RAG" tunes

Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 11 Oct 1999 12:27 pm

How about:

Roadside Rag
Sugarfoot Rag
Beaumont Rag

just three I can think of without doing any research.

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Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 11 Oct 1999 5:34 pm

Barbecue Rag. Recorded in late '40's by either Paul Howard and his Cottonpickers or
Curley Williams and his Georgia Peachpickers.

Tar Heel Rag. Recorded by Cecil Campbell

Blake

Cliff Swanson · Post by **Cliff Swanson** » 11 Oct 1999 6:10 pm

Showing my ignorance here... What makes a tune a rag?

Cat

Steve Allison · Post by **Steve Allison** » 11 Oct 1999 10:02 pm

Bob Wills did Fat Boy Rag.
His brother did R-A-G-G M-O-P-P rag mop,
doodle lee do da do da.

Dana Duplan · Post by **Dana Duplan** » 12 Oct 1999 6:55 am

Lets not forget "Texas Playboy Rag".

Steve Allison · Post by **Steve Allison** » 12 Oct 1999 9:45 pm

Cannonball Rag, Redskin Rag, Just Another Rag

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 12 Oct 1999 10:11 pm

VarsityD rag.

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 13 Oct 1999 3:46 pm

UUh? Maybe:
Texas Playboy Rag
Saturday Night Rag (Curley Williams band)
New Pandhandle Rag
"Allison you're showing your age" Rag Mop"
Boot Heel (D)rag
Tennessee Rag (Homer & Jethro
Salty Dog Rag (Eddie Hill)
Platona Rag (Johnny Maddox)
Fig Leaf Rag (Chet Atkins)
Downhill (D)rag (Chet Atkins)
12th Street Rag
New Fort Worth Rag (Noel Boggs)
E String Rag (Hank Garland)
Blue Bonnett Rag (Speedy West)
Shuffleboard Rad (SW)
New Roadside Rag (Billy Bowman)
Cannon Bal Rag (M. Travis)
T-Bone Rag (J. Bryant)
Banjo Rag (Guitar Boogie Smith)
Well, these are just a few that come to mind. Ray

John Tipka · Post by **John Tipka** » 13 Oct 1999 5:12 pm

Ray,

How could you forget "Black and White Rag" by Jerry Byrd?

And don't tell that when you get over 60,...., because I am one of those too.

John

Gerald Ross · Post by **Gerald Ross** » 13 Oct 1999 5:54 pm

Answering Cliff Swanson as to what makes a tune a rag.

Don't mean to get academic here but a classic rag in the sense of the great Ragtime composers, Scott Joplin, Tom Turpin, Joseph Lamb etc. is a musical piece that has the following form: AABACA (if memory serves me well). Listen to Maple Leaf Rag or The Entertainer. These tunes have 3 or 4 parts that follow a prescribed pattern. Also listen to classic marches by John Phillip Sousa who was around during the Ragtime era (1890's to 1910). His compositions follow Ragtime patterns.

After the Ragtime craze died down it seems that any tune that was quick and lively was called a rag.

BTW - Black and White Rag, Fig Leaf Rag and 12th Street Rag are classic rags written during the Ragtime era.

I welcome any corrections to this posting by musical scholars. All my "facts" come from a book I read 20 years ago entitled "They All Played Ragtime" and I am quoting from a memory that just put in a day at work.[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 10-14-99][This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 10-15-99]

Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 13 Oct 1999 7:25 pm

Here are a couple more. Cinncinnatti Rag, fiddle tune that Buck Ryan is noted for and Lone Star Rag. I believe Ole Rasmussen and the Nebraska Corn Huskers recorded this one.

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Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 15 Oct 1999 5:16 pm

John Tipka...... Really, I didn't forget that one by Jerry Byrd, but I started feeling really guilty after about the first dozen or so that I listed so I fained.... fatigue in order to allow other fine forumites such as yourself make worth while contributions to these fine pages.
Kenny Dail is a hard one for me to keep ahead of, which, by the way, is most refreshing. Out here, very few picker had ever heard of Jerry Byrd. These mental challenges are both appreciated and enjoyed.

Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 15 Oct 1999 9:12 pm

Ray I'm honored that you consider me a worthy competitor (?). It seems to me that Chet Atkins or Merle Travis had one called the "Dill Pickle Rag". Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 17 Oct 1999 7:24 pm

Kenny....I've delved way back into the cobweb infested recesses in my ole brain, and I would have to admit, you're indeed right! I believe it was Merle Travis. But that one must be older than I am, otherwise I'd have likely remembered it more quickly.
I get email all the time from forumites who agree 100%, that you're without a doubt one of THE FINEST steel players this nation has ever known. That's the truth! I have to ask you: Would I lie? I don't think so.

Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 17 Oct 1999 10:05 pm

Ray you and the rest of my fiends make me just want to sit down and cry sometimes, but I'm too damned old to cry so, I think I'll just go and play my Steel guitar for a while. Besides, don't beleive everything you hear. As Jerry says...your ear will lie to you.

And speaking of Jerry, I don't think there is a steel player living under the age of 70 that hasn't been influenced by this man either directly or indirectly. L8r...

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[This message was edited by Kenny Dail on 10-17-99]