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Traditional ballad

This film shows Alaskan scenery and traditional American ballads (and one original song about rat snakes) played on a vintage Martin ukulele. I got the idea for this concert because I was stopped so many times along the Parks Highway for road work crews to work on the highway. I thank Alaska Department of transportation and Public Works for the inspiration. The film was shot on 17June 2015 between Anchorage and Fairbanks and on 25 June 2015 between Fairbanks and Anchorage. It includes miscellaneous views of the scenery, fire damage and comments on the virtues of the ukulele over other stringed instruments.

An old English folk song of the murder ballad ilk. This is unedited, sorry bout that. I bought a new video editing program and it's not working very well.

House of the Rising Sun played on a Martin 1M, 40's-50's, Fremont Blackline strings.

American version of the old English murder ballad played on a late 20's Martin M2 ukulele.

Haven't uploaded a video in some time so although this has a flaw or two it seemed like time to get back on the ball. Traditional ballad, not a murder ballad in that sense but there must have been a murder to put the writer in jail. Lots of floating verses to this song like many American ballads.