Banjo Hangout Top 100 Traditional Songs

A duet with Travis Wright (SCClawman)

This is my interpretation of Edden Hammon's fiddling. There's been much discussion on the Hangout about this tune and I wanted to find the oldest known source of it, though it's said it comes from his great-uncle Pete, born 1847. I like to think it's about the waterfalls of the James River, but the somber modal tone sounds more like it's about a historic event in Richmond, which would actually make the title "Fall of Richmond," as many also use.

I think that I picked this up from a Fleming Brown album which I borrowed from the public library in the mid 1970s.

A rather rough recording of O'Carolan's Concerto (Ken Perlman arrangement) complete with mistakes and incompetence!

One of the best songs ever for clawhammer and voice. Glad to finally have learned it.

A quick recording trying out the nylguts

Traditional

Me on banjo (two finger index lead) and Amy on guitar. We learned this tune from Don Borchelt.

For your review, "The Eighth of January". Played in clawhammer style. I learned it from tab found in "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo" by Ken Perlman, Oak Publications. Differing from the tab, I'm tuned 1/2 step below double C, f#BF#BC#

Arrangement by Rick McKeon. Picking by Wayne Conrad, after three months of self teaching.

For the TOTW--12/14/12

One of the caroling songs we do every year.

A very old hymn widely sung today.

1st track little sadie

off the new cd

Frosty Morn, my current favorite song in Sawmill tuning - gDGCB

Thanks Laurence for this great addition. Honored to collaborate with you! One of my favorite songs ever gets even better!

This old Scottish love song, based on William Douglas's poem in around 1700, was also the first performance attempt of Lotta Crabtree (1847 - 1923). Known now as the Shirley Temple of the 19th century, Lotta walked onto a school stage in San Francisco as a wee little girl under six years old. She burst into tears when trying to sing Annie Laurie and ran off stage. So, stage fright is certainly nothing new! She got over it and became a millionaire and successful Broadway performer, leaving her millions to charity in the 1920's.