Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Get Up in the Cool features conversations and musical collaborations with some of Old Time music's heaviest hitters, like Ken Perlman, Adam Hurt, Spencer & Rains, and Jake Blount. As an interviewer, Cameron balances an effusive curiosity for the potential of traditional music with a dogged respect for its origins. Serving as audience surrogate, Cameron asks illuminating questions to Old Time's best and brightest while telling the larger story of the tradition's modern era.
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A regular line-up of old-time, bluegrass and folk inspired banjo players and bands, in the downstairs Green Room of the Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney
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Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Deering Live is a live stream video series presented by Deering Banjos which features interviews with all your favorite banjo players, as well as Deering Tech sessions and other great content. Catch up on all the episodes of Deering Live, right here.
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The Brainjo Jam podcast consists of classic clawhammer and fingerstyle banjo songs, as well as musings on all things related to learning to play a musical instrument, including the science and principles behind The Brainjo Method of instruction.
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Chords are added to an older recording in the first time through for John Riley the Shepherd,By JanetB
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Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour
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Goodnight, Texas | Deering Live Ep. 111
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We’re back with Deering Live featuring the two leaders of the band Goodnight, Texas, Avi Vinocur and Patrick Dyer Wolf. Goodnight, Texas is an American folk rock band named after the town of Goodnight, Texas, the geographic midpoint between the working locations of songwriters Avi in San Francisco and Patrick in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The ban…
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Episode 421: Adam Hinkel (Black Sheep Banjos)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Adam Hinkel of Black Sheep Banjos. We recorded this yesterday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Snake River Reel (0:59) Billy in the Lowground (10:57) J.P. Fraley’s Wild Rose of the Mountain (22:14) Jack of Diamonds (38:00) The Mou…
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Episode 420: Mark Olitsky (Changing as a Musician)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mark Olitsky. We recorded this last month at the Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival. Thanks for having us! Tunes in this episode: John Brown’s Dream (1:05) Georgia Railroad (19:52) Elk River Blues (38:46) Darling Nellie Gray (59:20) Possum On a Ra…
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From the fiddling of West Virginia Melvin Wine, Eadle Alley remains a mystery as far as a real place. Playing his tunes is always an experience with a squared off, traditional fiddle tune that make good square and contra dance music.By JanetB
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Hornpipe with an Irish origin.By jef
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Episode 419: Zach Meyer (Old Time in Seattle and Boston)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Zach Meyer. We recorded this last month at his home in Cambridge, MA. Tunes in this episode: Sweet Milk and Peaches (1:07) Jeff City (8:49) Shucking the Brush (20:03) My Friend the Wine (Jack Link original) (30:42) Sheeps and Goats Gone to Pasture …
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Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour
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As played by West Virginia fiddler, Israel Welch, related to Noah Cline, who gives a fine history of the tune Price Bane Waltz on the Tune of the Week for 8/29/24. It's a pretty little waltz and was easier to play than I anticipated.By JanetB
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Named after my third-great uncle, as learned from Uncle Tom Thrush via Tom and Israel Welch.By Noah Cline
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Episode 418: Joe Z. Johnson (Black Banjo Scholar)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Z. Johnson. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: Camptown Hornpipe (0:37) John Snipes’ The Coo Coo (14:53) Marching Jaybird (31:11) Leather Britches (43:57) Altamont (49:29) Bonus Track: Cor…
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The Train That Carried My Girl From Town (clawhammer banjo)
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Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour
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Here's a tune from West Virginia with interesting timing. It has a bridge and also ends a half measure early if you repeat it, so you jump right into the water, rather the A part.By JanetB
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Episode 417: Jesse Milnes (Growing Up Old Time in West Virginia)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jesse Milnes. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: Hell Among the Yearlings (0:43) Ragtime Annie (12:37) Helvetia Polka (20:48) Going Down to Brownsville (24:39) Shelvin’ Rock (33:35) Bonus Trac…
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Key of D and played on a newly constructed open back 5 stringBy hudie
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From the playing of Bruce Greene via Kentucky fiddler Gusty Wallace. The measure count is very unusual, but it's a neat tune. Bruce Greene has found good crooked tunes, many probably from Kentucky. Check out his Five Miles from Ellum Wood CD.By JanetB
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Episode 416: Sophie Wellington (Melodic Old Time Guitar)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sophie Wellington. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: Billy in the Lowland (0:57) John Salyer’s Barlow Knife (13:31) Shuffle About (23:01) Charleston #1 (31:23) Rugged Road (36:34) Bonus Track…
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Tune of the Week explores Lost Girl. I've focussed on the Kentucky fiddler John Salyer version, but didn't include the Walter McNew version in the thread yet. In this mp3 you first hear McNew's version, then Salyer's as learned from Adam Hurt's piano playing.By JanetB
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Played according to the tab in John Burke's Book of Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Banjo.On YouTube the fiddlers play it on a much faster pace than I do.By Kyle Creed
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Episode 415: Scott Prouty (West Virginia Crookedness, Melvin Wine’s Birthday, and Writing Tunes)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Scott Prouty. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: Ira Mullins’ Cluck Old Hen (0:54) Thomas Dillon’s Grey Eagle (15:21) Trouble at the Border (Scott Prouty original) (32:00) Lovely Jane (38:58) …
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An Irish "traditional slide", meaning it's kind of like a jig, but it's not. I'm always learning something on the Tune of the Week. :)By JanetB
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Quick recording with my Zoom H2n handy recorder. I'm at home with a bad flu, so I'm a little congested. Recorded with my Gold Tone WL-250 in Sawmill tuning (gDGCD).By stanley_
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Quick recording with my Zoom H2n handy recorder. I'm at home with a bad flu, so I'm a little congested. Recorded with my Gold Tone WL-250 in Sawmill tuning (gDGCD).By stanley_
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Episode 414: Justin Robinson (German Influence and Old Time Down the Mountain)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Justin Robinson. We recorded this last week at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: Chickens Crowing at Midnight (or Going to Raleigh) (0:50) Dancing Ladies (14:19) Little Brown Jug (25:47) Morning Star (or Virgil Craven’s Br…
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This arrangement was very heavily inspired by Simon Robinson's version of this song. Recorded with my Zoom H2n field mic at my workplace courtyard (so I had to be relatively quiet) next to a fountain. Tuned down from G-Standard (relative) on my Recording King RKO-3S customized with nylon strings, fiberskyn head, and stuffed with two cotton shirts.…
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Episode 413: Nathan Vargo (Diva Fiddling and Flatfooting)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nathan Vargo. We recorded this on Sunday at his home in Pittsburgh. Tunes in this episode: Rat Cheese Under the Hill (0:34) Old Jake Gillie (18:28) Sally Ann (33:57) Sandy River Belle (45:14) Ernie Carpenter’s Shelvin’ Rock (53:50) Bonus Track: Bla…
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Using my modified Recording King RKO-3S (with fiberskyn head and nylon strings) tuned relative to G-standard, probably about 3 half-steps down.By stanley_
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Chris Coole made this one as an exercise on "rolls".By Chris Coole
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How To Make Non Traditional Tunes Work On Banjo with Tray Wellington
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In this episode of Deering Live we'd like to welcome back Deering Banjo artist Tray Wellington! Join us as Tray dives deep into the world of incorporating non-traditional tunes into your 5-string banjo playing. Tray is a master at pushing the boundaries of the banjo, and you won't want to miss his insights! Tray will also be discussing his latest a…
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Episode 412: Alice Gerrard (Luther Davis' Fiddling, Tommy Jarrell's Potato Soup, and Identity Movements in Old Time)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alice Gerrard with special guests Tatiana Hargreaves and Reed Stutz. We recorded this at the beginning of July in Port Townsend, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Train on the Island (1:12) Remember Us (Alice Gerrard original) (14:08) Ta…
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Tony Trischka | Deering Live Ep. 109
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We're excited to feature longtime Deering Banjo Artist, Tony Trischka back on Deering Live. In this episode we are going to go deep into the creation of his new album, "Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs". Listen to Tony play some tunes from the record and talk about the story of how it came to be. Learn more about Tony's signature Deering Golden …
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As played by Kentucky fiddler John Salyer, it's good to have yet another one of his unique tunes. The A part is rather plain, but the B part has character. If Sallie Cooper was that kind of person, I think I would have liked her.By JanetB
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The lyrics are based on Doc Watson's recording. Recorded on my Gold Tone AC-12a tuned a whole step up from Sawmill (aEADE). Recorded in one take with one microphone. This arrangement is not based heavily on any existing tab.By stanley_
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Saturday, October 21,2023Last Sunday, as I was preparing to sing with the youth at Gwynedd Friends Meeting, I asked the teacher what the lesson was for today. He told me that they were going to learn about Indigenous People's Day. I looked through the list of songs that I'd been singing with them, for the past 30 years or so and thought, that of al…
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Episode 411: Earl White (Green Grass Cloggers and Spreading the Old Time Gospel)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Earl White. We recorded this on Saturday in Port Townsend, Washington. Tunes in this episode: Cumberland Gap (0:30) Sopping Gravy (11:56) Four Miles to Cumberland (29:03) Uncle Noah Jamison (59:31) Polly Put the Kettle On (1:10:33) Bonus Track: Fid…
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Described as a fife and drum march during the Revolutionary War and given other similar titles, Murillo's Lesson has evolved over the years. This clawhammer arrangement uses the musical annotation posted on the Traditional Tue Archive.By JanetB
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Episode 410: Collin Stackhouse (Friend with a Podcast Tax and Health Care for All Oregon)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Collin Stackhouse. We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tune in this episode: Waverly (0:35) Salt River (8:08) 44 Gun (30:47) Narrative Arc/Utopia (Collin Stackhouse original) (34:31) Tommy Jarrell’s Cumberland Gap (40:51) Bon…
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This is Lynchburg Town, loosely based on an arrangement in Wayne Erbsen's "Clawhammer Ignoramus" book. Recorded with a Gold Tone AC-12a tuned to aDADE.By stanley_
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are a handful of listeners who called in with a question and a tune or song request because this is another Call Up in the Cool episode. Tunes in this episode: Last Chance (1:34) Policeman (25:40) Twenty Eighth of January (32:40) Kenny Baker's Sail A…
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Episode 408: Northern Resonance (with Tall Poppy String Band)
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Anna Ekborg Hans-ers, Jerker Hans-ers, and Petrus Dillner of Northern Resonance, with special guests George Jackson and Morgan Harris! We recorded this in Viroqua, Wisconsin towards the end of our tour back in April. Tune in this episode: Pride o…
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An Ohio tune to enjoyBy JanetB
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Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour
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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Steve Rosen. We recorded this at The Old Town School of Folk Music. Tune in this episode: Forked Deer (0:57) Chief O’Neill’s (13:08) Nail that Catfish to a Tree (Steve Rosen original) (26:52) Mississippi Sawyer (35:15) Mary Blacksmith (42:54) Bonus…
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Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour
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From the fiddling of Alabama fiddler James Bryan in 1983, he learned from Mack Blalock, a Georgia fiddler, and the tune is older yet. I tuned to an open C tuning, something only done occasionally, so it changed the fingering from the better-known ways.By JanetB
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