Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

An odd title for a 1920's Kentucky fiddle contest tune. No lions or tigers there, I'd think. The A part seems to have a big cat playing with his prey. The B part he's eating! Change tiger to kitty cat and man to mouse and I can handle the thought, barely.

I worked this up just today as my contribution to the Old Time TOTW for 8/27/22. I worked it up from a recording of fiddler John Herrod.

Rickard Maple Ridge. Key A

My arrangement and performance of Dirk Powell?s ?Waterbound?

Jay Ungar?s Ashokan Farewell, this is my arrangement for clawhammer.

As played by the Indian Creek Delta Boys and in the Dear Old Illinois collection.

A clawhammer banjo rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Me playing Jack of Diamonds on a fretless banjo I recently finished building

From the playing of Alabama fiddler Sam McCracken, here's a kind of happy-go-lucky tune for Tune of the Week.

Billy Kearney chose Hickory Smith for the current Tune of the Week. You can hear him play with his band as he fiddles. The Canote Brothers are truly legends and their original tunes are as good as any others they play.

A pretty, soothing tune for the Tune of the Week. Join in on the discussion thread and enjoy!

Rueben/skillet/cripple creek/mountain dew

Bad playing

A quick take on an old favorite song. Instead of out of open G, I worked it out of open C -- gCGCE, a tuning I've only used a few times.

A version closer to Roscoe Holcomb's setting, in G tuning rather than D.