Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

A Christmas Song. It didn't start as such, but this is where it went.

As an example of playing a song you've never played before "by ear" in response to this thread: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/325224/2

This is a recording of the first time I've ever played this, accompanied by a fiddler who knew the tune well and another who was also playing by ear.

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 12/17/16, this Bob Walters tune, recorded by R.P. Christeson and notated in The Fiddler's Repertory, Vol. 1, has roots in a syncopated minstrel tune called Hell on the Wabash. It's a happy tune, though nobody seems to know what the title really means.

Medium speed recording for teaching the tune.

I worked out this rendition of Tom & Jerry from the fiddling of Howard Rains. There are two extra beats in the A part that make Howard's version fun and quirky. Banjo is tuned aEAC#E. Squirrelly Dan and the Cat Mountain Rounders have a YouTube of a squared version of Tom & Jerry that is very much worth the listen (www.youtube.com/watch?v=94w6z8PW8IQ).

This tune comes from the repertoire of Bluegrass boy Kenny Baker. He learned it from his father, Thaddeus, and said he only heard it played by his family. I used Garage Band to combine my Mac Traynham Whyte Laydie openback with my Gold Tone cello banjo.

Epic Kentucky bluegrass fiddler Kenny Baker played Make a Little Boat with his buddies after learning it from Howdy Forrester. I think of Mr. Baker as a swing-type of fiddler with Bill Monroe, but his family background was as an old-time fiddler. I can just see a little guy growing up in the country sailing his hand-made boat in a little creek....

I've been watching a few videos of Jason Davis and I've been trying to figure out his playing of this song. Jason's timing and rhythm is so spot on in everything he plays. This is just a short snippet of the song. I'm playing my RB-OO Kalamazoo rim/Sullivan ring with the new select maple bridge.