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turtlehead's Videos (23)
3 String Cigar Box Banjo - 4 tunings 04:45
I've been on a building spree lately and wanted to make a 3 stringer with re-entrant tuning to play… turtlehead Jun 11 136 views
Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
Trying to channel some Merle on my new 3 string. turtlehead Jun 8 66 views
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Garden Party CBG
Rick Nelson cover on a 3 string. Such a great song. He wrote this after playing a show at Madison S… turtlehead Mar 11 84 views
Dead Covers Project 2013 - Ship of Fools - Cigar Box Guitar
The good folks over at dead.net have put together a little project where fans submit their covers o… turtlehead Feb 20 114 views
Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues
Some say it's the saddest song ever written. turtlehead Jan 24 130 views
Abilene - 3 String CBG
Back to basics with the 3 string. turtlehead Jan 13 98 views
Everything's Cool
Having a blue Christmas? Here's a little John Prine to lift your spirits. turtlehead Dec 11, 2012 100 views
In the Pines
Wanted to demo my "box" fiddle and do this great old song. This is my first time playing a bowed in… turtlehead Nov 29, 2012 86 views
Talkin' Soccer Mom Blues
Working on some banter and a Woody/Arlo Guthrie impression. RTZ suggested I do a talking blues song… turtlehead Nov 1, 2012 118 views
Soapbox 06:14
Come for the turtlehead manifesto, stay for the Skynyrd. turtlehead Oct 11, 2012 240 views
Riders on the Storm - CBG and Cajon
Just finished a cajon and put it right to work. A little sloppy, but I can't believe how good it so… turtlehead Oct 5, 2012 170 views
Makin' Sawdust Blues
A friend suggested that I do a song about making a guitar and here's what happened. turtlehead Sep 18, 2012 122 views
Hand Dipped Piezos and a Washtub Bass
A little experimentation with rubber coating piezos and sound tests with my upright washtub bass turtlehead Aug 23, 2012 172 views
Ship of Fools
Another Dead tune. turtlehead Jun 27, 2012 144 views
Drink Up and Go Home - CBG
Got myself a new hat and had to give it a whirl. I've been playing this song for a while. Another o… turtlehead May 11, 2012 108 views
Monkey and the Engineer -CBG
A great song written by one man band musician Jesse Fuller. I learned it through the Grateful Dead… turtlehead Apr 10, 2012 118 views
Catfish John - CBG
Catfish John (G)Mama said don't go (C)near that (G)river (G)Don't be hangin' around old catfish (… turtlehead Mar 25, 2012 77 views
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Birch Bark CBG - Ripple - Grateful Dead
G If my words did glow with the gold C of sunshine And my tunes were played on the G harp unstrung,… turtlehead Mar 21, 2012 102 views
T & T
A cover of the Uncle John hit Titties and Tires. I can't tell you how much I love this song. I'm im… turtlehead Feb 8, 2012 93 views
Cecil Brown
Cecil Brown by Hank III with my new almost finished 4 string CBG and acoustic guitar. Video from a… turtlehead Feb 2, 2012 84 views
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