Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

All of Ed Haley's fiddle pieces are a good challenge. Dunbar is a little town in West Virginia though Haley had moved to nearby Kentucky.

Goldtone 5 string cello banjo with four fiddles

Waltz in the key of G.

Source: "Meet Me in the Music" by Erynn Marshall and Chris Coole

Yesterday our daughter-in-law gave birth to our third grandchild, Evan. Charles Shultz’s Linus character famously posited “The way I see it, as soon as a baby is born, he should be issued a banjo”. That may not be practical but I see no reason why a baby can’t have his/her own banjo tune. This one might be a bit to sprightly for a lullaby but I’m sure Evan won’t mind. In Double C.

Haven't played this one for a while, but it's a lovely tune.

I hope that you like it.

2-finger index. S.S. Stewart Thoroughbred.

Ome Flora with a 12'' pot. aDADE.

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 2/17/17, this comes from the playing of NC fiddler Marvin Gaster. It's kind of a simple melody, so it was fun to try various slides, hammer-ons, or chords for variation.

For the old-time Tune of the Week, Green Willis is named for a fiddler from Willis, Virginia. It's also called The Raw Recruit. When it's played in slow jig time, it's called Chapel Hill March. Go back far enough to Scotland and it was called Da New Rigged Ship. Lots to think about here on this cheerful tune that reminds me of a new soldier marching enthusiastically.

I've been trying to play this song for years and finally I think that it is beginning to sound OK.