Banjo Hangout Top 100 Old Time Songs

Trying to increase my repertoire for my local contra dance/jam. Nothing too fancy about the arrangement cause right now I'm just trying to get simple versions to play along with the band. Plucked on my Harmony Reso-Tone banjo.

Trying to increase my repertoire for my local contra dance/jam. Nothing too fancy about the arrangement cause right now I'm just trying to get simple versions to play along with the band. Plucked on my Harmony Reso-Tone banjo.

Dry and Dusty is a Missouri/Arkansas fiddle tune that comes from the repertoire of twin brothers Apsie (1876-1964) and Abbie Morrison (1876-1965), both fiddlers from Searcy County, Arkansas. This is another recording from one of my jams with Don Couchie up on Geezer Hill. Don is fiddling, I am three finger picking my semi-fretless Tubaphone in open D tuning.

Dry and Dusty is a Missouri/Arkansas fiddle tune that comes from the repertoire of twin brothers Apsie (1876-1964) and Abbie Morrison (1876-1965), both fiddlers from Searcy County, Arkansas. This is another recording from one of my jams with Don Couchie up on Geezer Hill. Don is fiddling, I am three finger picking my semi-fretless Tubaphone in open D tuning.

According to the Fiddler's Companion, Joe Coleman was a shoemaker from Adair County in south central Kentucky, who in 1899 was convicted of murdering his wife. Claiming his innocence to the last, he reportedly played this tune while riding in the cart, sitting on his coffin on the way to the gallows. Don Couchie and I played it at our first jam session on Geezer Hill. Don is playing fiddle, I am three finger picking in open D on my semi-fretless Tubaphone.

According to the Fiddler's Companion, Joe Coleman was a shoemaker from Adair County in south central Kentucky, who in 1899 was convicted of murdering his wife. Claiming his innocence to the last, he reportedly played this tune while riding in the cart, sitting on his coffin on the way to the gallows. Don Couchie and I played it at our first jam session on Geezer Hill. Don is playing fiddle, I am three finger picking in open D on my semi-fretless Tubaphone.

This old West Virginia tune commemorates the place where Solomon Carpenter was born in the early 1790's under a rock ledge where his parents were hiding from Indians. His father, Jeremiah, later avenged the death of his brother Benjamin during the Indian raid. This version comes from West Virginians Burl Hammons and Dwight Diller. It's played on a small scale fretless gourd banjo made by BHO member Robert Browder.

This old West Virginia tune commemorates the place where Solomon Carpenter was born in the early 1790's under a rock ledge where his parents were hiding from Indians. His father, Jeremiah, later avenged the death of his brother Benjamin during the Indian raid. This version comes from West Virginians Burl Hammons and Dwight Diller. It's played on a small scale fretless gourd banjo made by BHO member Robert Browder.

Without a doubt, this is one of my favorite melodies ever written. Recording includes clawhammer banjo, guitar, and a tiny tiny bit of piano.

Without a doubt, this is one of my favorite melodies ever written. Recording includes clawhammer banjo, guitar, and a tiny tiny bit of piano.

With Nico on fiddle http://www.facebook.com/oldfrench

With Nico on fiddle http://www.facebook.com/oldfrench

Another tune from my first jam Don Couchie, sitting around our campsite one quiet morning at Clifftop, up on Geezer Hill. This is the classic western version of the tune which inspired Pee Wee King's 1950 C&W hit, complete with the third part, often called the "Little Egypt" part, that is sort of frowned upon in some old time circles. Don is playing the fiddle with those deep, gut wrenching drones, I am three finger picking on my semi-fretless Tubaphone, in open D tuning (aDF#AD).

Another tune from my first jam Don Couchie, sitting around our campsite one quiet morning at Clifftop, up on Geezer Hill. This is the classic western version of the tune which inspired Pee Wee King's 1950 C&W hit, complete with the third part, often called the "Little Egypt" part, that is sort of frowned upon in some old time circles. Don is playing the fiddle with those deep, gut wrenching drones, I am three finger picking on my semi-fretless Tubaphone, in open D tuning (aDF#AD).

John Salyer of Kentucky is credited with this version of the song in Jeff Titon's book of old-time Kentucky fiddle tunes. It's a beautiful and crooked tune.