Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

The Kingston Trio had a big hit....and Frank Proffitt is credited being the source....Doc Watson and Laura Boosinger had nice arrangements of the song. I ran across this in my old files....

Key of C in double C tuning. Played on new walnut 11" openback

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 7/7/17 Lazy Kate was recorded at the beginning of the 1930's buy a Mississippi stringband called Leake County Revelers. In the key of D, I put it in what's equivalent to open G tuning on the cello banjo (dADF#A). For an easy-sounding tune, it was a bit challenging to arrange, but easier for me to play than in double D tuning. Easier playing makes for a better end-result, don't you think?!

Nervous! First time ever putting anything on banjohangout! This is me and myself on banjo and guitar.

From the playing of Mississippi fiddler John Hatcher in 1939, Buffalo Gals is the old-time Tune of the Week for June 30, 2017. It resembles the familiar Buffalo Gals, but is definitely different. I put the two together so you can hear how they do go together well. I'm playing a small-scale Docs Banjo.

Banjo (Enoch Dobson) in standard A tuning. I've also made a tab available on my personal page.

A hasty rendition....i heard Ron Mullenix perform...

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 6/23/17, Maysville is a town in northeastern Kentucky and the past scene of tobacco trade. J.P. Fraley rode in his father's wagon as a child in the 1930's and learned to fiddle this tune from his father. Oddly, the tuning I used for this recording is sawmill. I added a bit of cello banjo for accompaniment.

Played on Will Fielding's last banjo order, 14163

Quick recording on Will Fielding's last banjo order, #14163