RED SKIN RAG

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 25 Mar 2008 10:09 pm

Here is a tune I haven't heard for a very long time.
Howard Barnard performing "Red Skin Rag" at the Centennial Rodeo Opry in OKC's Historic Stockyards City on March 8th, 2008.

Lisa Spears played a very fast version of "Red Skin Rag" at Scotty's ISGC in the 1980s, on a very early all wood body Sho-Bud guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypl99kWAVdo

Roger

Bill Waskiewicz · Post by **Bill Waskiewicz** » 26 Mar 2008 5:09 am

Great tune plus great playing, Thanks Roger
Bill W.

Al Udeen · Post by **Al Udeen** » 26 Mar 2008 7:23 am

Hi Roger! Long time no see! Red Skin Rag was the first song that Hal Rugg showed me how to play, way back in 58 when he was living here in Mn. Regards! Al Udeen

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 26 Mar 2008 12:06 pm

It was also a Jeff Newman standard

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 1 Apr 2008 9:53 pm

BUMPARINO!

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 2 Apr 2008 8:15 am

Great playing of a great song. I think this is a good example of getting the 6th neck sound from an S10 E9. But it is also an example of the limitations of that. C6 and uni B6 players will notice the missing low strings sound, and a little more of the E9 twang than you usually hear from C6 or B6. Just an interesting observation. Don't mean to detract at all from Howard's great playing.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 2 Apr 2008 12:02 pm

Hello David,

Would an E-9th tuning with the D note removed and the B note moved forward to the 9th string position and a Low E note added in the 10th string positon work better?

In this application the D note could be recovered by
lowering the 8th string E to a D note. ????

Roger