Banjo Hangout Top 100 Songs

Susannah Gal (TOTW) 24.03.2018 ↓

For the old-time Tune of the Week, March 23, 2018. Susannah Gal goes by other titles. This one comes from the duet CD of Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham, both from the Round Peak, NC region. Their B part is unique, but they play it together and so it sounds great. Fred adds slides which I attempted to include, too. They must have had lots of fun playing together!

Sandy River Belle with Ed Britt 03.03.2018 ↓

Made this banjo duet recording with Ed Britt back in November, 2014. We still play it when we go busking in Harvard Square.

O'Neill's March 18.11.2017 ↓

Clawhammer take on Trad march. Double D tuning. Wildwood.

The Mountain Road 11.09.2017 ↓

CH take on Irish Reel composed by Michael Gorman. AB AB. Wildwood. D tuning

My Long Journey Home (TOTW) 12.08.2017 ↓

This old-time Tune of the Week for 8/11/17 reminds us in melody of some other traditional songs, such as Gotta Travel On and even Worried Man Blues. The Monroe Brothers recorded this as their first ever recording in 1936 and Bill said that it was commonly sung in Kentucky at the time.

Jackson's Hornpipe 01.08.2017 ↓

I posted another Tommy Jackson tune unknowingly the other day...&#34Snowflake Reel&#34. JanetB was kind enough to give me some background on the tune and add a very nice clawhammer arrangement. This led to us trading messages about a collaberation of another Jackson tune. It was a bit different for us both. Not too bad for a first time collab...she plays the cello banjo and gracefully states the m...

Friend of the Devil 07.03.2017 ↓

Grateful Dead classic built on a descending G scale

The Smoking Redhead Blues 21.02.2017 ↓

grassabilly blues

Hey Joe 18.02.2017 ↓

imagining Earl and Jimi at some blues dive in Clarksdale

Green Willis (TOTW) 10.02.2017 ↓

For the old-time Tune of the Week, Green Willis is named for a fiddler from Willis, Virginia. It&#39s also called The Raw Recruit. When it&#39s played in slow jig time, it&#39s called Chapel Hill March. Go back far enough to Scotland and it was called Da New Rigged Ship. Lots to think about here on this cheerful tune that reminds me of a new soldier marching enthusiastically.

The Same Old Blues 04.02.2017 ↓

J. J. Cale&#39s classic blues song set in A minor

Lara's Theme 29.01.2017 ↓

hillbilly music for lovers

The One I Love (R.E.M.) 28.01.2017 ↓

R.E.M. alternative rock song

Rocky Road Blues 27.01.2017 ↓

Grassabilly version of a Monroe sonf that transcends genre

Limehouse Blues 25.01.2017 ↓

jazz classic

Kitchen Girl 18.01.2017 ↓

Ric Hollander - My arrangement of Kitchen Girl. Played on the Romero with Nylgut strings. Arrangement: Copyright 2012 Ric Hollander - All Rights Reserved

Cowboy Jig 14.01.2017 ↓

CH take on a Trad jig. vega 2, G tuning.