Banjo Hangout Top 100 Traditional Songs

This traditional Cajun waltz sings of the sad loss of a loved one. I like its melody and found it easy to play on clawhammer banjo....

I've always had a soft spot for Marches, and this classic's up there with the best o'them I reckon. Thanks for steppin' up!. .... Don. ...

For the old time Tune of the Week, 4/28/18, the first part of this medley comes from BHO member RG, learned (he thinks) from a wonderful friend, Larry Brown. The second part is how I think traditiona...

A hasty rendition....i heard Ron Mullenix perform... ...

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Appalachian ode to a true love...

I posted tunes the last two holiday seasons so I thought I'd do another this year. Wishing all the best to my BHO friends for the season and the new year. In Double C....

Béla Fleck Baritone ...

A good ol' murder ballad. Clawhammer and voice...

Test driving yet another tone ring....

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This is a very old Irish carol. Fingerstyle guitar and banjo (muted)....

I'm thrilled to have been asked to do the rollout of an innovative instrument that opens a new world of mando-banjo potential. The Octajo is a double-course tenor banjo tuned an octave (or lower) ...

Messing around with this English Ballad tonight....

seldom scene...

A French-Canadian crooked tune learned from Guy Bouchard. Robin Kearton playing fiddle....

Traditional Greek melody adapted for 5-string cello banjo, Gold Tone CEB-5, double C tuning, gCGCD....

I apologize in advance for the length of this recording, but I am still sharing it. My excuse is that I felt 'in the groove' . It was just fun to play and I didn't have to think about play...

For my brother Mike on Father's day. Our Fave...

A duet with Travis Wright (SCClawman)...

This is my interpretation of Edden Hammon's fiddling. There's been much discussion on the Hangout about this tune and I wanted to find the oldest known source of it, though it's said it come...

I think that I picked this up from a Fleming Brown album which I borrowed from the public library in the mid 1970s....

A rather rough recording of O'Carolan's Concerto (Ken Perlman arrangement) complete with mistakes and incompetence!...

One of the best songs ever for clawhammer and voice. Glad to finally have learned it....

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A quick recording trying out the nylguts...

Me on banjo (two finger index lead) and Amy on guitar. We learned this tune from Don Borchelt....

For your review, "The Eighth of January". Played in clawhammer style. I learned it from tab found in "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo" by Ken Perlman, Oak Publications. Differing from the tab...

Arrangement by Rick McKeon. Picking by Wayne Conrad, after three months of self teaching....

For the TOTW--12/14/12...

One of the caroling songs we do every year....

A very old hymn widely sung today....

1st track little sadie...

off the new cd...

Frosty Morn, my current favorite song in Sawmill tuning - gDGCB ...

Thanks Laurence for this great addition. Honored to collaborate with you! One of my favorite songs ever gets even better!...

This old Scottish love song, based on William Douglas's poem in around 1700, was also the first performance attempt of Lotta Crabtree (1847 - 1923). Known now as the Shirley Temple of the 19th cent...

Henry Reed learned these from the Civil War fifer Quince Dillon. The two tunes are both in Am and one leads easily to the other in a medley....

This one's for Jim, whose playing is inimitable, but he's glad to have us join in!...

For the brotherhood, from your sister. My favorite version has been Doc's....

Got this tune from BHO member Bill Reese. I really like the sound of this Sea Shanty!...

At a music camp dance several years ago, Kit and I heard Heidi Claire fiddling this as the traditional last song of a dance. We just had to learn it and found a notated source by Elena Corey when she...

One of the good old hymns!...

Trying out a "Presto" tailpiece on my B&P Short Scale. I was just messing around but would appreciate constructive comments that could improve my playing. I hope this recording is not to tinny s...

Here is my arrangement of Amazing Grace recorded with Kentucky 31 in 2002...

One of the great old hymns. ...

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Allowing myself to get all jazzy and crazy with June Apple, taking it wherever I want to go. Yes, it's over the top. Yes, it's sloppy. Hopefully it's also sort of fun and different and enjoyable in...

playing June Apple in the key of E (double C capo 4) on my Cedar Mountain banjo. accompanied by myself on uke and guitar, and Chloe on the cat sneeze if you have good ears....

Traditional Anglican Hymn...