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Banjo Hangout Top 100 Traditional Songs

Top 100 Traditional Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.

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Old Spinning Wheel

Old Spinning Wheel

Lynwood Lunsford playing on his 30s style 4 with one of my "Magaret Boote" Florentine/RB4 reproduction necks.

11 Jun 2016

Ranked #2

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Red Rocking Chair

Red Rocking Chair

Béla Fleck Baritone

25 Nov 2015

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Lil' Sadie

Lil' Sadie

A good ol' murder ballad. Clawhammer and voice

27 Oct 2015

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Rueben's Train

Rueben's Train

Test driving yet another tone ring.

3 Apr 2015

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Dry and Dusty

Dry and Dusty

31 Jan 2015

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The Wexford Carol

The Wexford Carol

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

4 Dec 2014

Ranked #7

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Octajo ~ O'Keiffe's Slide

Octajo ~ O'Keiffe's Slide

I'm thrilled to have been asked to do the rollout of an innovative instrument that opens a new world of mando-banjo pote... Read more

11 Oct 2014

Ranked #8

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Rock Andy

Rock Andy

I learned this tune when Mark Johnson posted it in the Tune of the Week for 4-1-2011. Since then, it's pretty much alway... Read more

4 Oct 2014

Ranked #9

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Chinquapin Hunting

Chinquapin Hunting

From the CD "On The Edge" by the Cliffhangers. Fiddle: Mark Simos; banjo: Brendan Doyle; guitar: Rusty Neithammer; ten... Read more

24 May 2014

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he rode all the way to texas

he rode all the way to texas

seldom scene

13 May 2014

Ranked #11

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Ancient Echo

Ancient Echo

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

23 Nov 2013

Ranked #12

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Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek

I apologize in advance for the length of this recording, but I am still sharing it. My excuse is that I felt 'in the gr... Read more

1 Aug 2013

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The Escape of Old John Webb

The Escape of Old John Webb

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

16 Jun 2013

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Soldiers Joy

Soldiers Joy

A duet with Travis Wright (SCClawman)

13 May 2013

Ranked #15

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Falls of Richmond

Falls of Richmond

This is my interpretation of Edden Hammon's fiddling. There's been much discussion on the Hangout about this tune and I... Read more

1 Apr 2013

Ranked #16

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Sugar Hill (in G)

Sugar Hill (in G)

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

29 Mar 2013

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O'Carolan's Concerto

O'Carolan's Concerto

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

23 Mar 2013

Ranked #18

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I've Endured (Tim O'Brien)

I've Endured (Tim O'Brien)

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

28 Feb 2013

Ranked #19

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Mississippi Sawyer

Mississippi Sawyer

24 Feb 2013

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Whiskey Before Breakfast (nylguts)

Whiskey Before Breakfast (nylguts)

A quick recording trying out the nylguts

24 Feb 2013

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