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New Release! Frog Legs Rag - Sheet Music + Audio
Plus Upcoming Gigs in Chicago, St. Louis, a Book Report, and More
New Release! Frog Legs Rag - Sheet Music + Audio
The big news for you, my dear newsletter readers, is that you can now order the sheet music and/or banjo tablature for this original arrangement of James Scott’s classic ragtime piece, Frog Legs Rag! You can also listen to it right here:
The audio is free to download and comes with a free 8.5”x11” PDF of the sheet music and tablature that you can print at home. You can get your hands on the exclusive, limited-edition 9”x12” edition (a perfect gift for the banjo player in your life!) here. The print edition includes some of James Scott’s biographical info and a nice photo of him as well.
Upcoming Gigs
Chicago - This Friday, 4/4 - Banjos After Dark at Borelli’s Pizza, 2124 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago - 6pm Fiddle Workshop, 7:30pm Concert, more info
Chicago - This Saturday, 4/5 - Groupmuse Ragtime Banjo + Piano House Concert with Hope Arthur — More info and reservations here (There will be a special surprise guest joining us on tuba!)
St. Louis - 4/7 - Ragtime Rendezvous at Scott Joplin House
St. Louis - 4/8 - Yaqui’s w/ Ethan Leinwand, piano, 7-10pm, FREE!
Detroit - 4/12 - Record Store Day Party at Ripe Records with Rachel Pearson and Sodra Jane of Detroit Square Dance Society Band - Party starts at 10am and goes til late in the day. We play 12-1. Free food and drinks! Family friendly event! Lots of records to dig through.
Detroit - 4/19 - Potluck + Square Dance.+ Fundraiser Benefiting Great Lakes Water Protector Network -- Raffle + Door Prizes! More info at
Akron, OH - 4/29 - Rialto Theatre wsg Cory Grinder Band - Tickets
Buffalo, NY - 4/30 - Nietzsche’s, 6-8pm, FREE
Palmyra, NY - 5/1-3 American Banjo Fraternity Spring Rally
Toronto - 5/7 - Tranzac w/Lotus Wight (TBC)
Montreal - 5/9 - Mile End Guitar Coop, 7pm doors, 8pm concert, $20 suggested
Ottawa - 5/10 - Workshop + House Concert - 2pm workshop, 7pm concert with family style dinner at 6pm. Email caandsonny@gmail.com for details and reservations
Detroit - Cliff Bell’s Jam Sessions w/Ragtime Banjo Revival Trio - Every Wednesday in July! Showtimes are at 7:30p & 9:30p. Doors open at 5pm for dinner. Seating begins at 6pm for “Dinner & a Show”. The second show starts seating at 9pm. Free if you bring an instrument and come to jam!
I just posted a lovely live video to my Patreon channel from a concert I played last week — You can now subscribe for free, or consider a paid membership in order to experience that warm glow that comes from supporting my work!
Book Report
I just finished reading The Light Eaters, by Zoë Schlanger, and it was packed full of very interesting information yet was also easy to read. I can recommend it, whether you’ve always been a plant lover or especially if you’ve never given the plant kingdom much thought. This book is full of surprises, and I think you’ll enjoy it!
Farewell, for now
That’s all I’ve got for the time being. Wishing you well, and I encourage you to spend more time outside, at least when the air quality is good!