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.

Jai Passe Devant ta Porte (TOTW)

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.

''Invercargill March''

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 traditionally of Barlow Knife in three parts.  My dad didn't have a barlow knife, but his boy scout knife reminded me of one.

Barlow Knife (TOTW)

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

Sugar In My Coffee

Step Around Johnny

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.

Season of Hope

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

Old Spinning Wheel

Red Rocking Chair

A good ol' murder ballad.  Clawhammer and voice

Lil' Sadie

Rueben's Train

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

 Banjo Hangout Top 100 Traditional Songs

Dry and Dusty

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

The Wexford Carol

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) below mandolin and violin. With a 12” banjo rim with bronze tone ring and an octave mandolin neck the Octajo can be strung with either metal or nylon strings. The one on this recording is set up with nylon. Hope you enjoy.Banjo Crazy Paul

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) below mandolin and violin. With a 12” banjo rim with bronze tone ring and an octave mandolin neck the Octajo can be strung with either metal or nylon strings. The one on this recording is set up with nylon. Hope you enjoy. Banjo Crazy Paul

Octajo ~ O'Keiffe's Slide

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 always the first tune I play whenever I tune into G (or in this case A) modal.I've been meaning to thank Mark for introducing me to this for three-and-a-half years. So... "Thanks Mark!"

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 always the first tune I play whenever I tune into G (or in this case A) modal. I've been meaning to thank Mark for introducing me to this for three-and-a-half years. So... "Thanks Mark!"

Rock Andy

From the CD "On The Edge" by the Cliffhangers.   Fiddle: Mark Simos; banjo: Brendan Doyle; guitar: Rusty Neithammer; tenor guitar: Jody Platt; bass: Karen Falkowski.    Fiddle tuning: FCFC, banjo tuning: FBbFBbC   Sources: Hiram Stamper, Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky; and his son Art Stamper.    Mark's notes: "I first heard Art play this tune late one foggy night at Clifftop — standing in a muddy clearing amidst a gathered crowd, hat slouched on his head, cross-tuned fiddle sailing the glorious fat low notes out into the dark trees. Though our version here is closer to his dad Hiram’s, we dedicate this tune to Art’s memory."

From the CD "On The Edge" by the Cliffhangers. Fiddle: Mark Simos; banjo: Brendan Doyle; guitar: Rusty Neithammer; tenor guitar: Jody Platt; bass: Karen Falkowski. Fiddle tuning: FCFC, banjo tuning: FBbFBbC Sources: Hiram Stamper, Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky; and his son Art Stamper. Mark's notes: "I first heard Art play this tune late one foggy night at Clifftop — standing in a muddy clearing amidst a gathered crowd, hat slouched on his head, cross-tuned fiddle sailing the glorious fat low notes out into the dark trees. Though our version here is closer to his dad Hiram’s, we dedicate this tune to Art’s memory."

Chinquapin Hunting

he rode all the way to texas

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

Ancient Echo

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 playing, I just closed my eyes.  In any event, I felt I should post this since  it is one of the first few songs I learned to play.

Cripple Creek

John Webb

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

The Escape of Old John Webb

Soldiers Joy

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 comes from his great-uncle Pete, born 1847.  I like to think it's about the waterfalls of the James River, but the somber modal tone sounds more like it's about a historic event in Richmond, which would actually make the title "Fall of Richmond," as many also use.

Falls of Richmond

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

Sugar Hill (in G)

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

O'Carolan's Concerto

Tim O'Brien

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

I've Endured (Tim O'Brien)

Mississippi Sawyer

Whiskey Before Breakfast (nylguts)

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