Banjo Newsletter Clawhammer MP3 Descriptions and Links
Acorn
Stomp played by Kate Brett. Recorded
by (and tabbed by) Bubba Hutch. Tab: April 1994.
Andrew Jackson
Go Back Home by Mary Z. Cox. Tabbed out in July 2004
Arkansas Traveler by Karl Lauber
Bachelors
Hall by Steve Harvey. Tabbed out in the June 2005 issue.
Battle in the Horseshoe by Mike Seeger.
Clawhammer, tabbed out in April 2001. Recorded Source: Homespun
Video's "Southern Banjo Styles" by Mike Seeger, VHS.
Contact Homespun at (800) 33-TAPES, www.homespuntapes.com. (Also
can be heard on Smithsonian Folkways album of same name). File
size: 352 K
Because It’s There as played by Brendan Doyle (old-time,
streaming)
http://www.5-string.com/sound/5sp05005/Because%20It's%20There.mp3.
Tabbed out in the June 2007 BNL. By Mark Simos, from “Clifftop Notes
Vol. 1” by Mark Simos and Friends, 5 String Productions 5SP05005,
2006. For info go to
http://www.5-string.com
Becky the Beader by Chris Coole and Arnie Naiman. This clawhammer
tune is from "5 Strings AttachedVolume 2," on
Merriweather Records (M02CA). We'll print the tab to this tune
in BNL February 2001. File size: 584 K.
Been to the East, Been to the West
by Bubba Hutch. Clawhammer tab in Aug. 92. Contact Richard Hutchinson
at skydog@ix.netcom.com
File size: 580 K.
Believe
Me If All Those Endearing Charms by Steve Harvey. Tabbed
out in the August 2005 issue.
Big Mon as played by
Wayne Shrubsall, Tab in Oct. 2002. File size: 400 K
The Big Scioty by David Brose. Tabbed out in the April 2004
issue.
Bill Cheatham (clawhammer) by Steve Harvey.
Tabbed out in the March 2007 BNL.
Billy in the Low
Land as played by Ken Perlman and Alan
Jabbour. From Southern Summits by Ken Perlman and
Alan Jabbour. www.kenperlman.com Tabbed out in the August 2005
issue. (Wrongly entitled Billy in the Lowground in the issue)
Billy in the Low Ground
by Dan Levenson. This clawhammer cut was tabbed out in April
2001. It is from Dan Levenson's 2001 "Barenaked Banjos"
CD. To contact Dan, e-mail him at OldBzrd@aol.com, or go to his
website at www.folknet.org/dan
File size: 1.3 MB
Bill Driver's Tune On by R.D.
Lunceford. Tabbed in Nov. 1998. From BNL columnist R.D's 2001
release "Drop-Thumb." Contact R.D. at dropthumbbanjo@cs.com
Size: 304 K
Big John Henry by Hank Schwartz.
We featured this clawhammer tab by Hank Schwartz of Big John
Henry in BNL January 2000. It's from his recent CD "Notes
Along The Way": Old-Time and New-Time renditions of 5-string
banjo tunes with incidental vocal accompaniment" (HSD-001).
Contact Hank at www.hschwartz.com.
File size: 1.9 MB.
Big Scioty (clawhammer) by Bob Carlin. Tabbed
out in the February 2007 BNL. From Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer
Banjo by Bob Carlin, Rounder 0132 (1979).
Jwsweeney@aol.com
Black-eyed Susie (clawhammer) as played by Banjo Judy Muldawer.
Tabbed out in the January 2008 issue.
Black Widow Romp by Dan Levenson.
From Mel Bay's "Buzzard Banjo Clawhammer Style by Dan Levenson,"
tab book and CD, reviewed in BNL Feb. 01. MB99126BCD, $14.95.
(800) 863-5229, www.melbay.com.
Contact Dan at OldBzrd@aol.com
File size: 352 K
Blackberry Blossom (clawhammer) as played by Wayne Shrubsall.
Tab in July 2002. File size:
Black Widow Romp by Dan
Levenson
The Boatmans
Dance by Wayne Shrubsall. Tabbed out
in the Nov. 2004 issue.
Bob and
Carolee (clawhammer) by Cathy Fink. Tabbed out in the November 2007 BNL. From “Banjo Talkin” by
Cathy Fink, Rounder 2007.
www.cathymarcy.com
Bonaparte
Crossing the Rhine by Hugh Strawn. Tabbed out in July 2004
Buckhorn
by John Balch (clawhammer, stream). Tabbed out in the December
2006 BNL. To find out more about John, go to www.johnbalchmusic.com
Buffalo Road by Bob Flesher.
Excerpt. Tab in Sept. 2001. By Bob Flesher. Recorded Source;
"Banjo heads" By Bob Flesher. To get this record, contact
Bob at PO Box 9950, Moreno valley, CA 92552, by e-mail at OldDoc@DrHorsehair.com,
or on the web at www.DrHorsehair.com
File size: 616 K
Callaway
by Dwight Diller (clawhammer). Tabbed out in the July
2006 BNL. From Dwights 2005 release Jericho Road.
For more info go to www.Dwightdiller.com
)Chinquapin Pie by Wayne Erbsen.
This clawhammer tune was tabbed out in May 2001, and can be heard
on Wayne Erbsen's "An Old-Fashioned Wing Ding" on Native
Ground Records. File size: 1.7 MB
Cacklin' Hen by George Gibson. (Tabs
of Cacklin Hen have been in BNL's Oct. 96 and Aug. 91 -- but
not exactly this version.) From "Last Possum Up the Tree"
by G. Gibson, June Appal 0079, (606) 633-0108, E-mail: juneappal@appalshop.org
Size: 784 K
Charleston Girls
(clawhammer) by R.D. Lunceford. From R.D.s 2005 recording
Cotton Blossom: 19th century banjo tunes, clawhammer style."
Tabbed out in the January 2007 BNL. Purchase from R.D at
r.d.lunceford@earthlink.net.
Cider
by Riley Baugus. Clawhammer tab in Sept. 2002. From "Life
of Riley" by Riley Baugus, Yodel Ay Hee CD 038. Contact
Riley at Appalachain Roots (Ira Bernstein and Riley Baugus) www.tentoepercussion.com/appalachianroots.htm
File size: 500 K.
Clear the Palate
(clawhammer) by Maxine Gerber and Mark Simos. Stream:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/simos4.
Tab in the March 08 issue.
Clinch Mountain Backstep (clawhammer) as played by Wayne Shrubsall
Tab in March 2002. File size: 356 K
Cold
Frosty Morning and Cold Frosty Evening by
Steve Harvey. From the August 2003 issue. Contact Steve at sharvey@yhc.edu
Cold
Frosty Morning as played by Mark Olinsky
(with Christian Wig). Tab in January 2005.
Colemans
March as played by Steve Harvey. Tabbed out in the November
2005 BNL.
Coleman’s
March by Cathy Fink
Tabbed out in the November 2007 BNL. From “Banjo Talkin” by
Cathy Fink, Rounder 2007.
www.cathymarcy.com
Colored Aristrocracy
(clawhammer) by Taj Mahal. Excerpt. Tabbed out in the March 2004
issue. From Columbia's "De Ole Folks At Home" (CJK
18) by Taj Mahal. Official website includes news, tour schedule,
discography, audio/video and pictures: www.taj-mo-roots.com
Coon Dog Fast by
R.D. Lunceford. Tab in April 2003. File size 275 K
Copper Run (clawhammer) by
Chris Coole. TablEdit file.
Tab in the Jan. 08 issue. From “Meet Me In the Music” by Erynn
Marshall and Chris Coole, Hickoryjack Records, 07.
Cotton Eye Joe
by Molly Tenenbaum. Tabbed out in May 2003. from Molly Tenenbaum's
recording "Instead of a Pony: Old-time tunes and songs,"
2002. Conact Molly at mollyt@drizzle.com or go to her website
at www.squeakyfiddle.com/mollyt
Cruel Willie by Hugh Strawn.
Tabbed out in the March 06 issue.
Darlin Nellie Grey
by Nancy Shuys. Tabbed out in the Oct. 2005 issue. From Best
of Friends, Volume 1 by Nancy Sluys (Yodel-Ay-Hee 056),
available from Bobville Music, 197 Minglewood Road, Westfield,
N. C. 27053, 336-351-4753, www.bobvillemusic.com
Dem
Trisker Rebn’s Khosid as played by Andy Rubin (clawhammer).
Tabbed out in the July 2007 BNL. As played by Andy Rubin and the
Freilachmakers on “And I in the Uttermost West.” For more info go to
www.freilachmakers.com
or andyrubin@comcast.net
Dixie Blossoms
by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer). In the tab for Dixie Blossoms,
in the 14th measure (the 13th full measure), the third note (the
open 3rd string) shouldn't be there. The next note (the 4th string-2nd
fret) should be where it is but needs a tail.
Do Mr. Boker Do by Wayne
Shrubsall. Tabbed out in July 2004
Down The Road as played by Wayne Shrubsall
Durangs
Hornpipe by Dan Levenson. Tabbed out in the Feb. 06 issue.
www.folknet.org/dan
Echoes of the Ozarks
by Hugh Strawn. Tabbed out in the March 06 issue.
Emminence Breakdown by
Bob Carlin and John Hartford. Tab in June 2002. Excerpt from
Hamilton Ironworks by John Hartford, Rounder 82161-0442-2. Also
known as Paddy on the Highway. File size: 336
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The
Falling Waters of Arden by Mark Schatz (clawhammer). Tabbed out in the
July 2007 BNL. From “Steppin’ in the Boiler Room” by Mark Schatz and
Friends, on Rounder.
Firefly
by John Balch. Tabbed out in the March 06 issue. From ~HOT~
Biscuit Jam by John Balch, www.johnbalchmusic.com
First Morning by Chris Coole and
Arnie Naiman
Five Miles of Ellum Wood (clawhammer) by Henry Sapoznik.
Tab in July 2002. As played by Henry Sapoznik.
File size: 600
Flannerys
Dream by Bob Carlin and John Hartford (streaming). Tabbed
out in the May 2007 BNL. From Wild Hog in the Red Brush
by John Hartford, Rounder.
Fly Around My
Pretty Little Miss by Laura Boosinger.
Tab in BNL Nov. '02. Recorded Source: "Down the Road"
by Laura Boosinger, www.lauraboosinger.com
File Size: 575 K
Florida Blues by Hugh
Strawn. Tabbed out
in the August 2007 BNL.
Footprints
in The Snow (clawhammer) as played by Wayne Shrubsall.
Tabbed out in July 03. For info contact wshrubsall@tvi.cc.nm.us
Forked Deer by R.D. Lunceford. Old-time
tab in BNL Oct. 2000. File size: 868 K
Forks of Sandy by Walt Koken. Forks of Sandy is from Walt
Koken's excellent solo clawhammer recording "Hei-wa Hoedown"
on Rounder (RO 0367). Walt got this tune from Charlie Poole,
and he tabbed out the B part in the May 1999 issue of BNL. (He
tabbed out the A part in the Old Time Herald). File size: 1.7
MB.
Fortune by Dan Levenson. Tab in Sept.
2001. Excerpt. Source: "Bare Naked Banjos" by Dan Levenson,
Buzzard 2002 CD. Contact Dan at OldBzd@aol.com, or on the web
at www.folknet.org/dan File size: 272 K
French Waltz (2-finger)
by Allen Hart. From Allens CD Old Time Banjo
on Voyager Records 2006, reviewed and tabbed out in the January
2007 BNL. Purchase online at www.voyagerrecords.com
Glen Coe March by Ken Perlman.
Clawhammer tab in Feb. 2001. File size: 788 K.
Glory In The Meetinghouse by
Mac BenfordFrom Mac Benford's "Kentucky Favorites"
on MudThumper Music, 1998. This TabBook/cassette is available
from Mac at 4029 Buck Hill Rd., Trumansburg, NY 14886, or macben@aol.com. Tab in BNL Oct
2000. File size: 876 K
The Gold Rush (clawhammer)
by Wayne Shrubsall. Tab in BNL Nov. '02 File Size: 350 K
Got a Little Home to Go To by Hugh
Strawn (clawhammer). In D
tuning; In A-modal
tuning. Tabbed out in the December 2006 BNL. Contact Hugh
at
hstrawn@yahoo.com
Greasy String by Dwight
Diller (clawhammer). Tabbed out in the April 2007 BNL. From Dwights
Yew Piney Mt Book/CD. For more info go to www.morningstarfolkarts.com
or call 304 653-4397
Grimstock by Steve Harvey.
Tab in June 2002. As played by Steve Harvey. File size: 664
Gypsy Hornpipe by
Hugh Strawn (clawhammer)
Half Past Four (clawhammer) by Mac Benford. Tabbed in the
Sept. 04 BNL. From his recording of the same name. Order the
record from Mac at 4029 Buck Hill Rd., Trumansburg, NY 14886,
CD: $15, Tabs: $1 per tune or $15 for all 17 tunes.
Half Past
Four (old-time), stringband at Clifftop, 2007. Ken Perlman’s
tab of this is in Dec. 07. This stringband version (Rachel Eddy
of the Morgantown Rounders on fiddle, Hilarie Burhans on banjo
and Mark Hellenberg on banjo uke (both of Hotpoint Stringband, a
contradance band), Stuart Kenney (of Wild Asparagus etc.) on
bass, and Bill Dudley on guitar.) might be slightly different
then Ken’s.
Hamishs
Morphine Pill by Ivan Rosenberg (clawhammer); Stream
Hard Times by Bobbi Geyer.
Tabbed out in July 2004. email banjoteacher@comcast.net
Heartbeat as played
by Arnie Naeman. Tabbed out in July 03. From "Banjo Special."
For info contact Arnie Naeman at ragged@interlog.com
Heartsease by Steve Harvey.
Tab in June 2002. As played by Steve Harvey. File size: 536 K
Heron's Wing by Chris Coole and Arnie
Naiman. Clawhammer tab in Feb. 2001. File size: 522 K.
Home Sweet Home, played by Wayne Shrubsall. Tab in August 2002.
File size: 335 K
The Honeymoon by Ken Perlman. Tab in Sept. 02 BNL. From Northern
Banjo on Copper Creek Records, by Ken Perlman, 2002. See www.coppercreekrec.com
or kenperlman.com. File size: 420 K
Horse and Buggy-O
by Hugh Strawn. Tabbed out in the May 06 issue.
Hunchback Liza by
Mary Z. Cox. Tab in Oct. 2002. Source: "Walkin' That Banjo
Home" by Mary Cox, www.nettally.com/infocom, 2873 Green
Forest Lane, Tallahassee, FL 32312, $18.50 post paid. File size:
476 K
I Am A Pilgrim
by Steve Harvey (clawhammer). Tabbed out in the August 2006 BNL.
As inspired by the playing of Doc Watson.
John Lovers Gone
(clawhammer) by Jeanie Murphy. Tabbed out in the Jan. 2006 issue.
From The Times Been Sweet by Jeanie Murphy
and Scott Marckx. Contact Jeanie at muma5@earthlink.net
John Stinson's No. 2 by Cathy Barton
Para. Cathy Para learned this tune from BNL columnist Dan Levenson,
who tabbed it out in BNL December 1998 (entitled simply "Stinson's
No. 2"). This tune is from Cathy and Dave Para's 1998 "Crazy
Quilt" recording. To contact Cathy Para, dpara@mid-mo.net,
www.mid-mo.net/para. The complete cut, this file is 2.5 MB.
Johnny,
Dont Come Home Drunk by Hugh Strawn. Tabbed out in
the February 2007 BNL. hstrawn@yahoo.com
Josie Girl by Laura Boosinger.
Tab in BNL Nov. '02. Recorded Source: "Down the Road"
by Laura Boosinger, www.lauraboosinger.com File Size: 384 K
Keemo Kimo by Wayne Shrubsall
(slow). Tabbed out in
the January 05 issue.
Kemp's Jig by Steve
Harvey. Tab in June 2002. As played by Steve Harvey. File size:
692 K
Kitchen Girl by
John Adams (on a Docs Banjo Crabapple fretless)
With fiddle. Here
is a sound file of the Doc's banjo Crabapple. It is pretty accurate
to the tab transcription, though I may have thrown in a couple
of slides and a 5th fret Galax lick or so... This one includes
a fiddle part by Tim Crosby of Biscuit Creek. John
Adams. He tabbed this out in the April 2007 BNL.
Kitty Synder by Dwight
Diller. Tabbed out in the April 2007 BNL. From Dwights
Yew Piney Mt Book/CD. For more info go to www.morningstarfolkarts.com
or call 304 653-4397. Tabbed out in the April 2007 BNL. From
Dwights Yew Piney Mt Book/CD. For more info
go to www.morningstarfolkarts.com or call 304 653-4397
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Last
Days of Autumn by Chris Coole and Arnie NaimanLeRoy
Troy's Rabbit Dog (Excerpt). From Leroy's "The Old Grey
Mare," on Rounder Records. Tab in Jan. 2002. File size:
347 K
Little Black Dog Gone Trottin Down the
Road" by Mary Z. Cox
This excerpt is from Mary's 1999 release "Vintage Banjo."
CDs are $15 and $3.50 postage. Mary Cox, 2873 Green forest Lane,
Tallahassee, FL 32312. Contact Mary at infocon@nettally.com
Little Dog
Trottin Down the River, as played by Hugh Strawn (claw).
Tabbed out in the August 2006 BNL. For info contact Hugh at hstrawn@yahoo.com
Little Dutch Girl
clawhammer as played by Hugh Strawn.
Tabbed out in the Nov. 2003 issue.
Little
Liza Jane by Steve Harvey. Tabbed out
in the Oct. 2004 issue. Played on a gut-strung banjo.
Logan
County Blues by Dan Levenson (from
the July 2003 issue). From the July 2003 issue. From Dan's "Bare
Naked Banjos" CD. To order, contact Dan at OldBzrd@aol.com
Lonesome
Road Blues as played by Wayne Shrubsall. Tabbed out in May
2003. Contact Wayne at wshrubsall@tvi.cc.nm.us
Maggie Jo (claw) by Bubba Hutch.
Tab in April 1992. File size: 812 K
Margaret's
Waltz by Steve Harvey (clawhammer)
Maysville
by Steve Harvey (clawhammer)
Meeting of the Waters (claw)
by Bubba Hutch. Tab in Jan. 1994. File size: 276 K
Midnight on the
Stormy Deep by Steve Arkin. Tabbed out in the Feb. 06 issue.
From Countys Fast as Time Can Take Me, 2005.
To hear the entire cut, go to
http://www.troublesomecreekstringband.com/listenup.html.
(check out Steves Old
Time Clawhammer Workshop handout PDF: Steve Arkin Workshop.pdf)
Tabbed out in the Feb. 06 issue
Miss Mcleod’s Reel
(clawhammer) by Laura Schulman. Streaming:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/laurapschulman. Tab in the Jan. 08 issue. To order
go to streaming link. From “Pretty Little Dog” by Laura Schulman
Molly and Tenbrooks
as played by Wayne Shrubsall. Tab in April 2003. File size 275
K
Monkey on a Dogcart
(clawhammer) by Dan Levenson. Tabbed out in the Jan. 2006 issue.
Played on Goldtones new Bob Carlin model 350 with a 12
rim. To see more about this instrument, go to www.goldtone.com/products/pages/bc-350.asp
Contact Dan Levenson at OldBzrd@aol.com
Mosby's Rangers by Mark Johnson. Tab in BNL Dec. '02. From
"Acoustic Campaign" by Mark Johnson and Emory Lester.
File Size: 575 K
Muscle Creek Fork (claw)
by Bubba Hutch. This southern clawhammer tune was tabbed in April
'93. File size: 332 K.
New Five Cent Piece
(clawhammer) by Jeanie Murphy. Tabbed out in the Jan. 2006 issue.
From The Times Been Sweet by Jeanie Murphy
and Scott Marckx. Contact Jeanie at muma5@earthlink.net
Odessa Bulgar as played by Andy
Rubin (clawhammer). Tabbed out in the July 2007 BNL. As played by Andy Rubin
and the Freilachmakers on “Flower of Berezin.” For more info go to
www.freilachmakers.com
or
andyrubin@comcast.net,
or
www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/home.asp?id=16336
Old Grey Mare
by Wayne Shrubsall. Tabbed out in the Feb. 2004 issue.
Old Judge Parker by Hugh
Strawn (clawhammer). Tab in the May ’08 issue.
Old Molly Hare, clawhammer, by Dan Levenson. From "Mel
Bay Presents Clawhammer Banjo From Scratch: A Guide for the Claw-less!"
by Dan Levenson, 2003 (Tab and 2 CDs), $26.95, MB20190BCD). Up
to speed version. Tabbed out in the Jan. 2004 issue.
Old Rip by Lynn Morris. This
one-minute excerpt is from Lynn Morris's 1995 Rounder release
"Mama's Hand" (RO 0328), and was tabbed out in BNL
Feb. 96. File size: 568 K.
Old Shoes and Stockings by Richard
"Bubba" Hutch. Clawhammer arrangement tabbed out in
Oct. 92. File size: 596. Contact Bubba Hutch at skydog@ix.netcom.com
The Old Stillhouse, Fast, played by R.D. Lunceford
The Old Stillhouse, played by Reed Martin. No tab. From Reed's
"Old Time Banjo" CD, ($15 each) contact Reed at reedbanjo@comcast.net
to order, or order directly from Reed, 6431 70th Street, Cabin
John, Maryland 20818
Old Spinning
Wheel by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer)
Peacock Rag by Hugh
Strawn. Tabbed out in the May 06 issue.
Policeman (clawhammer)
by Dan Gellert. Tabbed out in the April 2005 issue. From Dans
2004 release Waitin On The Break of Day. For
info go to www.Orphonon.com
Polly Put the Kettle On
by R.D. Lunceford. Tab in Aug. 1998. From BNL columnist R.D's
2001 release "Drop-Thumb." Contact R.D. at dropthumbbanjo@cs.com
Size: 304 K
Pompey Ran Away
as played by Pete Ross on a 4-string gourd banjo. Tabbed out
in the June 2003 issue. Contact Pete at banjopete@smart.net.
File size: 600 K
Poor Ellen Smith by Brad Leftwich.
Brad Leftwich's rendition of Tommy Jarrell's clawhammer arrangement
of Poor Ellen Smith is from his excellent book/CD, "Round
Peak Style Clawhammer Banjo", Mel Bay Publications, (MB96660BCD)
$22.95. A review, and tab of this tune, is in June BNL 2000.
Contact Mel Bay at www.melbay.com File size: 180 K.
Possum Up A Simmon
Tree by Steve Arkin and the Troublesome Creek Band. (check
out Steves Old
Time Clawhammer Workshop handout PDF).Tabbed out in
the Feb. 06 issue. www.troublesomecreekstringband.com
Pretty Little Dog (claw) by Dick
Kimmel. Tab in June 2001. From Dick's Copper Creek release "Fishin'
Creek Blues." File size: 804 K
Pretty Little Dog
(clawhammer) by Laura Schulman. Streaming:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/laurapschulman. To order go to streaming link. From
“Pretty Little Dog” by Laura Schulman.
Pretty Little Girl by Frank Lee.
This clawhammer excerpt is from the Freight Hoppers' acclaimed
1996 recording "Where'd You Come From, Where'd You Go"
on Rounder (0403). Frank was featured in BNL August 1999; this
tune was tabbed out in BNL Nov. 1996. Frank plays it in the key
of A (capo 2). Contact him at FRANKLEE@DNET.NET.
File size: 660 K (one minute)
Pretty
Saro by Steve Harvey. Tabbed out in the June 2005 issue.
Quince
Dillon by Steve Harvey. Tabbed out in the March 06 issue.
Rabbit Dog
LeRoy Troy (excerpt)Rocky Mountains
(claw) by Bubba Hutch. Tab in Feb. 1994. File size: 292 K
Red Wing, as played
by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer). Tabbed out in the August 2006 BNL.
For info contact Hugh at hstrawn@yahoo.com
Remi
Jatta plays the Akonting on You Tube. See instructions in
the March article to see where in the video the various tabs
are located. Tabbed out in the March 2007 BNL.
Reuben (clawhammer)
by Wayne Shrusball. From the August 2003 issue. Contact Wayne
at wshrubsall@tvi.cc.nm.us
Rig Root by Mark Schatz (clawhammer).
Tabbed out in the July 2007 BNL. From “Steppin’ in the Boiler Room” by Mark
Schatz and Friends, on Rounder.
Rocky Pallet by Dan Levenson.
This clawhammer cut was tabbed out in Dec. 2000. It is from Dan
Levenson's 2001 "Barenaked Banjos" CD. To contact Dan,
e-mail him at OldBzrd@aol.com,
or go to his website at www.folknet.org/dan
File size: 900 K
Rock the Cradle Joe played by
Debby Grimm. Recorded by (and tabbed by) Bubba Hutch. Tab: Sept.
1994.
Rock the Cradle, Lucy
(clawhammer) by Hugh Strawn. Tab in the March 08 issue.
Rocky Mountains (claw) by Bubba Hutch
Roll In My Sweet
Baby's Arms (clawhammer) by Wayne Shrubsall. Tab in March
2003. File size 275 K
Rolling and Tumbling Blues by Mike
Seeger. Mike plays this on his Grammy-nominated 1991 release
SoloOldtime Country Music on Rounder (0278).
This tab was featured in the February 2000 BNL (page 28). File:
780 K.
Rose Division
as played by Ken Perlman and Alan Jabbour. From Southern
Summits by Ken Perlman and Alan Jabbour. www.kenperlman.com
Tabbed out in the May 2003 issue.
Round Town Girls by Fred Cockerham (clawhammer). Tabbed
out in the July 2006 BNL. From Fred Cockerham: Recordings
from the collection of Ray Alden, Field Recorders Collective
101. For more info go to www.traditional-music.com/
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Sandy
Boys as played by Ken Perlman and Alan Jabbour. From Southern
Summits by Ken Perlman and Alan Jabbour. www.kenperlman.com
Tabbed out in the Sept. 1998 issue.
Sally Ann by Mary Z. Cox. From Mary's
2000 release "Vintage Banjo." Contact Mary at infocon@nettally.com.
Tab in August 2001. File size: 1.1 MB
Sally Went A-Hunting as played by Hugh Strawn. Tabbed out in the
Jan. 2004 issue.
Salty Dog
Blues (clawhammer) by Waynbe Shrubsall..
Tab in BNL Jan '03. File size: 332 K
Sarah Armstrongs
Tune as played by Dan Levenson. Tabbed
out in the March 2007 BNL.
Scotland by Wayne
Shrubsall (clawhammer). Tab in the May 04 BNL.
Wayneshrubsall@aol.com
Seamus
O’Brien by Hugh Strawn.
Tabbed out in the August
2007 BNL.
Shady Grove, as played by
Donald Zepp (OT). Scroll down to the shady grove “series”: 24 versions!
Shenandoah Breakdown, clawhammer, as played by Wayne Shrubsall
Tab in April 2002. File size: 296 K
Shortenin'
Bread played by Alan Friend. Tab in the June 06 issue. As
played by Paul Brown.
Skunk Ate the Mothballs, Slow;
Fast by Ivan Rosenberg (clawhammer).
Tabbed out in the June 2007 BNL. From his 2006 recording “Clawhammer and
Dobro.” For info go to
www.ivanrosenberg.com
Snowdrop by Bob Flesher.
Tab in June 2002. Source: "Bob Flesher's Old-Time Clawhammer
Banjo," DH401CD, $17 postpaid, Dr. Horsehair Music, PO Box
9950, Moreno valley, CA 92552, OldDoc@DrHorsehair.com, www.DrHorsehair.com.
File size: 700 K
Spotted Pony as played
by Hugh Strawn. Tabbed out in the February 2007 BNL. hstrawn@yahoo.com
Squirrel Heads and Gravy
by Mary Z. Cox. Tab in Oct. 2002. Source: "Walkin' That
Banjo Home" by Mary Cox, www.nettally.com/infocom, 2873 Green Forest
Lane, Tallahassee, FL 32312, $18.50 post paid. File size: 448
K
Stagger Lee
by David Holt (clawhammer, streaming). From David Holt and the
Lightning Bolts CD. For additional info go to www.davidholt.com.
Tabbed out in the April 2007 BNL.
The Star of Munster
by R.D. Lunceford (clawhamer)
Sugar Hill by Fred Cockerham (clawhammer). Sugar
Hill by Fred Cockerham. Tabbed out in the July 2006 BNL. From
Fred Cockerham: Recordings from the collection of Ray Alden,
Field Recorders Collective 101. For more info go to www.traditional-music.com/
Swannanoa_Tunnel (clawhammer) by Mary Z. Cox. Tabbed in the
Sept. 04 BNL. From her recording "A Secret Life of the Banjo"
by Mary Z. Cox, www.netally.com/infocom
Temperence Reel
by Adam Hurt (clawhammer, streaming). From his record Intrigue,
on Ubiquitone, 2006. Tabbed out in the April 2007 BNL.
Terry's Tune by Keith Arneson. Tab in Feb. 2003 BNL. By Keith
Arneson, from his 2002 release 'Another Place, Another Time."
Contact keitharneson@comcast.net
or visit his website. File size: 1 MB
There Was An Old Soldier
(aka Red-haired Boy) by R.D. Lunceford. From R.D.s recent
CD and tab book, Cotton Blossom. Tabbed out in the
June 2006 BNL.
Two Brides by
Steve Harvey. As tabbed out in the June BNL.
Un
Canadien Errant by Steve Harvey. Tabbed
out in the August 2005 issue.
The United
States Waltz by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer). Tab in the May
04 BNL. E-mail: hls807f@smsu.edu
Wabash
Blues (streaming audio) by Hobart Smith. Tabbed out in the
November 2005 BNL.
Walking in the Parlor, as played by Lori Nitzel.
Bob Carlin tabbed this in the May 08 issue. This version is played by
Lori Nitzel, from her music archive on Banjo Hangout. She says she learned
it from the Maggie Hammons CD; it might be different from Bob’s tab, but is
presented here as a basic reference.
Wesley by John Balch. Tabbed
out in the March 06 issue. From ~HOT~ Biscuit Jam
by John Balch, www.johnbalchmusic.com
What Should We Do
With The Baby? clawhammer by Ray Alden.
Tabbed out in the Nov. 2003 issue. Based on the played of Ray
Alden on
"Mountairy USA."
Wild Hog
in the Red Brush by Bob Carlin (clawhammer)
Stream:
http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Hog-Brush-John-Hartford/dp/B0000002PD. John Hartford's fiddle
part. Tabbed out
in the July 2007 BNL. From “Wild Hog in the Red Brush” by John
Hartford, Rounder.
Wind
That Shakes The Barley, Fast (clawhammer) by R.D. Lunceford
Tab in March 2003. FILE SIZES: 360 and 300 K. Check out DROP
THUMB, 21 Clawhammer Banjo Solos by BNL columnist R.D. Lunceford.
CD $15. Tab book $10, post paid. R.D. Lunceford, PO Box 505,
Brush Prairie WA 98606. Contact Ron at Musselfork@cs.com
Yellow Rose
of Texas by Dan Levenson (clawhammer, Oct 04 BNL)
Yew Piney Mountain as played by Diane Jones. Tabbed out in Oct.
2003
Young
But Daily Growing, as played by Michael Foley. Tabbed out
in the December interview with Lorraine Hammond (played from
tab by Michael, with vocals by his wife). michael01612@hotmail.com
We plan to present many more MP3 files in the months ahead,
so bookmark this page and check back. If you have requests for
song files to tabs that have appeared in BNL, contact Donald
Nitchie at bnl@tiac.net
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