Banjo Hangout Top 100 Old Time Songs

From the fiddling of WV fiddler French Carpenter. I also heard Gerry Milnes play this, learned from Wilson Douglas' fiddling. It was a Tune of the Week a while back. I like the slide in the B part--it gives it a swing feel.

Learned from William Stepp's Library of Congress recording by the Lomax's. Inspired by BHO member Carl Baron's version.

A cover of an old time tune The Cuckoo. Gave it my own flair. Enjoy

A cover of an old time tune The Cuckoo. Gave it my own flair. Enjoy

Recorded at a Tucson Old Time Music Circle jam.

For the TOTW 11/29/13 this Cacklin' Hen came from the Coon Creek Girls with a bit of Chubby Wise and David Margolin with Yigal Zan thrown in. She's a timid little hen, but she's clucking a bit Must be a Banty!

I love chicken tunes. I made this recording of the old barnyard stalwart in March, 1998, with my friends Brian Clancey and Tom Speth. We called our trio Wry Whiskey. Uploaded for the TOTW for 11/29/13.

I love chicken tunes. I made this recording of the old barnyard stalwart in March, 1998, with my friends Brian Clancey and Tom Speth. We called our trio Wry Whiskey. Uploaded for the TOTW for 11/29/13.

Red Dog In The Morning (Tim O'Brien)

Learned from Mac Benford's clawhammer banjo CD of Ed Haley tunes, "Half Past Four." Given the title, posting it the day before Thanksgiving reminds me of all the preparation that went into that first Thanksgiving feast that lasted three days.

This is the Tune of the Week for 11/23/13. It's based on the fiddling of Kentuckian George Hawkins who learned it in 1915 from Bill Trumbo, a black fiddler. Jeff Titon notated it in his book Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes. The title doesn't describe the beauty of the tune, which reminds me of Maggots in the Sheep Hide, another nice tune with a yucky name.

This is the Tune of the Week for 11/23/13. It's based on the fiddling of Kentuckian George Hawkins who learned it in 1915 from Bill Trumbo, a black fiddler. Jeff Titon notated it in his book Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes. The title doesn't describe the beauty of the tune, which reminds me of Maggots in the Sheep Hide, another nice tune with a yucky name.

Rayna Gellert wrote this after coming home from college. I can feel her wistful longing for what she knew were some of the "good ole days." I learned it and then let it remind me of my own college days in the 70's when we played every day in the plaza for the cloggers. I speeded up the waltz to a 4/4 time and think of it as "Santa Barbara Reel." Thanks for the memories, Rayna.

Drafted my son Russ to play clawhammer on a few tunes late Saturday night while his friend and Redline bandmate Reed Jones was visiting this weekend. Although Reed plays bass in the band, he is a great guitar player. Neither he or Russ had played this D tune before this, I played a brief snatch of it and they had it as you can hear. What great drive and rhythm those guys have, super fun to play with. My wife jumped in on bass and I'm on fiddle.

aDADE - In my mind this is a D tune. From my CD "Banjo Stuff" recorded in 2000. Derived from Melvin Wine's fiddling.