Here are some video clips and audio files of myself and and my friends playing informally at home. Because my friends play all kinds of music, there are some bluegrass, traditional Irish and western swing numbers as well as some old timey tunes.
| Musicians | Stream (broadband) | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Jacks* and Tom Joad | "Cherokee Shuffle" (realmedia) | "Cherokee Shuffle" (realmedia) |
| Ian Jacks* and Tom Joad | "Bill Cheathum" (realmedia) | "Bill Cheathum" (realmedia) |
| Ian Jacks* and Tom Joad | "Old Molly Hare" (realmedia) | "Old Molly Hare" (realmedia) |
| Musicians | Stream (broadband) | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Joad | "Shady Grove" (realmedia) | "Shady Grove" (realmedia) |
| Tom Joad | Clawhammer Banjo Lesson for Rudy (realmedia) | Clawhammer Banjo Lesson for Rudy (realmedia) |
The audio file above entitled "Clawhammer Banjo Lesson for Rudy" was recorded for someone who had asked for help getting started learning to play clawhammer banjo.
If you want to hear more streaming audio by Tom Joad, check out his audio files at the Open Source Audio Archive
*Ian Jacks is a musician friend of mine. We were both members of Shake that Little Foot string band in the early 1990s. Apologies for the poor lighting in some of the above video clips.