Banjo Hangout Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Played on Bart Reiter Bacophone-plus #3575

From Etta Baker for the old-time Tune of the Week for 12/12/14. This tune is compared to a fandango. Etta learned it from her brother-in-law, who learned it from his father. It's the first fandango-type tune I've learned and the first I've learned from Etta Baker, who many people have admired. She picked this one 2-finger style on banjo. I'm using clawhammer

This is from Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas' playing. The title refers to a small subdivision in Vanceburg, KY built in around 1910 and was learned from Joe Stamper of Lewis County, according to the liner notes in "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers." The tune reminds me of Woodchoppers Reel. I always like to learn something by listening to Buddy, the great fiddler who died rather young.

My banjo take on Mississippi John Hurt’s “Joe Turner.” Romero tuned to f#BF#BD#.

Based on the banjo playing of Roscoe Parish, as recorded on the LP, "The Old Time Way". Played by Bob Lanham on a Bart Reiter "Round Peak" open-back banjo.

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 12/514 this was learned from the fiddling of Rayna Gellert who learned it from Roscoe Parrish of Virginia. The discussion thread for this tune tells of an interesting story of Catherine (Kate) the Queen's lady-in-waiting who heroically tried to protect King James I: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/295494/#3733746.

From the Bayard collection of southwestern Pennsylvania via Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers. I arranged these in the old Cumberland Gap tuning--f#BEAD, tuned up one step.

Dan Levenson on fiddle, George Flink on 6-string banjo, me on guitar.