Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

the story so far, (work in progress)

This is a crude sight-reading of a piece in the EZ Banjo Method for demonstration on a discussion of a banjo accessory of the same name.

From the playing of Virginia fiddler Albert Hash, this Tune of the Week for 9/20/19 is an old and widely recorded and tune.They say it goes back before the Civil War and was a comical courting song. The Johnson Boys really got around, even when they were broke.

My take on the TOTW

Banjo in D, with mandola, electric guitar, percussion

As brisk a storm as one can imagine caused Jonah to be thrown off the ship to Tarshish in the biblical account. I don't normally attempt to play this rapidly, but that's how it was played when Kentucky fiddler Glen Fannin was recorded. Then again, many fiddlers play faster than I like to (or can) go...

Written and played by Volker Fisher, Fiddle by Kurt Baumer, Dobro Solo by Martin Gross, copyright 2009 by Fishdix Records.

Sail Away Ladies on a banjo lute with silk&steel wound 3rd and 4th strings