Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

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Learned for a Tune of the Week, I'm grateful anytime to hear the composer, Brad Kolodner, and the other fine musicians, including his father, who he often plays with.

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A Doc White fiddle tune I originally learned back in the early 1970s. Banjo tuned aDAde

I don't remember where I got this recording but it's for TOTW. Doc White playing the tune from two different sessions.

I wrote the lyrics for this song 16 years ago, and have had several live versions, but using SUNO AI, this newgrass version hits where I was going with it. I hope you like it!

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

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From the fiddling of WV Israel Welch. I used the Gold Tone cello banjo tuned down five steps from a regular banjo open G tuning.

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An original tune

Hope you enjoy this medley. Check out the Tune of the Week for April 17, 2026 for details.

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Greg Cahill's great tune using Keith tuners

This tune is probably composed of parts of three tunes, as stated in research of Brilliancy Medley by Eck Robertson, a Texas fiddler a hundred years ago. I have yet to recognize all the tunes he juxtaposed in that one 1929 recording posted in the current TOTW.

This is a version of Hoagy Carmichael's "Lazy Bones" played by Greg Barresi (guitar and vocals) and Chris Gainey (banjo)

The tab as played in the second half of the tune comes from the book "Bluegrass Banjo" by Peter Wernick. (1974).

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

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

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

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

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

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

key of G in 2 finger style, Bare finger

An arrangement of Chick Corea's third Children's Song for mandolin (Drew Azzinaro) and banjo (Chris Gainey)

An arrangement of J. S. Bach's fourth invention for mandolin (Drew Azzinaro) and banjo (Chris Gainey)

An arrangement of "Agua e Vinho" by Egberto Gismonti for mandolin (Drew Azzinaro) and banjo (Chris Gainey)

A solo performance of The Galaxy Song by Eric Idle on banjo with vocals

That most famous B Minor Etude by Fernando Sor, played on Banjo

A 9-part tune, Grigsby's Hornpipe source recording is Eck Robertson, the "Famous Cowboy Fiddler" from Texas. Colonel Melvin Grigsby may be the namesake for the tune, having gained some fame himself when he prompted Congress to pass an act to form his cavalry. That act led to Teddy's Rough Riders, which may have led to his ascension to the U.S. presidency.

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