Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

A favorite tune if mine, having played it for almost 1/2 a century.

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 2/7/20, Ricketts Hornpipe is an old dance tune. It's said John Bill Ricketts brought the tune from England to America in the late 1800's with his circus, which John Durang of Pennsylvania joined (and had a hornpipe named after him, too). It's said a hornpipe can be slower to allow the dancer more intricate steps.

Oh, the pretty little gal, the sweet little gal, The gal I left behind me, With rosy cheeks and curly hair, The gal I left behind me... A very old standard found in "American Ballads and Folk Songs" by John A. Lomax, with some clawhammer syncopation. [gCGBD]

Testing out my new microphone. Recorded in my basement.

a irish double jig, one of the most played in sessions. G tuning, played in G.

Traditional reel from Quebec played in the clawhammer style. Double C tuning.

From Lee Stoneking, Missouri fiddler (1907 - 1989) for the old-time Tune of the Week, 1/24/20.