Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

I did my own banjo version

I learnt this tune at the weekly jam in the Golden Ball in York. This is the first recording of my J Dallas banjo (c. 1920) after I fixed it up with a new calfskin head, 5th string tuner and nylgut strings.

Frailing OJC in sawmill tuning. Based on Steve Baughman's version on his Power of Claw DVD, and instructional video for clawhammer guitar. My version is simplified from Steve's version. Recorded with Neumann KM 184mt condenser mike, using Audacity and laptop computer. Banjo is a Cedar Mt Brainjo Hobart model.

Any time I can learn another tune from the immense Samuel Bayard collection, that's a good day. This jig, recorded in 1948 by fiddler Albert Stear, is a challenge. Clawhammering in 6/8 time is another genre in itself.

Old Joe Clark on clawhammer guitar CGDGCD, Steve's Orkney tuning. Played by Steve from his "Power of Claw" DVD. Uploaded by written permission from Steve Baughman

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

From the playing of Kentucky fiddler Birch Patrick (1916 - 2003), this crooked tune may be named for a cow stuck in mud. It somehow fell under my fingers even with it's crookedness in several measures.

From the Fuzzy Mountain String Band. Our heros.

Very catchy tune mined from the Dos Valley Trio record, Jewels of the San Joaquin. A really great recording.