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Uncle Oscar's Stoned Rag

from Times Ain't Nuthin' Like They Used To Be by Marc Nerenberg

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UNCLE OSCAR’S STONED RAG (Marc Nerenberg – derived from Oscar Stone’s “Stone Rag”)
I recorded this instrumental tune in October 2018 to celebrate the legalisation of cannabis in Canada that month and I gave it a new title specifically for the occasion. This song started out as a not very accurate version of an old tune from the 1920s called “Stone Rag” by a fellow named Oscar Stone, that I learned from a mandolin player in the 1970s. It never was more than a vague approximation of Stone’s tune, and over the years of monkeying around with it, it diverged even further from the original source material – far enough, I think to deserve a new title of its own (though one that refers to the original tune, perhaps with a wink).

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from Times Ain't Nuthin' Like They Used To Be, released January 15, 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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