Joseph Decosimo
I'm mostly posting old school-ish Old-time music from Southern Appalachia and the broader Southern US. I'm trying to post high quality stuff because the internet is full of half-baked renditions of this beautiful music, which is a bummer. I make music inspired by rare old sounds. songs/banjo/fiddle—mostly inspired and informed by Old-time musicians from the Southern US. I grew up in Tennessee and cut my musical teeth there. I tried to learn from some of the older players around there. I like music with edges, grit, and guts. I'm also a folklorist/ethnomusicologist person with a phd and have taught fiddle and banjo at one of the few university programs where you can major in this stuff. Besides playing and teaching lots of traditional stuff, I sometimes collaborate with folks who make music outside of that world. Thanks for checking this out.
The Old Cow Died in the Forks of the Branch - Joseph Decosimo
Billy in the Lowground - Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey / recording session
Drunken Hiccups - Joseph Decosimo
Coon Dog - Joseph Decosimo and Cleek Schrey
Puncheon Camps - Joseph Decosimo with Stephanie Coleman, Jay Hammond, and Matt O'Connell
Billy Button (live) Joseph Decosimo
Ida Red (live) - Joseph Decosimo
Green River March by Joseph Decosimo - 2 finger then clawhammer banjo
Flowery Girls / Joseph Decosimo / fretless banjo
Lost Girl - Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, Cleek Schrey + I 85 underpass
Lost Gander / Wild Goose Chase - Joseph Decosimo
Cluck Old Hen - Joseph Decosimo 2 finger banjo
Cluck Old Hen clawhammer & 2 finger banjo / Joseph Decosimo
Blackberry blossoms - Joseph Decosimo fiddle
betty baker on a Romero gourd banjo / Joseph Decosimo
Roses in the Morning by Joseph Decosimo / from Clyde Davenport / track 2 of JD plays Clydeoscope
Callahan by Joseph Decosimo / JD plays Clydeoscope track 1
Fred Cockerham fiddle, Kyle Creed banjo, and Bobby Patterson play Soldier’s Joy 1974
Cumberland Gap 2finger banjo - Joseph Decosimo
Katy Bar the Door - Joseph Decosimo (from the aluminum wonder)
Young Rapoleon (The Bonny Bunch of Roses) - Joseph Decosimo
Joseph Decosimo & Matt O'Connell - "The Wild Goose Chase" (live)
Joseph Decosimo and Stephanie Coleman - Clear Fork (live)
Joseph Decosimo - The Fox Chase / Lost Gander [Official Video]
Joseph Decosimo - Man Of Constant Sorrow (live)
Trouble by Joseph Decosimo
Joseph Decosimo - Will Davenport's Tune [Official Video]
Will Davenport's Tune by Joseph Decosimo
red steer clawhammer banjo / Joseph Decosimo