December 2009
Angels We Have Heard on High by David Jakubiak Auld Lang Syne (stream) by Colin O’Brien Bach’s Gavotte, as played by Jake Schepps Black Diamond as played by Don Stover. Backup. The Chipmunk Song as played by Tom Adams Cracks in the Floor by Tim Carter Daley’s Reel as played by Ian Perry Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Ross Nickerson Hog House Rag by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer) Melody of Rhythm, Movement 1 by Bela Fleck. Video We Three Kings by Eddie Collins When the Angels Carry Me Home as played by Earl Scruggs
November 2009
Bolin Creek by Andy Thorn Bug Tussle by David Keenan Cherokee, Part 2, by Fred Geiger Church Street Blues by Pete Wernick and Hot Rize Fire on the Mountain by Kevin Fore (clawhammer) Flaxyhaired Girl by Rudiger Helbig Goin’ Bluegrass by Rudiger Helbig Golden Slippers (Reno Style) as played by Jason Skinner Maloney Creek by David Keenan The Marvelous Toy by Eddie Collins Obama’s March to the White House by Ken Perlman (clawhammer) Video More Ken Perlman tabs: Christmas Morning, Aug. 09; Smith’s Reel, June 09; One More River to Cross, Sept 09 The Old Cat Died from Tony Trischka’s School of Banjo Puff the Magic Dragon by Eddie Collins Sourwood Mountain by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer) Video Too Late to Walk the Floor (Kickoff) as played by Tom Adams First Break Second Break
October 2009
Banjo In The Latin Hollow by Eddie Collins Baptist Shout by Jason Romero and the Haints Black Diamond as played by Mark Delaney. Backup. Bird Bath by Mark Delaney Cherokee (Parts A and B) as played by Fred Geiger Devil’s Dream by Jason Romero and the Haints (clawhammer). Stream entire cut: http://www.thehaints.com/music.html Last Night When My Willie Came Home, as played by Mike Seeger Wandering Boy by Bruce Molsky (clawhammer). Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faVH6JXf7i4 Whiskey Before Breakfast as played by Ian Perry. Video: http://www.ianperry.ca/ianperryFNL.html
September 2009
Camp Meeting on the Fourth of July by Chris Coole (clawhammer) Darling Corey as played by Gene Morelli Dear Old Dixie as played by Bela Fleck John Henry as played by Eddie Collins Let Me Rest at the End of My Journey as played by Tom Adams Let Me Rest at the End of My Journey Bobby Diamond's break Persian Rug as played by Fred Geiger Sweet Dixie by Bill Emerson
August 2009
Autumn Leaves, as played by Janet Davis (March 2009, pg. 36) Beautiful Nothing by the Kruger Brothers. YouTube Video Christmas Morning (clawhammer) by Ken Perlman CrippleD Creek by Eddie Collins The Distance Between Two Points by Bill Evans. Video Fisher’s Hornpipe as played by Ian Perry. Video Gwendolyn McGrath by Jody Stecher (clawhammer) Keep on the Sunnyside by Earl Scruggs Little Juniata by Bill Emerson St. Louis Tickle by Jody Stecher Whispering Waters by Tom Adams. Kickoff. 1st Break. 2nd Break Wolves a Howlin’ by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer). YouTube Video
July 2009
Allegro for Lute in Eb by Jake Schepps Angelina Baker by Dan Levenson (clawhammer) Blowin’ In The Wind as played by Tom Adams Boilin’ Variations by Eddie Collins Candlewood by Mark Delaney Hide Head Blues by Jim Mills. Tab to the second break. If I Had You as played by Fred Geiger Sandy River Belle by Alan Friend (clawhammer) Soldier’s Joy by Alan Friend (clawhammer)
June 2009
Cherokee Shuffle as played by Mark Johnson (clawhammer) Cripple Creek variations by Eddie CollinsDakar by Jayme Stone Ducks on the Pond as played by Tony Trischka El Cumbanchero as played by Janet Davis and Derek Davis Forked Deer by Ian Perry. Video. Green Corn (clawhammer) as played by Hugh Strawn John Henry, by Tommy Jarrell Little Sadie as arranged by Tom AdamsSoldier’s Joy (clawhammer) by Hugh Strawn. You Tube Under the (Five) Wire by Alison Brown
And, check out contributor David Jakubiak’s blog entry about BNL, at http://blogs.fretmentor.com/
May 2009
And The Cat Came Back (clawhammer) by Hugh Strawn Arkansas Traveler (clawhammer) by Hugh Strawn Blue Skies and Teardrops; kick off by Tom Adams with the Lynn Morris Band Calliope House by Jack Dublanica The Distance Between Two Points by Bill Evans. You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PszKVTjR0k. You Tube with Megan Lynch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14VAfZTNtdA Eddie Adcock plays banjo during surgery. Eddie, Martha and Tom Gray, Owensboro, June 2006 Gold Rush by Jason Skinner The Lion’s Den (clawhammer) by Daniel Koulack Old Country Road by Earl Scruggs Red Dog in the Morning (clawhammer) by Tim O’Brien. You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhPdL2jep64 Saspirilla by Obadiah (Obe) Golding. Banjo only. Secret Love as arranged by Fred Geiger (his Chorducopia column is now back in BNL!) Sunny Side of the Mountain, as played by Pete Kelly. You Tube by Jimmy Martin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBE0Ki3ybE. (Tab in Jan. ’02)
April 2009
Cripple Creek (in C) by Tom Adams Don’t Tread On Me by Kristin Scott Benson Fox Chase by Tony Trischka. YouTube (IBMA 2008): www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdJmo-ATips Freedom Park by Kristin Scott Benson Greensleeves (Melodic Minor, as a MIDI file) High on a Mountaintop by Brett Ratliff (2-finger) Nine Miles Out of Louisville by Brett Ratliff (clawhammer). YouTube (with Jesse Wells and Dirk Powell): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaEmgjq3n6E&feature=related The Road to Spencer, as played by Ian Perry. Video by Ian Perry: http://www.ianperry.ca/ianperryFNL.html. YouTube (Ricky Skaggs with the Boston Pops): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBPCK5sPhM Velocity by Brandon Green Waiting for Nancy by Curt Bouterse and Bob Webb (clawhammer)
March 2009
Autumn Leaves by Janet Davis (fast section). Tab for first part:. Sound file for both parts: Autumn Leaves by Janet Davis Cape Breton’s Fiddler’s Welcome to the Shetland Islands by Ron Cody C-H-I-C-K-E-N by Bob Carlin (clawhammer) Clearwater by Ben Freed Every Time You Say Goodbye by Alison Krauss with Ron Block (You Tube) Laurelwood Waltz (by Jack Hatfield, played by George Davies, clawhammer) Miss McLeod’s Reel, as played by Tom Adams. Part 1; Part 2. Paddy on the Turnpike by Ron Cody Salty Dog by Earl Scruggs and Friends Streamline Cannonball by Earl Scruggs and Friends. Streamed. Uncle Bud by Walt Koken (clawhammer)
February 2009
All the Way to Reno by Don Reno Five Falls by Charles Wood Gold Rush as played by Ian Perry I Know You Rider as played by David West Love Me Tender as played by Eddie Collins No Woman No Cry as played by David West Red Bluff by John Hickman Stump Tail Hen by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer) Together Again as played by Tom Adams
January 2009
Carolina Cookout by Gena Britt Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss by Dan Levenson (clawhammer) Medicine Wheel by Ryan Cavanaugh Nine Pound Hammer by Eddie Collins No Title Yet Blues by Eric Weissberg Samson by Big Jim Griffith (clawhammer) Weary Lonesome Blues by Tom Adams. With guitar.
Also, Eric Weissberg sets the record straight about "Dueling Banjos" in this letter.
