This crooked song from Kentucky is a good intro for me to J.P. Fraley's fiddling. John Hartford String Band does a great version, too, and it's in Jeff Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes book.

Fooling around with my new Zoom H4n recorder

This fantastic little tune comes from Illinois fiddler Mel Durham, and his family got the tune from an ex-slave named Alonzo Janes. The original name of the tune eluded Mel, so it's now named after the man who taught it to him. This is just a quick short recording to demonstrate the sound of my fretless slothead banjo made by Dan Pennington.

Tuning - gCGCE; source - Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners; recorded in 2000.

Nice little tune I heard on "Inside Fezziwig's" by Ed Sweeney.

Learned from a Mike Compton mandolin lesson. Its minor key makes it sound different from other versions.

Ric Hollander - My arrangement of these two tunes. Played as a medley.

Tuning: gCGDG capo 3rd.

Banjo: Romero -

Arrangement and performance copyright 2011 Ric Hollander - All Rights Reserved

Ric Hollander - My arrangement of these two tunes. Played as a medley.

Tuning: gCGDG capo 3rd.

Banjo: Romero -

Arrangement and performance copyright 2011 Ric Hollander - All Rights Reserved

Having fun on my Tradesman.