Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

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If I counted correctly, this is the 97th audio recording of CMB posted on BHO--not counting the dozen or more backup tracks.Not only did Stanley compose a tune that grabs you, but it works for both clawhammer and bluegrass picking. Some other reasons likely exist for its wide appeal. There's hardly a need for another mp3 of the tune here. However I'm hoping that clawhammer versions are way under half of the postings, and I hope that my version may be a bid different from other CW takes.

I forgot to capo to A, so the song is in G modal on a 12' tubaphone with a 5-string repro neck.

Two-finger picking, with vocal. I am playing a very old old Kay open back, rather than my Gibson, and it is tuned to F modal, a step lower than G modal

Part J.D., Part me, just a few breaks sans vocals.

I'm playing a bridge made from an old Slingerland 1 ply rim. The wood is Birdseye maple.

Performed by a string band I put together for a pioneer reenactment trek. Craig Carter, Gracie Metcalf on violin, Sarah Whitney on Mandolin, Spencer Merz on ukulele, and myself (Jon Whitney) on banjo.

Performed by a string band I put together for a pioneer reenactment trek. Craig Carter, Gracie Metcalf on violin, Sarah Whitney on Mandolin and vocals, Spencer Merz on ukulele, and myself (Jon Whitney) on banjo and vocals.

This is a traditional Mormon song based on Stephen C. Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More." It is said to have been Brigham Young's favorite song. Performed by a string band I put together for a pioneer reenactment trek. Craig Carter, Gracie Metcalf on violin, Sarah Whitney on Mandolin and vocals, Spencer Merz on ukulele, and myself (Jon Whitney) on banjo and vocals.