Banjo Hangout Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Follow Banjo Hangout Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.

Banjo Hangout Members


    • Mar 11, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 128 EPISODES


    More podcasts from Banjo Hangout Members

    Search for episodes from Banjo Hangout Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from Banjo Hangout Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

    Rosebud Of Allenvale

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022


    TOTW 03/11/23: Waltz written by James Scott Skinner, also known as "The Rose Of Sharon Waltz" and "Rosebud Of Avonmore"

    Jai Passe Devant ta Porte (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021


    This traditional Cajun waltz sings of the sad loss of a loved one. I like its melody and found it easy to play on clawhammer banjo.

    Wild Rose of the Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021


    Clawhammer banjo in aEAc#e

    Shoot That Buffalo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021


    Elizabeth Cotten learned this tune in 1910 from a man aged about 50. She added the words.

    Lee Sexton's Shady Grove

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021


    Two finger thumb lead. Banjo tuned fDGCD.

    Cluck Old Hen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021


    Clawhammer style, gDGCD (relative). 1964 Gibson RB-175.

    Peter Street (TOTW 5/21/2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021


    Trad reel in G played CH style.

    Forty Weight of Gingerbread (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021


    A fun song to play and sing, Forty Weight of Gingerbread uses some floating lyrics you can cater to your own tastes. It sounds like someone has a sweet tooth!

    Rose Conley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021


    Rose Conley, 2 finger thumb lead, based on Grayson & Whittier's 1927 version, tuned a half step or so low out of standard "G"

    I Wish I was a Mole in the Ground (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021


    Based on Doc Watson's banjo playing, he learned this as a child from his uncle Jake Miller and said it was a courting song. It was a pleasure to look at the video, hear his banjo and vocals, and learn his solo, as well as see him performing with his son Merle. The video is an entire live performance if you're interested. Nice TOTW choice by Neill Connor!

    Far From Home (TOTW 2/5/2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021


    TOTW for 2/5/2021. Played CH in G tuning on a Wildwood.

    Cousin Sally Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021


    I'm uploading this Marcus Martin tune as my contribution to the 1/29/21 old time Tune of the Week. The fiddler is my good friend John Maguire. We recorded it exactly one year ago, today.

    High on a Mountain (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021


    Based on Ola Belle Reed's version for which you can read a lot of background on the Tune of the Week for 1/8/21. I used to think it was a bluegrass song, but it was old-time first.

    Last Chance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021


    Such a compelling old time tune handed down to us from the great Hobart Smith. I prefer to play it at this slow groove tempo.

    Buffalo Nickel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020


    Upload for the Old Time TOTW for December 4, 2020. The tune is generally called Too Young to Marry, but the fiddler I learned it from called it Buffalo Nickel.

    Country Blues/Hustling Gambler

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020


    Dock Boggs' Country Blues/Hustling Gambler in f#CGAD tuned a half step or so low...

    Green River (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020


    A fine Tune of the Week from North Carolina with a crooked part that suits the title Green River.

    Blackberry Blossom (Emma Lee Dickerson)(TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020


    A wonderful champion fiddler, Tatiana Hargreaves, plays the Tune of the Week and bases it upon the older fiddler Emma Lee Dickerson. In an interview Tatiana claims that's her doppelg?nger, a new word for me. They look alike in photos. The tune is very familiar to me, but Emma Lee's is unique, so I also include the more traditional one in this recording.

    Old Plank Reel (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020


    This is the one of the versions for the old-time Tune of the Week, differing from the famous Uncle Dave Macon song. My arrangement comes from Erich Schroeder (BHO's vrteach). I wish he was still active here and I really enjoyed learning a tune from his recording. The title, as we learn in the discussion thread, is probably not the real one. But if it were to be, I'm reminded of Old Sacramento where you walk on the historic old plank road as you visit the shops and museums and go on the old Delta King steamboat on the Sacramento River. At least, I nostalgically hope we can still do that....

    Coal Creek March

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020


    Finger picked on a newly crafted 11"walnut and pecan open back banjo in open D tuning d a f# d f#.

    Mulberry Gap (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020


    Passed down through generations, northern Georgia banjo player Chesley Chancey (1913 - 1980) passed the tune Mulberry Gap from his grandfather on to Stephen Wade in 1979 while Art Rosenbaum recorded it at Chesley's home. He played it in the 2-finger style. I play it in the clawhammer style.

    Old Smokey

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020


    Roscoe's version of the old ballad in f#ADAD

    Darling Nelly Gray Kyle Creed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020


    Boatman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020


    CH banjo and guitar | Josh Turknett version

    Walking In The Parlor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2020


    Wolf Creek (DOI)(TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020


    This version of Wolf Creek is from Harvey "Pappy" Taylor (b.1894), recorded in 1974. Slowed down from the original, it makes a pretty piece in fDGCD tuning. DOI stands for Dear Old Illinois, a compilation of songs and fiddle tunes by Garry and Steve Harrison and Jo Burgess. Wolf Creek is the old-time Tune of the Week for 3/13/20.

    Shenadoah Falls

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020


    Paul Perkins on the 5 string and me on the fiddle. Recorded in my kitchen on a Tascam DR-05

    Half Asleep

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020


    2 finger picking my Pisgah longneck tubaphone. Double c tuning (3 steps down because it's a longneck)

    Old Tom of Oxford (totw 1/10/2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020


    Old Tom of Oxford (totw 1/10/2020). Double C tuning - CH on Wildwood banjo.

    Rollin' and Tumblin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2020


    My friends Kent McDaniel and Tawl Paul Fredrick made a CD of Paul singing mostly blues with rock band backup. They asked me to provide some banjo licks for this Muddy Waters song. The CD is available on bandcamp with Tawl Paul after the slash.

    Lovely Jane (clawhammer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019


    A tune I learned while playing banjo to Melvin Wine's fiddling. aDAde

    Ridin' the Dusty Trail

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019


    Tunaday #100 - In G Modal-f (fDGCD).

    Prairie Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019


    Tunaday #107 - In G Modal-f (fDGCD).

    Hills of Mexico (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2019


    Inspired by RG for this week's TOTW and listening to Roscoe Holcomb, Bruce Molsky, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, here's a version of the ballad Hills of Mexico.

    Hills of Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2019


    Hills of Mexico - mix of Rosko Halcomb and Bye Hutchins lyrics, banjo tuned eC#F#BC# (fDGCD tuned down a step)

    Spring Creek Gal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2019


    played on new walnut and maple 11" open back in double C tuning

    Lonesome Road Blues (TOTW)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2019


    For the old-time Tune of the Week, 5/4/19, Lonesome Road Blues is also known as Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad. Check out the discussion thread for a very thorough coverage of this well-known song. I just sing a couple of verses here, out of many, many.

    Cuttin' At The Point

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2019


    From a late night session at Rich Hartness's house in Greensboro, North Carolina in August of 2002. Rich Hartness, fiddle; Tolly Tollefson, guitar, Brendan Doyle, banjo. Complete with Rich hollering square dance calls, inspired by Asa Martin on the 1932 recording of Charlie Wilson and His Hayloft Boys.

    Lemon Creek

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019


    Tunaday #28 - In Sawmill tuning - (gDGCD).

    Sally in the Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2019


    Algorhythm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2019


    Tunaday #163 - G/D tuning (gDGAD)

    East Tennessee Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2019


    For TOTW, 1/18/2019. CH. Double C tuning. Wildwood.

    Claim Banjo Hangout Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel