Das letzte Lied, das ich auf 5-saitigem Banjo gelernt habe.

The last song I learned on 5-string banjo.

My annual new composition around the holidays. Usually an upbeat tune, but took a bit of a different path for this difficult year. For all my Hangout friends and the rest of the Hangout crowd, I wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or whatever you might celebrate. And whether you mark the season or not, I wish you peace, and a safe, healthy new year. In Double C (gCGCD).

Anything by John Salyer, Kentucky fiddler, has been worth learning. The Jack Wilson melody, however, was drowned out in the source recording by a banjo accompanist, so I went to the notation by Jeff Titon to help.

Sound file of Infeld strings on 5 string Open Back

Mike Gregory's original tune about the baby Jesus. Mike put out a request in 2019 for people to post recordings of this song. I finally got around to it.

Added a little Reverb and Compression. Boosted low a wee bit, cut highs a wee bit, and left the mid flat.

Long after composing this untitled little tune, I heard a version of "Cumberland Gap" that had a familiar lick, and realized that I'd subconsciously borrowed (stolen?) it. As a nod to the source, I contemplated titling this tune "Cumberland Gaffe" or "Cumberland Crap", but settled on just "Cumberland".

Otherwise, an original tune on cigar box banjo and guitar.