Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

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Cripple Creek on my Hatfield Special

This tune comes from fiddler Buddy Thomas (1934-1974) of Lewis County, Kentucky, who learned it from Ohio fiddler Morris Allen. Jeff Titon notes the A part's close similarity with the English dance tune The Rose Tree.

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The Carter Family first presented this iconic song to the world of country music. These lyrics came from Carlene Carter, daughter of June and Johnny Cash. The 3/4 timing for the verses was my idea.

I'm playing a Deering Calico banjo.

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Using cello banjo, this recording adds chordal accompaniment to the previous solo banjo posted for Tune of the Week.

A fun little tune where I keep singing the more common B part in my head, "Johnny, get your hair cut, hair cut, hair cut..."

Tippy Get You Hair Cut (Melvin Wine, fiddle GDAD and Carl Baron, banjo gDGDE) was recorded from an over the air public radio broadcast of the 1977 Chicago Folk Festival.

Eck Robertson, Arkansas fiddler with a phenomenal recording history, played multiple versions of the commonly known old-time tune Sally Goodin. Check out the Tune of the Week link for an interesting story. I play just a few of his variations, plus add my own at the very end.

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An original tune

An upbeat tune, sounds to me like a horse that rears up in great spirit and power. This arrangement is first arranged from the source recording, Oklahoman fiddler George Mert Reeves, and then from Kerry Blech (1947-2023), wonderful collector, scholar and player of fiddle tunes.

Double C; key of D, After Bob Siggins. "Hell if you can't play that you can't play nothing"

G tuning key of A

Double C tuning; Cello Banjo

German folk song in G tuning

Popular song in 1931 composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman

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This tune comes to us from fiddler Gustace "Gusty" Wallace (1890-1985) of Metcalf County, Kentucky, recorded by fiddler and tune collector Bruce Greene, in 1973. Wallace told Greene that it was the first tune he ever learned, taught to him by his father. I'm picking this with my fiddling pal John Reddick.

Played on a early 1900's vintage pot with a modern neck

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Recording from a Monday contra dance in Louisville, Kentucky, by the volunteer string band, Monday Night All Stars.

An original tune

From the playing of Illinois fiddler Pauline McGinnis on the Dear Old Illinois compilation, it's a great little tune!