Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

For comparison sake to the Estil Adams recording, here's John Salyer's version of Cincinnati Hornpipe. Adams came from Ohio, Salyer from Kentucky, but who can say where the tune was composed?

A hornpipe from Ohio played by an Ohioan fiddler, Estil Adams, is my source. I learned another version from a Kentuckian and will be comparing the two versions for similarity.

Snyders waltz played by Billy Mathews. I do not know when I recorded this but it was a while back. Billy learned this tune from a recording of Lonnie Robertson in MO.

Here's my arrangement of Lafayette from the playing of Kirk McGee and Arthur Smith found on the Slippery Hill site. It was a popular dance tune on the Grand Old Opry back in the days.

Lafayette - Paul Sidlick

from the fiddling of Kirk McGee

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Lafayette - Steve Austin

from the fiddling of Kirk McGee

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Lafayette - Carl Baron

from the fiddling of Kirk McGee

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Lafayette - Doug Linton

from the fiddling of Kirk McGee

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Key of A and played on a vintage (circa 1930's) short scale 5 string with bare fingers in old time two finger style.

A song we used to play with the Rough & Ready Fruit Jar Pickers. Here's the 3-finger solo I worked out at the time.