Banjo Hangout Top 100 Old Time Songs
Summary: Top 100 Old Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Mandolin and Banjo duet on a good old time song
Wind That Shakes the Barley
Been working on this one for a little while. best i can do thus far. Love this one-..
As played by Dwight Diller who recorded Lee Hammons' banjo piece in the 70's. I'm trying to get a good tone on cello banjo recording.
Frosty Morning gourd
Frosty Morning gourd
For Tune of the Week, 1/26/13
"Half Past Four", originally learned from Mac Benford's tab book of the same name, but differences have crept in over the years. Played by Bob Lanham on a 1923 Vega Tubaphone banjo (with a Ramsey neck).
A little more experimental multi tracking with banjo, mandolin, and octave mandolin on a really great song. Loosely based on Fuzzy Mountain String Band.
This tune comes from the repertoire of famed Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley (1883-1951). Ed Britt and I recorded this for the Tune of the Week for January 25, 2013. Ed is picking clawhammer style on his OME Columbine, in open G tuning, capoed on the second fret. I am three finger picking my semi-fretless short scale Paramount, in an A variant tuning (aEABE). This is the first recording we've made in quite awhile.
Boatman
Comparing this song to another I came to record it with the tuning f#DADE. I remember Doc Watson's singing of it best.
For my Daughter Sally.
As played by Dwight Diller who learned it from Lee Hammons. The banjo here is a Bart Reiter Whyte Laydie.
First song I've written on the banjo, and hopefully not the last. Coming up with a name for it was harder than writing it. Writing it was one of those times where you don't sit down and intend to write a song. You just start playing, and realize that you are writing a song, and it actually sounds half decent. I recorded the "A' part on my phone that night, and came home and wrote a "B" part the next day. I named it Sitting by the Riverside, because it's one of my favorite things to do when visiting the mountains. Particularly, I love to set up a tent next to the Davidson river and camp out for a couple of nights with a nice fire. I'd be honored if you left a comment and let me know what you think about it!
