo! 👏

[@aok5string]

This is loads more interesting than the Josie tune (via Stamper) I used to know. Highschool Graduation fun as it was meant to be! Thanks for doing this, Joseph.

[@rayclark8919]

Just stumbled upon this Joe.... that’s one of the coolest tunes I’ve heard in a long time. Is that double c tuning or sandy river belle? I’m digging it.... you even stopped my gal in her tracks.... she says “ that guy’s really good! “

[@JosephDecosimo]

I'm glad you like it! I'm playing it out of standard here gDGBD. The fretless is just tuned low.

[@rayclark8919]

@@JosephDecosimo I am just a beginning player Joe… by tuned all low I don’t know what you mean. I tried an entire octave lower and it’s a mess. I’m happy to perhaps take an online lesson.

[@JosephDecosimo]

@@rayclark8919 sorry for the confusion! The lesson part of the video here is in standard gDGBD tuning. It's just the first bit on the funky banjo that's tuned lower. If you put your banjo gDGBD, you can mess with the second half of the video. If you want to connect for an online lesson, use this form and I'll be in touch: www.josephdecosimo.com/contact

[@PammieHoSDo]

Really nice!!! - Reminds me of "Boatman", or "Boatsman".

[@MrHacienda1]

Great lesson Joseph Does the tune have three distinct parts? Thanks.

[@JosephDecosimo]

Yes, it does have 3 parts.

[@MrHacienda1]

@@JosephDecosimo Thanks: Love your playing and the history that goes with the tune. It sounds just like an old u-tube video of Charlie Acuff playing it

[@craigmitchell8892]

Do you need specific strings to tune a banjo as low as your first one? I've tried tuning my entry level barns and mullins thing but at a full step it starts to lose intonation

[@norabrown7010]

tbh u seemed kinda weird as a highschooler...

[@JosephDecosimo]

lol. takes one to know one.