Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Kentucky fiddler Art Stamper played this, also known as Old Horse and Buggy. Played on my Bart Reiter Whyte Laydie.

This is one of my favorite waltzes. From the play and movie "South Pacific" and written after James Michner's iconic WW2 book "Tales of the South Pacific", the melody perfectly captures the feel of a love affair.

After recording with a fretted banjo I tried my small scale fretless gourd, too. I find getting all the notes challenging and think of the fiddle's challenge with a very short scale compared to a banjo.

A Tune of the Week version from listening to several great players--Joe and Creed Birchfield, Franklin George, and Lester McCumber.

Martha Campbell is a tune from the repertoire of Doc Roberts (1897-1978), a Kentucky fiddler who was one of the first to make records in the mid-1920s. This recording comes from my Clifftop jam with Don Couchie and Tim Rowell. Don is fiddling, Tim is playing clawhammer style in double C, capoed on 2. I am three finger picking in open D on my semi-fretless Tubaphone.

inspired by the rhythm of the dongbela from xinjiang province in china.

Some tunes just grab me, as simple as it is I play it often..sometimes slow sometimes hard driving. This version I learned from John Burkes, that someone put up for download. Can't say my playing of it is very close to the tab now.

Neat tune that someone asked about on BHO......which spurred me to figure it out. The very best thing about this tune, however, is that it was sung in the movie ("Paint Your Wagon") by Lee Marvin: a gentleman normally known more for his drinking than for his singing. In that spirit, I drank several beers in his memory before sitting down to record this. Played out of open G tuning on my Vega Whyte Laydie. ~Pete

Ari Winnich - 5-string banjo, Yigal Zan - fiddle, tablature and notes at, http://direct.hangoutstorage.com/banjohangout.org/storage/tabs/o/tab-obrien-from-new-17817-21719692012.gif

I apologize for the hoarseness in my voice, but I'm afraid either the allergies or the old age has caught up with me.

played on an Andrews custom banjo

played on a Prust Tackhead Banjo

A medley of two fiddle tunes in the key of D played on an Andrews custom banjo.

One of my very few efforts at singing. Oh well, at least I still have my day job.

Ari Winnich - fiddle, Yigal Zan 5-string banjo. Tablature at, http://direct.hangoutstorage.com/banjohangout.org/storage/tabs/b/tab-brendan-tonras--17814-3909592012.gif