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June 2008

 

 

MP3s of the Month

June

The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me by Earl Scruggs
Fiddle Tune by Billy Faier
Gone Indian clawhammer by Mac Benford
Hangman’s Reel as played by Ian Perry
Hell Up Mud Creek clawhammer by Hugh Strawn
I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name as played by Tom Adams
Mississippi Snag clawhammer  by Hugh Strawn
Take Mother Home by Bruce Stockwell
Your Love is Like a Flower as played by Eddie Collins
Zzyzx by Billy Faier

All tabbed out in the June 2008 BNL issue

May

Cherry Creek by Blake Williams and Williams and Clark
Dead Mouse by Chris Warner. Dead Mouse Explained by Tom Adams
Old Judge Parker by Hugh Strawn (clawhammer)
Prize Pig by Chris Quinn and the Foggy Hogtown Boys
Stompin’ In The Flatlands by Alan Munde
Walking in the Parlor, as played by Lori Nitzel (clawhammer). May be different than Bob Carlin’s tab)
Wasting My Time by Sammy Shelor and the Lonesome River Band (stream). Just banjo (mp3s as played by Janet Davis): Lead, slow; Lead, fast; Back-up for verse, slow; Back-up for verse, fast; BU for chorus, slow; BU chorus, fastrolls and licks

All tabbed out in the May 2008 BNL issue

April

Big Scioty by Scott Phillips and the Morgantown Rambers (old-time)
Down, Down, Down by Earl Scruggs 
Firefly by Pete Vigour (clawhammer)
I’m A Loser as played by Tony Trischka
John Lover’s Gone by Pete Vigour (clawhammer)
Lonesome Fiddle Blues by Ian Perry
Lord Mayo (March & Gavotte) as played by Tom Adams
Swing That Hammer as played by Sammy Shelor
Won’t Be Over You by Sammy Shelor

All tabbed out in the April 2008 BNL issue

March

Beautiful Brown Eyes by Tom Adams. 3/4 time; 4/4 time
Blind Leaving the Blind excerpt by Noam Pikelny (3:30 in the First Movement)
Blind Leaving the Blind solo by Noam Pikelny (9:10 in the First Movement)
Clear the Palate (clawhammer) by Maxine Gerber and Mark Simos. Stream:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/simos4 
Gonna Travel On by Eddie Collins
Music for a Found Harmonium as played by Bryn Williams
. Stream: http://hop.members.beebcnet/harmoniump3.MP3 
Rock the Cradle, Lucy (clawhammer) by Hugh Strawn
The Seagull by Jake Schepps
. Stream: www.myspace.com/expeditionquartet 
Stop the World by Lluis Gomez
You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming by Earl Scruggs

All tabbed out in the March 2008 BNL issue

February

Big Ears (clawhammer) by Brendan Doyle
Black Diamond as played by Ian Perry
Forty West by Jack Hatfield
Found Indian (clawhammer) by Brendan Doyle
In The Gravel Yard (kick-off) by Jason Burleson
Lonesome Banjo as played by Merle Watson
Lonesome Banjo.as played by Gene Morelli
Open Road by Jason Davis
Wildwood Flower Blues by Tom Adams (third break)

All tabbed out in the February 2008 BNL issue)


Banjo Newsletter on the Banjo Hangout

Beginner's Corner, Old-Time, Monthly Feature, Other Topics, and Tech Talk


This Month in Banjo Newsletter

The June issue will feature an interview with legendary banjo player Billy Faier. We’ll also have Bob Carlin’s interview with Otis Taylor about his new recording “Recapturing the Banjo,” and a new tab from Bruce Stockwell, along with our regular columns: Beginner’s Corner, Casey Henry’s On The Road, Earl’s Way, Tom Adams’s Adams County Banjo, Ian Perry’s Exploring the Fingerboard, Reno Workshop,  and Roger Siminoff’s Tech Talk.

Next Month in Banjo Newsletter
The July issue will feature Jayme Stone’s interview with Jake Schepps, and our quarterly section The Old-Time Way, edited by Dan Levenson, which will include a profile of Evie Laden of the Stairwell Sisters, Wayne Shrubsall’s review of Chuck Lee’s banjos, and Bob Carlin talks about the “scoop” on old-time banjos. We’ll have our usual columns: Tom Adams’s Adams County Banjo, Janet Davis’s Back-Up, Ian Perry’s Fleckology, Pete Wernick’s Let’s Roll, Beginner’s Corner, and Just Pickin” with the Banjo Diva, along with a tune by Evan Ward.

Editor's Choice
Best of the MP3s on the BNL Website

Beginner Banjo Players
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Other Items of Interest

Donald Zepp’s clawhammer MP3 page with dozens of familiar tunes
 
Chuck Lee’s banjo MP3 site, with lots of old-time

 

Gourd banjo MP3s from various players at David G. Hyatt’s very nice site devoted to gourd banjos

Ben Freed's article "Bluegrass Banjo Suggested Reading: Top 100 3-finger Tunes," from the July 2006 issue of BNL, and also as featured on Katy Daly's radio show on bluegrasscountry.org

Photos from MBA 2002 and more photos from MBA 2002 and photos from MBA III April 2000

Lots more memories of MBA 2000

Maryland Banjo Academy
1997 and 1998

1998 MBA II Video Available

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Results from our BNL 2006 Reader's Survey



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