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Please visit http://www.matthewsabatella.com for free song downloads, blog, upcoming concerts, pictures and more.With vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass fiddle, mountain dulcimer, and a wealth of traditional folk songs, Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band bring the story of the United States vividly to life. The journey begins in Colonial America and follows the paths of the pioneers, sailors, lumberjacks, immigrants, '49ers, farmers, slaves, soldiers, cowboys, and railroaders who moved the country across the continent and into the 20th century.

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Yellow Rose of Texas

  • Length: 4:39
  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 2 people
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  • Author: balladofamerica

Tags: acoustic  american  banjo  civil  clawhammer  fiddle  folk  guitar  mandolin  music  tune  war 

Artist: Matthew Sabatella & the Rambling String Band with the Pompano Beach Old-Time JammersDescription: This song was written for the minstrel stage by a composer known only as J.K. It became popular during the Civil War and passed into Southern fiddling tradition in a somewhat altered form....

Old Joe Clark

  • Length: 3:54
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Tags: acoustic  american  banjo  clawhammer  fiddle  folk  guitar  mandolin  music  tune 

Artist: Matthew Sabatella & the Rambling String Band with the Pompano Beach Old-Time JammersDescription: This is a widely-known old-time breakdown. See "Yellow Rose of Texas" and "Golden slippers" for more from 'Old-Time Music Night' at Luna Star Cafe in North Miami on Friday, October 24,...

Golden Slippers

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Tags: acoustic  american  banjo  clawhammer  fiddle  folk  guitar  mandolin  music  tune 

Artist: Matthew Sabatella & the Rambling String Band with the Pompano Beach Old-Time JammersDescription: This song (formally titled "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers") was composed by prominent black minstrel songwriter and banjo player James A. Bland in 1879. The melody later passed from the minstrel...

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