Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

Soldier's Joy on 11" LeVan New Vintage banjo

Soldier's Joy played on a 12 inch LeVan New Vintage

Soldier's Joy on 11" LeVan New Vintage banjo

My song version of Mark Twain's "Jumpin Frog Story

Here's one of Tony Ellis' pretty 3/4 time original tunes. He said he and his son Bill wrote this after visiting Japanese families in Colorado and wanting to remember the special occasion. Tony wrote it in double C tuning for his gentle, sparse 3-finger picking, but I found it easier in open G for my clawhammer arrangement. The wind chimes at the end are real!

I wrote this song while playing with JD's Legacy. Its played on a 1991 Gibson RB-4 that I use to own.

A song a wrote years ago about Hannibal, MO