Sandy Bull was a composer and accomplished player of many stringed instrume… Read Full Bio ↴Sandy Bull was a composer and accomplished player of many stringed instruments, including guitar, pedal-steel, banjo and the middle-eastern oud. Sandy Bull's music and recordings are characterized by his blending of non-western instrumentation and improvisational traditions with the 1960's folk revival. His albums for Vanguard records often combined extended modal improvisations on oud with an eclectic repertoire of instrumental cover material. Bull is well known for his arrangement of Carl Orff's composition Carmina Burana for 5 string banjo on his first album, which was included on an album of R.E.M.'s favourite songs. Other such musical fusions include his adaptation of Luiz Bonfá's "Manha de Carnaval," and compositions derived from J.S. Bach themes.
Sandy Bull's approach to performance, composition and recording is notable for his extensive use of overdubbing and multi-track tape recording before such techniques became commonplace in music production. However, unlike the sophisticated, glossy aesthetic commonly associated with these techniques, Bull simply used overdubbing as a way to accompany himself and plays all the instruments on many of his recordings. As documented in the "Still Valentine's Day 1969" concert recording, Sandy Bull's use of tape accompinament was part of his live, solo performances as well.
Bull also played the oud on Sam Phillips 1991 album, Cruel Inventions. Bull primary played a fingerpicking style of guitar and banjo, and his style has been compared to that of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, of the early Takoma label in the 1960's.
He was the only child of Harry A. Bull, an editor in chief of Town and Country magazine, and Daphne van Beuren Bayne (1916-2002), a New Jersey banking heiress who became known as a jazz harpist under the name Daphne Hellman. His parents were divorced in 1941, shortly after his birth.
By his mother's second marriage to the New Yorker writer Geoffrey Hellman, Bull had one half-sister, the sitar player Daisy Paradis, and a half-brother, Digger St. John.
In the 1970s, Sandy Bull became involved with drugs. He died of lung cancer on April 11, 2001.
Sandy Bull's approach to performance, composition and recording is notable for his extensive use of overdubbing and multi-track tape recording before such techniques became commonplace in music production. However, unlike the sophisticated, glossy aesthetic commonly associated with these techniques, Bull simply used overdubbing as a way to accompany himself and plays all the instruments on many of his recordings. As documented in the "Still Valentine's Day 1969" concert recording, Sandy Bull's use of tape accompinament was part of his live, solo performances as well.
Bull also played the oud on Sam Phillips 1991 album, Cruel Inventions. Bull primary played a fingerpicking style of guitar and banjo, and his style has been compared to that of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, of the early Takoma label in the 1960's.
He was the only child of Harry A. Bull, an editor in chief of Town and Country magazine, and Daphne van Beuren Bayne (1916-2002), a New Jersey banking heiress who became known as a jazz harpist under the name Daphne Hellman. His parents were divorced in 1941, shortly after his birth.
By his mother's second marriage to the New Yorker writer Geoffrey Hellman, Bull had one half-sister, the sitar player Daisy Paradis, and a half-brother, Digger St. John.
In the 1970s, Sandy Bull became involved with drugs. He died of lung cancer on April 11, 2001.
Little Maggie
Sandy Bull Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Little Maggie' by these artists:
Barbara Dane Oh, where is little Maggie Over yonder she stands, Rifle on …
Bessie Lee Mauldin Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Bluegrass Reunion Oh, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Bob Dylan Oh, where is little Maggie Over yonder she stands Rifle on h…
Bob Dylan//////////////////// Oh, where is little Maggie Over yonder she stands, Rifle on …
Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs Oh, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Dane Barbara Oh, where is little Maggie Over yonder she stands, Rifle on …
David Grisman Oh, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Doc & Merle Watson Oh, yonder stand Little Maggie With her dram glass in her…
Frank Wakefield & Red Allen Oh, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Kingston Trio [Chorus:] Oh, well, yonder stands little Maggie with a dram …
Lauren O'Connell Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs And The Stanley Brothers Over yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Merle Watson wake up wake up little maggie why do you sleep so…
Mike Seeger Oh, where is little Maggie Over yonder she stands, Rifle on …
Mike Seeger & Paul Brown Oh, where is little Maggie Over yonder she stands, Rifle o…
Ralph Stanley Over yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Red Allen Oh, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Red Smiley Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut Ups Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Ricky Skaggs Oh, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
Robert Plant Yonder come little Maggie With a dram glass in her hands She…
Sean Hayes Little Maggie Over yonder stands little Maggie with a dram …
Stanley Brothers Over yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
The Bluegrass Cut Ups Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
The Clinch Mountain Boys and the Stanley Brothers Over yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
The Kingston Trio [Chorus:] Oh, well, yonder stands little Maggie with a dram …
The Stanley Brothers Over yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her…
The The Kingston Trio [Chorus:] Oh, well, yonder stands little Maggie with a dram …
Robert Plant Yonder come little Maggie With a dram glass in her hands She…
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@ngumbo
Havent heard this in 40 years. Love it, thanks.
@tmf945
ANYTHING by Sandy Bull should be on YouTube..
@chop471
Such a captivating piece. It speaks to the soul.
@GlindaQuadling
Despite the misleading photo on this clip the remarkable string-fusion player and multi-instrumentalist Sandy Bull is playing banjo, mostly in the oldtime clawhammer banjo style. All while making the traditional folk tune "Little Maggie" into a dreamlike fusion folk and other styles ....
@mountainman1861
This is now my favorite song
@duckface524
bull was the man
@janusmcmanus
Wonderful.
Thank you.
@meansofegressmusic
I transferred this song onto the guitar and sounds really good. Great song!
@NoahDavidFrancis
You cant transfer shit.
@Bojangles126
@@NoahDavidFrancis wtf?