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May 14, 2012

Bye Bye Blues – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 134

Bye Bye Blues has been my dad’s favorite tune to play on tenor banjo for as long as I can remember. I really like how he takes off with it, speeding it up to breakneck speed. I’m still amazed at how fast he can whip that banjo up. Today, we put on a Mother’s Day concert for my Grandma.

I don’t play with my dad too often anymore, but here is the second installment with him joining me on tenor banjo. The first was at a jam in Loveland. This time, I’m mostly just adding a little flair to the tune.

 

 

Bye Bye Blues (song) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“Bye Bye Blues“
Written by Fred Hamm
Dave Bennett
Bert Lown
Chauncey Gray
Published 1930
Language English
Original artist Bert Lown and his orchestra
Recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford
Many other artists (see #Recorded versions)

“Bye Bye Blues” is a popular and jazz standard written by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, and Chauncey Gray and published in 1930.[1]

The year it was introduced it was sung by The Vikings on the NBC radio series, The Vikings. It has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known recording is one made in 1952 by Les Paul and Mary Ford. This recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2316. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on December 27, 1952 and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #11.[2]

Bye Bye Blues Lyrics

Bye bye blues…. bye bye blues

Bells ring…. birds sing

Sun is shin-in’…. no more pin-in’

 

Just we two…smil-in’ through

Don’t sigh….don’t cry

Bye bye blues

 

Bye bye blues….i’m sayin’ bye bye blues

Bells will ring and birds all sing

Stop your mope-in’, keep on hope-in’

 

You and me….can’t you see

Now don’t you sigh…..and don’t you cry

Bye bye blues

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / blues, bye bye blues, chauncey gray, dad, Les, les paul and mary ford, Recorded, recording, tenor banjo, wikipedia the free encyclopedia 10 Comments

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Comments

  1. Patrick Dooley says

    December 20, 2013 at 8:11 pm

    Vi-
    This one is my new favorite- watching you and your dad play…looks like the only one breaking a sweat was you…

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      December 26, 2013 at 2:40 pm

      Thanks, Patrick. My dad can really be a speed demon on that banjo. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Marcia says

    January 1, 2014 at 9:34 am

    Love this! Great to see and hear both of you doing this fun tune

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      January 17, 2014 at 11:13 am

      Thanks Marcia. My dad really rocks out on this one. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Michael Friedman says

    April 26, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    Beautiful musical performance !

    Reply
  4. Francis Meador says

    June 12, 2014 at 3:52 pm

    Very enjoyable. Nice banjo performance. You sound great together. Thank you!

    Reply
  5. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    Thanks, Michael.

    Reply
  6. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    Thanks, Michael.

    Reply
  7. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    It's great getting to play with my dad.

    Reply
  8. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    It's great getting to play with my dad.

    Reply

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