Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Greasy Coat – Peterson and Stewart

Fortune – Peterson and Stewart

Arkansas Traveller – Peterson and Stewart

Based on the playing of Riley Baugus and Rayna Gellert

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 10/7/16, the amazing duo of Spencer and Rains have released this tune on their DVD/CD "The Spotted Pony." Not much is known here about its author, a fiddler from Kansas named Bert Payne born in 1873. I was able to use Ken Torke's tab to learn the tune and added some cello banjo picked accompaniment. If you don't know what a snagboat is check out this TOTW for some info and pictures.

Bonnie Prince Charlie is the unofficial name for Charles Edward Stuart. He tempted for the British crown, but lost the crucial battle. For the rest of his live he lived in exile in France en Italy. So this is probably a Scottish tune. Adam Hurt made a very nice arrangement.

Inspired by Riley Baugus & Kirk Sutphin. Their version contains some badass lyrics IMO. Simple straight forward and very percussive banjo playing. Trio: Lea Kramer (git/voc), Martin Kretschmer (cello), Marius Stewart (banjo/voc). Love playing with these guys!

My daughters friend John sent over an apple pie the other day and requested I write a song about it. So I accepted the challenge and sent him this! ©2016 (Bill Van Horn 12" Dobson, Chris Sands mediums, John Balch goatskin, spillway dam bridge.)

For TOTW. Double C tuning but low.

Lea Kramer plays guitar and sings, I am playing banjo...we got this one from the recordings of Mississippi John Hurt.

Playing banjo and singing together with my dear friends Lea Kramer (guitar/voice) & Martin Kretschmer (Cello)

For this good ole old-time Tune of the Week, here's a cello banjo/mini banjo duet. After learning that Old Molly Hare's roots go back to Fairy Dance, I couldn't help but thinking of my little Plucky mini-banjo as dancing fairies (I can thank my granddaughter for appreciating the Good People).

The fiddler is most likely Chris Romaine, Yigal Zan - banjo. From a cassette recorded by Doug Casteel some time in the second half of the 1970s

I was turned onto this tune by my fiddling friend John Maguire, who has been joining Ed Britt and I lately on our busking adventures. It is nicely crooked, with an extra two measures as it wanders off in a new direction at the end of the B part. I recently posted a YouTube video of this (mostly to show folks I was recovering nicely from stitches I had to have in my right hand), and John stripped the audio from it and added the fiddle. It sounded so good I thought I would share it. . I am picking my 1902 Fairbanks Whyte Laydie in G variant tuning (dDGAD).

After reading Lew Stern's new book, Dwight Diller, West Virginia Musician, I became more inspired to keep learning this region's special branch of mountain music. For the old-time Tune of the Week, 9/23/16, Pretty Little Dog is a sawmill tune with kind of funny origins. Lee Triplett wrote it, along with Pretty Little Cat, after having trouble learning his friend Doc White's Pretty Little Shoes. Dwight learned it from Lee in the 70's and still plays it today. Lots of Hangout members have recorded it. Check out the TOTW for more info.