Old Days by Capharnaum County Magicians Society

This is a collection of firsts; the first songs I learned how to play on the first banjo I ever owned, a Rover RB-20 purchased second-hand from the Blue Ridge Pickin' Parlor in Granada Hills, California. During that summer of 2002, the late Frank Javorsek taught me how to play banjo, hand-writing tablature for the songs on this recording.

The Pickin' Parlor has since closed, I've graduated to better instruments and branched out into other styles... but I still have that first banjo, Frank's tabs, and the muscle memory from the hours I spent practicing in those early days. I decided to recapture some of that sound and energy all these years later.

From the gaslit music halls of the 19th century to the parlors and porches of the early 20th and beyond.

Old music interpreted by new instruments, and new music interpreted by old instruments.