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Those Twenny​-​Twenny Blues

from Long Train A​-​Rollin' by Marc Nerenberg

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When I've sat down to improvise on the banjo during the last few days of 2020, bits and pieces of this heart-felt comment on that terrible year percolated out of my subconscious, though they did not organize themselves into an actual song - just different bits on different days. Then I sat down just before the end of the year, with pen in hand, and organized them into this year ending blues song. It has a bit of an odd structure for a blues - a 16 bar blues chorus, and a ballad form verse. It's not about the facts, just about how that awful year makes me feel. This was written and recorded on 28 December 2020, on a banjo tuned gFCFA (when the 5th fret capo position is taken into account) and a Bb harmonica played cross-keyed in F. I use a hybrid mix of clawhammer and thumb lead finger picking as my banjo playing style.

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from Long Train A​-​Rollin', released August 2, 2021

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Marc Nerenberg Montreal, Québec

Marc Nerenberg is a veteran Montreal folksinger who plays old time banjo styles and blues harmonica. He has a narrative- centric repertoire, recounting stories in song and wrapping stories around songs. You may “be drawn in by a combination of Marc’s mastery of traditional banjo styles, his idiosyncratic singing, and [his] richly detailed ballads.” (Mike Regenstreif – Folk Roots/Folk Branches 2019) ... more

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