Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs
Summary: Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Former Blue Grass Boy Tony Ellis asked that this old tune be shared and hopefully played once again. He learned it from an old friend who learned it as a 9-year-old boy from the "town drunk" who used to busk in Rodgersville, Tennessee. Tony calls the melody simple and old-fashioned. I learned it clawhammer style, though he plays it 2-finger style. I also reversed his first and second parts and he didn't mind at all!
Two versions of Chase the Squirrel have resemblances, but are different. I explore them both in the Tune of the Week for 10/28/22.
Uploaded for the 10/21/22 Old Time Tune of the Week. I am playing three finger style without picks, so as not to disturb the cat.
Three related tunes make for an interesting Tune of the Week. They're from Darley Fulks (Shoe Heels Crackin' on the Floor) and Melvin Wine and Dwight Diller (both playing Boatin' Up Sandy, but differently).
From the playing of Georgian fiddler Lowe Stokes in the 1920's, this four-part tune won him fiddle contests and became popular. Check out the current Tune of the Week to learn lots more.
Taylor Kimble, fiddler from Virginia, recorded Ship in the Clouds for the Library of Congress when Alan Lomax was actively collecting tunes. In this clawhammer arrangement I added 2-finger cello banjo accompaniment. The melodic movement of the tune matches the title, in my opinion. It appears to modulate, but not for long -- a ship floating in clouds is a good metaphor IMO.
Here's an old tune played by Melvin Wine of WV learned from his father, Bob Wine. The B part goes into another mode, thus the intrigue of the tune. It's a fun one to play.
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This very syncopated tune was a challenge to arrange. The TOTW presenter, Stephen Rapp, was able to arrange it in a more standard clawhammer style and plays it wonderfully with his fiddling partner, Paul Kirk, Jr. Check it out on the link for TOTW.
This is my contribution to the Old Time Tune of the Week for 9/16/22, suggested by Stephe3n Rapp. A good tune.
Spanish Fandango - Art Rosenbaum and Marshall Brickman (1962)
Recording while practicing. Andr? guitar, Chris guitar, Biggi cajon, myself banjo and main vocals. Banjo: Recording King RK-R35.
Sheebeg and Sheemore (Burton)
