Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

For the old-time Tune of the Week for 4/10/20, the song always brings a nostalgic feeling to me. I even associate it with a time and place and an older couple bringing it to our picnic jam.

A composition from The Red Book of Montserrat: Barcelona, 1399. No composer is identified for any of the songs written in this book. Sawmill relative.

Depression era stomp tune. It may or may not be about biscuits.

For the old-time Tune of the Week for 4/3/20, Jaw Bone (aka The Old Jaw Bone) is arranged from Bruce Molsky and the Mountain Drifters. Bruce is faithful to the older resources and got his from Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers. I keep thinking Jaw Bone is the name of a horse in the song, which has lyrics...

Darling Nelly Gray Kyle Creed

CH banjo and guitar | Josh Turknett version

Tunaday #283 - In Dick Weissman E-minor tuning (bBGBE)

Shady Grove played on a gourd banjo

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Mississippi Sawyer

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 3/27/20, New Money is a Kentucky fiddle tune. I found a version by J.P. Fraley, one of my favorite fiddlers. I'm in the rare tuning of gCGCE which makes a nice open C sound.

Medley of June Apple, Red Haired Boy, Old Joe Clark, McDonald County. Multitrack recording where I'm playing a no frills 11" open back Deering Goodtime banjo (G tuning capoed up to A), guitar, bass (Michael Allen-made marimbula), light hammered dulcimer (MIchael Allen). Nothing fancy; just basic frailing, lots of hammer offs and ons, not a single drop thumb or double thumb anywhere. Key of A.

Briar Picker Brown

I guess the hills in this song refer to Ireland. I'm not sure. Could be any hills.

Frailing Shady Grove in Don Borchelt's Doc Boggs tuning. Thread here: https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/360343