Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

As far as I know, T.A.R.L.N. is a sweet-sad, happy ending gospelsong written and recorded by the Louvin bros. in 1959. This is my clawhammerstyle banjo interpretation of this beautiful song.

banjo with nickel silver tone ring played clawhammer

Here's how Melvin Wine played a tune which is also found in the 1903 book of Irish fiddle tunes compiled by Chief Francis O'Neill, known as Mountain Hornpipe. I like this funny title given, though it sounds like skedaddling to me. If you hear how Melvin played fiddle in the recording with Carl Baron on banjo and Bob Carlin on guitar, you would hear how fast skedaddling really is. You can check out the current TOTW and hear it.

From acoustic concert at Fiddle Tunes, Port Townsend, WA, 1982 Melvin Wine - fiddle Carl Baron - banjo (gDGde) Bob Carlin - Guitar

Tom Dooley in C Modal tuning per the playing of Doc Watson gCGCD tuned down a step or so...

Menzies gourd banjo

Paul Brown is a living legend, a quiet one who has and still contributes beautiful music. I know that someone else gave his tune this title, and so it is The Last Cold Whiskey. I made a few changes because I learned it from another's tab and felt like it. In the discussion tab we haven't even heard Paul Brown play it yet. It's a beauty, though I don't know what I think the title should actually be...

Deep Blue Sea - Pete Seeger Cover w/ Singing

My son, Ben, had a knack for finding four leaf clovers. I named this one for him.

Little Maggie played on a 12" banjo with bare fingers and fingerpicks

Via Bruce Greene in his Five Miles from Ellum CD, Bruce gleaned Old Time Brickyard Joe from James "Pop" Baker (b.1889 from Franklin Co., KY). Bruce said the fiddler James was part of a band called The Sixty-Fivers because they were all at least that age.

My clawhammer interpretation of the sugar-sweet folksong HsH. I borrowed it from the Earl Scruggs' "Foggy mtn. banjo" album recording. Don 't mind the lack of drive. I'm working on it.

Clawhammer guitar

Played on Aluminum Rim 5-string conversion banjo

Clawhammer banjo aDADe Three parts in D and one part in G.