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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with Chip Arnold playing index lead- low part, me playing index lead high part, both 2-finger.
Medley of two tunes learned from Tom Mackenzie up here in VT. Recorded a while back, but I still like 'em.
Amy & I playing Red Haired Boy in two-finger style.
The very best fiddle tunes are often the plain and simple ones that you just can't get out of your head. Weeks after the jam that Don Couchie and I had at Clifftop with fiddler Ralph Roberts, I find myself humming John's Tune, an old time melody that Ralph learned from his grandfather. Don and I both felt that the moment spent picking that tune with Ralph was for us the best two minutes of the whole festival. Don Couchie is backing up on guitar, I am picking three finger style on my semi-fretless Tubaphone in open G.
Gourd banjo built by Peter Fagan, Urbana, Illinois.
I'm finally learning this tune. It made a great TOTW a while back. Playing on a fretless is quite challenging and also rewarding. The gourd gives it a unique tone. Hope you enjoy!
Texas, also known as New Castle. From the fiddling of Henry Reed.
Peanut Butter w/ banjo #33
Like many old time West Virginia fiddlers, Ralph Roberts is often inclined to play a song melody as an instrumental, particulary a sacred song. This is another recording from the jam that Don Couchie and I had with him on that last night at Clifftop. Purple Robe is a spiritual recorded by the Stanley Brothers for King Records in 1960. Don Couchie is backing up on guitar, I am picking three finger style on my semi-fretless Tubaphone in open G. "False accused and there condemned yet they found no fault with Him, the man who wore the scarlet purple robe."
Learning... :)
More rough fretless playing on a 1919 Vega Little Wonder Fretless I'm selling
More rough fretless playing on a 1919 Vega Little Wonder Fretless I'm selling
A medley of two bird-related tunes, fiddle ,guitar and clawhammer banjo. Key of D, aDAF#D tuning.
Earl Collins learned this from his father, William. Earl was born in Missouri, moved to Oklahoma, and ended up in Southern California, where my guitar teacher hosted a jam where I remember getting to play as a new clawhammer player. Earl was kind and encouraging. He passed away soon not more than a year later.
From Clifftop 2012
