Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

A challenging piece for the Tune of the Week. I stuck with a chordal approach which I learned when studying bluegrass, and still use constantly.

Written in 1917, made famous by The Carter Family... this recording is from 2015...

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

An original tune

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

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Two versions of many -- Dwight Diller and Clark Kessinger.

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spaghetti western atmospheric piece with baritone banjo

Snake River Reel and Nine Witches Reel. Double C tuning, tuned down to something like double Bb. First is Cerddoriarth Fynyddig/Mountain Music&#39s version, second is an original by him.

Slower finger picked version

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Learned for a Tune of the Week, I&#39m grateful anytime to hear the composer, Brad Kolodner, and the other fine musicians, including his father, who he often plays with.

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A Doc White fiddle tune I originally learned back in the early 1970s. Banjo tuned aDAde

I don&#39t remember where I got this recording but it&#39s for TOTW. Doc White playing the tune from two different sessions.

I wrote the lyrics for this song 16 years ago, and have had several live versions, but using SUNO AI, this newgrass version hits where I was going with it. I hope you like it!

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

From the fiddling of WV Israel Welch. I used the Gold Tone cello banjo tuned down five steps from a regular banjo open G tuning.

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An original tune

Hope you enjoy this medley. Check out the Tune of the Week for April 17, 2026 for details.

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Greg Cahill&#39s great tune using Keith tuners

This tune is probably composed of parts of three tunes, as stated in research of Brilliancy Medley by Eck Robertson, a Texas fiddler a hundred years ago. I have yet to recognize all the tunes he juxtaposed in that one 1929 recording posted in the current TOTW.

This is a version of Hoagy Carmichael&#39s &#34Lazy Bones&#34 played by Greg Barresi (guitar and vocals) and Chris Gainey (banjo)

The tab as played in the second half of the tune comes from the book &#34Bluegrass Banjo&#34 by Peter Wernick. (1974).

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

key of G in 2 finger style, Bare finger

An arrangement of Chick Corea&#39s third Children&#39s Song for mandolin (Drew Azzinaro) and banjo (Chris Gainey)