Banjo Hangout Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Short demo of my 12 inch pot with Renaissance head 24 inch scale nylon flush fret banjo

An A modal tune with the banjo tuned aDADE. Mainly from Burl Hammons

This is a standard old-time tune that I play in the key of A. I'm playing on my Enoch Dobson Model banjo with the tuning of aEAC#E. Enjoy!

Original tune from the cd "The Banjo Special" - Arnie Naiman banjo, Chris Coole guitar. Merriweather Records Ltd. www.merriweather.ca

Usually play this on fretless, but this time it's a Buckeye 12" maple fretted banjo with a nice, thick skin head.

This is a waltz I wrote several years ago on the banjo, and recorded with Mark Hellenberg on ukulele on the Hotpoint Stringband album Light Fuse Get Away. When the terrible tsunami hit South Asia on the day after Christmas (aka Boxing Day) in 2004, it was a disaster of unbelievable proportions, but also memorable was the way there was a huge outpouring of love and contributions from the rest of the world toward the victims of the tsunami. This sad but hopeful tune is about that.

My submission 12/4/09 for Tuna the Week. A Texas waltz written around the turn of the 20th Century.

My submission 12/4/09 for Tuna the Week. A Texas waltz written around the turn of the 20th Century.

Could anyone help me on information on this tune? Is it modern?

Little Rabbit in Double C tuning on a Wildwood.