Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Played in the key of A using the "John Brown's Dream" or Low Bass tuning--a A(low) A C# E. Banjo is a Fairbanks Whyte Laydie #2.

Lonesome John The Cuckoo Hello John D Frosty Morning Thanks to Miles Krassen, Clarence Ashley, The New Lost City Ramblers, and David Lindley.

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

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

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 12/21/18, this 1800's hymn from William Walker's Southern Harmony book (first published in 1835) has beautiful lyrics that makes it perfect for Christmas. I tuned down the 5th string to an "e" note and played Star of the East in Am.

Old Joe Clark

Bound to ride

My version of poor man. He did the original on a hapsicord. But i like Jeff Davis version. So I did my own

Red Rocking Chair

Sally ann

Tunaday #12 - In Double C tuning (gCGCD).

Poor Little Mary Sitting in the Corner

Intrigued by the title and the tune as played by Matt Combs, I had to work harder than usual to arrange John Hartford's fiddle tune. It has a Southwest/Latin flavor, though the title takes it much farther up north where John performed at an annual bluegrass festival in Mole Lake, Wisconsin.

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 12/14/18, this sentimental song plays out in clawhammer rather than the Scruggs picking style I originally learned it in.

A E Housman poem with Cluck Old Hen