CARRY ON JOHN
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2002 -- Mostly original tunes for clawhammer banjo from this Tennessee five-stringer. With Jim Wood on fiddle, guitar, mandolin and an array of other instruments.
out-of-stock, more coming soon
WR-CD7001
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$13.25
HOT BISCUIT JAM
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2004 -- More mostly-original tunes from this Tennessee clawhammer stylist! With Jack Pearson on guitar and mandolin, bassist Elizabeth Pearson, fiddler Shad Cobb and singer Debbie Vaughan.
PMR-CD0401
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$13.25
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Barton & Dave Para, Cathy
CATHY & DAVE: CRAZY QUILT
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1998 -- Old-time songs and tunes, on guitar and old-time banjo, from Missouri's veteran practitioners of old-time music! "Bayou Sara," "Missouri Mormon Song / Black Hills Waltz," "Spider Bit the Baby," "Call Down a Blessing," "Jake Gillie," "Stinson's #2," 18 in all.
BARPAR-CD98
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LIVING ON THE RIVER
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2000 -- Program of songs about the mighty rivers from these Missouri Valley stalwarts! Traditional songs plus songs from Bob Dyer, Jerry Rasmussen, John Hartford, Tom Paxton, Dan Emmett and more -- with fiddler Howard Marshall, Paul and Win Grace and others.
ROUST-CD04
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$14.95
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Baugus, Riley
hot platter!LIFE OF RILEY
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"A collection of traditional old-time banjo tunes by a young North Carolina musician who pays homage to old-time music greats Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Dix Freeman, Wade Ward and Dock Boggs."
YODEL-CD038
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LONG STEEL RAIL
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2006--14 track immersion into the old-time tradition includes "Boll Weevil," "Old John Henry," "Cool Of The Day," and more. Produced by Tim O'Brien and Dirk Powell.
on order, expected arrival date 08/05/08
SUGA-CD4019
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Benford, Mac
HALF PAST FOUR: A CLAWHAMMER TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF ED HALEY
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17 tunes from the repertoire of the legendary West Virginia fiddler, performed by banjo wiz and charter Highwoods Stringband member Benford! With Mac doubling on guitar and banjo-uke, John Rossbach on mandolin, John Hoffman on fiddle and one cut with Wade Benford on piano.
YODEL-CD052
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Bernstein & Riley Baugus, Ira
APPALACHIAN ROOTS
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2004 -- "Fiddles and Feet, Banjos and Ballads From North Carolina and Beyond!" Snapshot of these two notable purveyors of mountain music: Ira dances and plays fiddle, Riley plays banjo and sings. "Jenny Get Around," "Old Bunch of Keys," "Roustabout," 16 tracks in all.
YODEL-CD046
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Best, Carroll
SAY OLD MAN, CAN YOU PLAY THE BANJO?
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Spotlight on his three-finger technique. Includes 16 page booklet. Produced by Joe Wilson and featuring Dudley Connell and Laurie Lewis. The late Carroll Best is thought by many to be have preceded both Bill Keith and Bobby Thompson in playing the banjo in a melodic - or "fiddle" as he called it - style.
COPPER-CD0175
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$12.95
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Bouterse & Bob Webb, Curt
WAITING FOR NANCY: OLD-TIME COUNTRY DUETS
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2008 -- Reunion of these two old music-making friends from way back: Bouterse, who wrote the title tune, on banjo, hammered dulcimer, autoharp, khaen from SE Asia and more, with Webb on banjo, guitar and concertina. They both sing, too! "Ticklish Reuben," "Boney on the Isle of St. Helena," "Seneca Square Dance," 16 in all.
EWM-CD1003
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$14.95
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Bouterse, Curt
DOWN THE ROAD I'LL GO: FRETLESS OLD-TIME MUSIC
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2006 -- "The long-awaited first solo recording of traditional old-time music from the composer of 'Waitin' for Nancy" and 'Nixon's Farewell'." Curt sings, sometimes with his sister Lee Davis, and plays nine tunes on various banjoes, plus lap dulcimer, autoharp, a Chinese hammered dulcimer and a khaen from SE Asia!
EWM-CD1002
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$14.95
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Brown, Paul
RED CLAY COUNTRY
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2006 -- Back with a new recording after 10 years! Songs and tunes from Virginia and North Carolina from this celebrated banjo player, fiddler and singer, too. With Matt Brown, Terri McMurray, Mike Seeger and John Schwab.
5SP-CD06002
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$13.25
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Buckingham, Bob
MY FRIEND IS A MULE IN THE MINES
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1999 reissue with six additional tracks from the limited-issue "Banjo Dreams" CD! Wonderful clawhammer banjo solos as well as tunes with fiddle, guitar and vocals. Duets for clawhammer and low tuned minstrel banjo. What more could you want! With Reed Martin, Tod Clewell, Bob Hess and Tim Renner.
on order, expected arrival date 08/01/08
DOGTROT-CD102
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$13.95
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Buehling, Clarke
OUT OF HIS GOURD: EARLY AMERICAN GOURD BANJO INSTRUMENTALS AND SONGS
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1992 reissue with seven newly-recorded tracks! 19th-century "stroke-style" banjo tunes, collected entirely from printed sources by the tireless Mr. Buehling: "Juba," "Pompey Ran Away," "Sugar Cane Dance," "Camptown Races," "Far South Reel," "The Arkansas Sheik," lots more.
BUEHL-CD92
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$14.95
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Bursen, Howie
BANJO MANIKIN
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With Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, and Bob Pasquarello.
FOLKLEG-CD130
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Carlin, Bob
hot platter!BANGING & SAWING
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Now available on CD with previously unreleased tracks. Bob on banjo dueting with fiddlers James Bryan, Bruce Molsky, Judy Hyman and Brad Leftwich.
ROUN-CD0197
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FIDDLE TUNES FOR CLAWHAMMER BANJO
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1980 -- Bob's first solo album and a clawhammer classic! with fiddler Pete Sutherland and Alan Podber on guitar.
ROUN-CD0132
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$13.95
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MR. SPACE MAN
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1990 -- Traditional and "traditionalized" songs and tunes with the redoubtable Carlin and only his voice and banjo! Old-time tunes and songs plus songs from Roger McGuinn, Mark Graham, the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry and more. Engineered by Larry MacBride.
CARTUNES-CD102
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$13.95
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hot platter!THE BOYS FROM NORTH CAROLINA
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2003 -- Old-time Appalachian tunes and songs from the indefatigable banjo master Carlin and "The Boys:" Kirk Sutphin, Joe Newberry, Scott Ainslie and Paul Brown.
CARTUNES-CD104
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$13.95
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Cox, Mary Z.
BANJO DREAMIN' SUWANNEE NIGHTS
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2006 -- Mary's own arrangements of her favorite traditional tunes from America, Scotland, France, and Germany; performed in a variety of different tunings on six different banjos. 15 tunes including "Rockin' In A Weary Land," "Dinah," "Suwannee River," "We Three Kings," and others. With Bob Cox and Ellen Sheppard on guitar.
MARY-CD2006
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$13.95
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DULCIMER FANDANGO
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Award-winning Mary Cox delivers another collection of timeless mountain tunes on old-time banjo and -- for her first time on record -- Appalachian dulcimer! Kay Van Treese, Dwayne Dungey, Ellen Sheppard, and Bob Cox join Mary on this delightful journey through American's mountain music history.
MARY-CD2003
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FLORIDA BANJO
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2008 - More new tunes with guest musicians Ellen Sheppard, Bob Cox, Lo Gordon, Kerry Blech, and Jim Crozier. Including "Ponce De Leon," "Spanish Fandango," "Cluck Old Hen," more. Instrumentation also includes mandolin, bowed bass, fiddle, guitar, and special appearance of a cigarbox banjo!
MARY-CD2008
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THE SECRET LIFE OF BANJO
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2004--Collection of traditional tunes, featuring only the banjo, plus three new ones: "Snake Charmer's Daughter," "Andrew Jackson, Go Back Home," and "Cock-a-doodle-do."
MARY-CD2004
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VINTAGE BANJO
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Straight-ahead and up-front clawhammer banjo with fiddle and guitar. Many popular old time tunes: "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine," "Pigtown Fling," "Sugar Hill," "Sheebeg and Sheemore," "Dunsmore Lasses," "Cherokee Shuffle" and more.
MARY-CD1999
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WALKIN' THAT BANJO HOME
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2001--17 toe-tapping tracks, including "Squirrel Heads and Gravy," "Last Chance," "Blackberry Blossom," and more. It's a down-home banjo-polooza! With Kay Van Treese on fiddle and guitar.
MARY-CD0001
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$13.95
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Diabate & Bob Carlin, Cheick Hamala
FROM MALI TO AMERICA
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2007 -- One-of-a-kind meeting of clawhammer banjo ace Carlin and west African griot Diabate, master of the ngoni of Mali; connecting the dots between the 5-string banjo and one of its African ancestors. With special guest Solo Tounkara on guitar. Extensive notes on the artists and the tunes in English and French.
5SP-CD06004
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$13.25
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Diller, Dwight
hot platter!FABULOUS FESTIVAL FAVORITES, VOL. 1: FIELD RECORDINGS
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2002 -- A bouquet of homemade, "on-the-fly" recordings with Dwight and an array of his longtime fiddling pals: Bo Hughes, Dave Keller, Doug Van Gundy, and John Morris & guitarist Larry Combs. "Sugar Hill," "Julie Ann Johnson," "Hawks and Eagles," "Ducks on the Millpond," "Lost Indian," 16 well-known tunes in all.
YP-CDFF1
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hot platter!HARVEST
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Features 16 new tracks and 13 others taken from Dwight's cassette-only releases.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 20-30 days
YP-CD093
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HOLD ON!
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1990, now on CD! The great tunes from the West Virginia mountains, with fiddler Bowling Hughes, guitarist Tim King and B. John Burks on bass.
YP-CD001
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JERICHO ROAD: WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BANJO
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2005 -- 25 tracks including "Boll Weevil," "Sugar Babe," "Yellow Rose Of Texas," others.
YP-CD6000
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JUST BANJO 96
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Now on CD! "19th Century WV Mountain Music -- Quotidian & Quixotic." "Chilly Winds," "Greasy String," "Yew Piney Mountain," "Three Forks of Reedy," 25 in all.
YP-CD002
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hot platter!JUST BANJO 99
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All solo banjo. Dwight plays tunes from his previous cassette release "Just Banjo" as well as other recordings plus new material. A must-have album for anyone who loves or wants to play clawhammer banjo. Liner notes give tune sources and banjo tunings.
YP-CD99
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PINEY WOODS
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Now on CD! "Traditional music of the Yew Pine Mountains of East-Central West Virginia" with Diller on banjo, John Gallagher on fiddle and guitarist John King.
YP-CD007
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$14.95
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RED ROOSTER
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1996, now on CD! "19 happy, wholesome, and/or humorous traditional Southern Mountain songs and tunes with banjo & fiddle." "Ground Hog," "Fire Next Time," "Sourwood Mountain," "Grey Mule," "Quince Dillon's High D," "Jimmy Johnson," 19 in all. "Notice: Contains no squeaky fiddling!"
YP-CD003
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$14.95
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Discovery String Band, The
"MOST PERFECT HARMONY" -- LEWIS & CLARK: A MUSICAL JOURNEY
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2003 -- A musical journey with America's great trailblazers with Cathy Barton, Dave Para, Bob Dyer, and Paul and Win Grace. Original songs plus traditional music from the day: "Bonaparte's Retreat," "La Bastringue," William Billings' hymn "Chester," "Banks of the Dee," "C'est l'Aviron," "Jefferson and Liberty," 17 in all. American Library Association "Notable Recording!"
BC-CD6789
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Feldmann, Peter
GREY CAT ON THE TENNESSEE FARM
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2005 -- Songs of Uncle Dave Macon, performed by singer / mandolinist Feldmann and "The Pea Patch Quintet:" Dan Crary, Bill Bryson, Wayne Shrubsall, Dennis Caplinger and Byron Berline! "Old Plank Road," "Rise When the Rooster Crws," "Roll Down the Line," "Goin' Back to Dixie," 19 old-time barn-burners in all.
HC-CD504
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Fink, Cathy
BANJO HAIKU
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26 tunes, mostly instrumental.
COMM-CD202
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$12.50
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BANJO TALKIN'
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17 original songs and tunes, mixed with her own take on traditional numbers as well. With special guests Tony Trischka, Bruce Molsky, Marcy Marxer, Adam Hurt, Chris Coole, and Jane Rothfield. Includes "Mistreated Mama Blues," "Home on the Range," "Walking the Dog," "Ishikawa," and more.
ROUN-CD0599
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Flesher, Bob
BANJO HEADS
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The "Gourmet" Clawhammer Banjo Style! -- 2000; 19 tunes, mostly instrumentals from this prizewinning clawhammer stylist.
HORSEHAIR-CD405
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BOB FLESHER'S OLD-TIME CLAWHAMMER BANJO
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Eight-time Galax champion Flesher plays "Snowdrop," "Citico," "Listen to the Mockingbird," "Dusty Miller" and lots more -- with guitarist Troy Weldon and John Wise on bass.
HORSEHAIR-CD401
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$14.95
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BOB FLESHER'S OLD-TIME MINSTREL BANJO OF THE CIVIL WAR AND ANTEBELLUM PERIOD
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One of the modern era's great 19th-century-style banjo masters plays "Sugar Cane Dance," "Wake Nicodemus," "Bluetail Fly," "Wake Up de Debble on a Holiday" and more.
HORSEHAIR-CD403
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hot platter!PICKIN' IN THE BLUE RIDGE: CLAWHAMMER BANJO
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2002 -- Southern Appalachian tunes and songs with "The New Old-Time Band": fiddler Toby Denham, guitarist Troy Weldon and John Wise on bass.
on order, expected arrival date 08/06/08
HORSEHAIR-CD406
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THE BANJO OF THE COWBOYS
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20 selections of traditional and original clawhammer cowboy tunes. With Rita Flesher, "The Spanish Rose"! "Texas Rangers," "You Ain't Talkin' to Me," "The Banjo Hangs Silent on the Door," "The Overland Stage" and lots more.
HORSEHAIR-CD404
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Forester, Omer
FLOWERY GIRLS
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Davis Unlimited LP 1977 reissued! Forester on banjo with fiddler Houston Daniel and the Highland Rim Boys: Maurice Dunaway on guitar and bassist Dan Hornsburger. Standards, regional pieces, and originals, including the original recording of Forester's banjo classic "Flowery Girls!" 16 in all.
SFR-CD33037
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$13.25
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Fox & Jeff Winegar, Martin
THE WAY IT WAS: 19th CENTURY FIDDLE & BANJO
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2008 -- Old-time tunes in the old-time way! Mountain music's primal ensemble with fiddler Fox and guitarist/banjo picker Winegar in a set of 18 tunes. Recorded at historic Maggard Sound in Big Stone Gap, VA. "Lost Girl," "Belles of Lexington," "Cincinnati Hornpipe," "Wild Hog in the Woods" and more.
FOXWIN-CD008
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$14.95
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Gardner & Rex Rideout, Mark
FRONTIER FAVORITES: OLD-TIME MUSIC OF THE WILD WEST
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2003 -- "Hold on to your hat! Here are 21 rollicking renditions of some of the Old West's favorite songs and tunes. Performed with period instruments -- fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, bones, and jawbone -- and using historic playing styles."
MGRR-CD1274
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$14.95
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Gellert, Dan
WAITIN' ON THE BREAK OF DAY: OLD-TIME MUSIC ON FRETLESS BANJO AND FIDDLE
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2004 -- Long-awaited solo recording from one of the modern era's masters of southern Appalachian music and song. It's the bardic Gellert alone with his steel- or gut-strung banjo, his fiddle and his voice; "Policeman," "Mary Blane," "We'll All Go To Heaven When The Devil Goes Blind," "Old Christmas Morning" and more.
ORPHONON-CD8039
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$13.95
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Gibson, George R.
LAST POSSUM UP THE TREE
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Old-time banjo music from the Burgeys Creek area in Kentucky. "The past is part of a world and time in Knott County that has vanished forever. I am the last possum up the tree."
JUN-CD079
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$13.25
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Hart, Allen
OLD-TIME BANJO
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20 tracks, performed in a variety of picking styles, featuring tunes from Hank Bradley, Uncle Dave Macon, Josh Thomas, and many others. With guest Clif Ervin on the bones. Includes "Altamont," "Chilly Winds," "Coal Creek March," "Holly Ding," and more.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 14 days
VOY-CD368
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$13.95
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Harvey, Steve
THREE FORKS OF IVY: CLAWHAMMER BANJO SOLOS
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2005 -- A cornucopia of tunes from this Banjo Newsletter columnist and resident of North Georgia. 22 tunes, some well-known, some little-known, all with tunings given and the original title cut. "Cold and Frosty," "Jake Gilley," "Jenny Pluck Pears," "Last Chance," "Quince Dillon," "General Lee's Surrender" and lots more.
BFSG-CD05
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$13.95
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Hoffman & Mac Benford, John
IT'S ABOUT TIME
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2007 -- 22 choice selections of old-time songs and eminently danceable tunes from these two old friends: Highwoods Stringband and Backwoods Band veteran Benford and Tompkins County Horseflies multi-instrumentalist Hoffmann. With their pals Paula Bradley - of "Haywire Gang" - and UpSouth bandmate Randi Beckmann.
5SP-CD07003
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Hurt, Adam
INSIGHT
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2006 -- "Elegantly innovative clawhammer banjo." Adam shows his creativity, diversity, and skillful stylings on these 19 traditional cuts. With guests / producers Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink, as well as Beth Hartness on guitar, and Jarred Nutter on fiddle. Includes "Poplar Bluff," "Kansas City Rag," "Hell Among The Yearlings," and more.
UBIQ-CD001
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$12.95
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Jabbour & Ken Perlman, Alan
SOUTHERN SUMMITS
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2005 -- 23 tunes on 21 tracks, from two of today's masters of old-time southern Appalachian music! Revered fiddler Jabbour and clawhammer banjo ace Perlman join forces in this program of true duets -- all but one are tunes from Jabbour's mentors in the '60s and '70s, including 14 from WV legend Henry Reed -- plus an eight-page booklet with historical notes on all the tunes, tunings and much more!
AJ-CD05
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$13.95
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Jarrell, Tommy
THE LEGACY OF TOMMY JARRELL - VOL. 3: COME AND GO WITH ME
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Tommy's album of banjo solos! "Sweet Sunny South," "Poor Ellen Smith," "Sally Ann" and more.
COUY-CD2726
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$12.95
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Johnson & Emory Lester, Mark
ACOUSTIC RISING
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2006 -- Followup to their groundbreaking "Acoustic Campaign" album! Mark "Clawgrass" Johnson teams up with mandoin notable Emory Lester in a new set of 13 tunes.
MOUH-CD1100
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$15.95
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Kazee, Buell
BUELL KAZEE
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1978 reissue of traditional music from this banjo player with a unique frailing style. Includes bonus tracks: "Wagoner's Lad," "Short Life of Trouble," "Butcher's Boy," "Shady Grove," more.
JUN-CD009
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$12.95
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Koken & Clare Milliner, Walt
JUST TUNES
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2003 -- Fiddle and banjo duets inspired by recordings of the old masters.
on order, expected arrival date 07/25/08
MMUSIC-CD0030
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Koken, Walt
hot platter!BANJONIQUE
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one-time Highwoods Stringband fiddler with an all-banjo album.
ROUN-CD0337
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HEI-WA HOEDOWN
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1995--18 solo clawhammer tunes and songs, mix of both traditional and original pieces. Including "Pig Politics," "Rovin' Gambler," "Sequoia Farewell," and more.
ROUN-CD0367
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$13.95
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Kruger, Jens
PROFILE
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Debut CD of original tunes from Swiss banjo wizard Jens Kruger; primarily three-finger style, with some nice clawhammer as well.
DTM-CD005
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$13.95
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hot platter!THE BRIDGE
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1999 CD from this Swiss 5-string banjo virtuoso. Nine original tunes combined in two suites: "Sisters Suite" and "Days in the Field Suite."
DTM-CD008
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$13.95
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Ledford, Lily May
GEMS: LILY MAY LEDFORD - RARE CONCERT AND STUDIO RECORDINGS 1968-83
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Experts in traditional banjo playing call Lily May "one of the finest instrumentalists" of our time. "Gems" is a window into the latter years of Lily's life, the songs being "the gems" selected out of hundreds of hours of tape. Includes "John Henry", more!
on order, expected arrival date 07/25/08
JUN-CD078
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$13.25
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Lee & Adam Tanner, Frank
TWO MULES
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"Old-Time Banjo & Fiddle" from Lee and Tanner respectively; centered around songs and tunes in lower tunings to accommodate the nylon-strung fretless banjo. "Whoa Mule," "When I Was a Cowboy," "Run Kitty Run," "Dough Roller Blues," "I've Always Been a Rambler," seven more.
LCS-CD05
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Lee, Frank
ARTSEEN
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2004 -- Former Freight Hopper Lee on banjo and guitar, in a set of old-time songs, tunes and blues: "Fully Saved Today," "Riley the Furniture Man," "Shout Lula," "Ragged and Dirty," eight more; with singer Jessica Johnson and Joey Damiano on upright bass.
LCS-CD04
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Levenson, Dan
BARENAKED BANJOS
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2001 -- Solo clawhammer pieces.
BOIL-CD2002
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$14.95
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LIGHT OF THE MOON
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Old-Time fiddle, banjo and vocals.
BOIL-CD2001
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$14.95
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TRAVELING HOME
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2005 -- 18 songs and tunes, featuring Dan on fiddles, banjos, and vocals, Jennifer Levenson on banjo, and Rik Barron on guitar. "Leaving Home," "Texas Gals," "Banjo Tramp" and more.
BOIL-CD2005
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Levy, Bertram
THAT OLD GUT FEELING
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1981 Flying Fish reissue -- Levy's classic gut-strung clawhammer banjo album. "Washington March," "Waiting for Nancy," "Natchez Under the Hill," "George Booker," 14 old-time classics in all. With guitarist Paul Hostetter.
BLMP-CD3
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Levy, Chuck
SCRATCHING AND CLAWING
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2006 -- Florida's Old-Time Banjo Champion in a debut CD of 20 choice old-time tunes and songs! With friends Dave Forbes, Mike Eberle and Bill Dudley. Five different banjos, a "mandoline-banjo," a skin-headed fiddle and lots more: "Betsy Likens," "Little Olentangy," "Tecumseh's Moan," "Johnny Don't Get Drunk," "Jimmy Shenks" and more.
REDDOG-CD0
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$14.95
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Lunceford, R.D.
COTTON BLOSSOM: 19th CENTURY BANJO SOLOS IN CLAWHAMMER STYLE
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2005 -- 35 tunes, 21 tracks played on an 1860s-style banjo! The elegant Lunceford plays a cornucopia of tunes from the 1800s -- some even of pre-Civil War vintage -- in his inimitable clawhammer style: "Jenny Get Your Hoecake Done," "Battle of Waterloo," "Old Stepstone," "Cripple Creek / Sourwood Mountain," "Last Chance," "Bee Gum Reel," "Unsworth's New Jig," "Jim Along Josie / Polly Put the Kettle On" and many more.
CBM-CD101959
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hot platter!DROP-THUMB: 21 CLAWHAMMER BANJO SOLOS
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2001 -- no muss, no frills, just tasty, old-time banjo-pickin' from this Washington state 5-string master and staff writer with the Banjo Newsletter. "Chilly Winds," "Half-Shaved," "Sally in the Garden Sifting Sand," "Bill Driver's Tune" and lots more!
CBM-CD82498
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Mabus, Joel
hot platter!FLATPICK / CLAWHAMMER
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2 albums on one CD.
FOSS-CD793
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$14.95
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THE BANJO MONOLOGUES
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2007 -- The indefatigable Mabus in a feast of old-time five-string banjo tunes, songs, and "monologues:" tales about the tunes, playing music, and his parents, uncles and relatives in southern Illinois who performed for for Prairie Farmer magazine and the famed WLS Barn Dance radio show. "Dragonfly," "Cripple Creek," "Wondrous Love/Captain Kidd," 18 tracks in all.
FOSS-CD1707
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Marshall & Chris Coole, Erynn
MEET ME IN THE MUSIC
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18 mostly traditional old-time tunes from Kentucky and West Virginia featuring Erynn on fiddle and Chris on banjo. "The Winds of Shiloh," "And The Cat Came Back," "Rub Alcohol Blues," and more. Also includes guests Arnie Naiman on guitar, Kathy Reid-Naiman on dulcimer and banjo-uke, and Andrew Downing on bass.
HJ-CD02
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Marshall, Erynn
CALICO
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2005: Collection of traditional Appalachian fiddle, banjo, vocal, and string band tracks, along with some originals done in traditional style. With Chris Coole, Arnie Naiman, Doug Paisley, Scott Prouty, Andrew Collins, and others.
MERRI-CD04
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Martel, DVM, Alice
DR. ALICE SINGS TRADITIONAL SONGS FOR KIDS ABOUT ANIMALS AND FUNNY CHARACTERS
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"Hop Along Peter," "Grandma Slid Down the Mountain," "The Burglar Song," "Bill Grogan's Goat" and lots more fun from our favorite banjo-playing veterinarian!
AM-CD092001
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Martin, Reed
hot platter!OLD TIME BANJO
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37 tunes -- 60+ minutes -- of old-time tunes on solo clawhammer banjo. Includes 19-page insert with extensive notes on each tune, tunings and some photos.
REEDMA-CD101
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Miles, Michael J.
COUNTERPOINT
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1990 -- "A collection of banjo duets," 11 in all! Miles' orchestral-style clawhammer banjo double-tracked; with an array of musical guests including guitarist Muriel Anderson, Irish accordion ace Jimmy Keane, Jeff Thomas on marimba and many others. "Whiskey Before Breakfast," "Banish Misfortune," "Field Behind the Plow," "Red Haired Boy" and more.
RTOR-CD821
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NEW CENTURY SUITE
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2004 -- Mostly new music from Chicago's unique composer and banjo pioneer; plus more from Richard Thompson, J.S. Bach, Jagger & Richards, more. With guests Bela Fleck and Jackie Allen.
out-of-stock, more coming soon
RTOR-CD958
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THE MAGIC BANJO
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1999 -- from this unique composer / performer's musical portrait: "Featuring Miles' resonant, high baritone voice and the seven banjos used in the Magic Banjo show." 21 tracks including "Abraham Lincoln," "Elanoy," "Cripple Creek Variations," lots more.
RTOR-CD823
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$14.95
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Miller & Carole Anne Rose, Curly
CAMP MEETING: CLASSIC BANJO & OLD FIDDLE TUNES
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1993 -- aka "The Old 78s!" Specialists in 19th-century banjo music and other delights.
out-of-stock, more coming soon
MR-CD0894
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$14.95
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HORSE SHOE BEND
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2004 -- "Old Fiddle Tunes: Fiddle, Banjo and Bowed Bass!" Curly plays straight- and cross-tuned fiddles and bass, Carole Anne plays an array of old-style nylon-strung, skinhead banjos on 22 tunes: "Swamp Cat Rag," "Duffy the Dancer," "Moze Haymar Jig," "Bunker Hill / Sligo Reel," "Tater Vals," lots more.
MR-CD0754
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$14.95
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I LOVE THIS GIRL
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2002 -- "Old Time Fiddle & Banjo" from these unique stylists - aka "The Old 78s" - from rural NW Arkansas. Skin-head, nylon-strung banjo and fiddle on 23 tunes: "Silver Nail," "Citaco," "Cat in the Hopper," "Stumptown Stomp," "Bernholmsk Springedans," "Pateroller," lots more.
MR-CD0402
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$14.95
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Miller & the Old South Quartette, Polk
POLK MILLER: OLD TIMES IN THE SOUTH
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21 classic recordings from 1909, meticulously transferred from Edison cylinders, of Civil War veteran Miller and the Old South Quartette -- likely the first-ever commercial recordings of white and African-American artists together! All packaged in a beautifully-designed 9"x 9" 26-page book, with scads of period reproductions, photos and pictures, and notes by historian Doug Seroff. What a package! NOTE: this is a terrific artifact of American roots music, but many of the reproduced images are from deep in the Jim Crow era, and reflect the racial stereotypes so common to the period.
POLK-CD006
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$27.95
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Molsky & Bob Carlin, Bruce
TAKE ME AS I AM
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1988 -- First time on CD! Fiddler Molsky and banjoist Carlin -- two of the current generation's most elite players -- join forces on 14 tunes and songs including "Say Darling Say," "Dolly," "Cumberland Gap," "Altamont," a "John Sharp Medley" and more.
on order, expected arrival date 07/28/08
CARTUNES-CD105
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$13.95
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Naiman & Chris Coole, Arnie
5 STRINGS ATTACHED WITH NO BACKING
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Clawhammer banjo with guitar.
MERRI-CD01
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$13.95
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FIVE STRINGS ATTACHED VOL. 2
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Clawhammer banjo playing traditional and original tunes. Solos, duos, and small ensembles with the banjo always up front.
MERRI-CD02
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$13.95
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THE BANJO SPECIAL
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2003 -- "Canada's top banjo players" strike again! Naiman and Coole are joined by Brian Taheny and Chris Quinn to present this merger of clawhammer, bluegrass and tenor styles.
MERRI-CD03
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$13.95
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Newberry, Joe
TWO HANDS
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2005 -- One of today's elite old-time banjo masters in a solo outing -- that's him on guitar and fiddle, too -- with a collection of tunes and songs, four of them originals.
5SP-CD05003
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$13.25
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Perlman, Ken
CLAWHAMMER BANJO / FINGERSTYLE GUITAR SOLOS
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Folkways reissue, now on CD!
PERL-CD1
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$13.95
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DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN
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Celtic music on clawhammer banjo & guitar.
MARI-CD6502
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$13.95
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hot platter!ISLAND BOY
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"Fiddle Tunes from Prince Edward Island & Cape Breton on Clawhammer Banjo & Fingerstyle Guitar" -- produced by Pete Sutherland.
WIZ-CD57927
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$13.95
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NORTHERN BANJO
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2002 -- Celtic and Canadian fiddle tunes on clawhammer banjo, most of which were collected by Ken from Prince Edward Island. With Ken Brown, Oliver Schroer, Sandy MacIntyre, Loretto Reed, Pat O'Gorman, Brian Taheny and others. Includes an 8 page booklet with notes by Ken.
COPPER-CD0191
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$12.95
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Ratliff, Brett
COLD ICY MOUNTAIN
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2008 - 16 banjo ballads and string band tunes from Kentucky. Brett is accompanied by members of the Clack Mountain String Band: Jesse Wells on fiddle, Karly Higgins on guitar and vocals, and J.T. Cure on bass. With guests Adrian Powell on fiddle and Julie Shepherd. Including "The War Is A Raging In Johnny," "Darling Don't You Know That's Wrong," "Last Payday At Coal Creek," more.
JUN-CD084
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$13.25
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Rosenberg, Ivan
CLAWHAMMER AND DOBRO
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2006 -- Mostly the Pacific Northwest's Rosenberg himself on clawhammer-style banjo AND Dobro; with guests Chad manning on fiddle, multi-instrumentalist Mason Tuttle, David Keenan on reso guitar and others.
SLOSHTONE-CD8806
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$14.95
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Schatz, Mark
STEPPIN' IN THE BOILER HOUSE
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Mark mixes traditional old-timey swinging string band sounds with contemporary bluegrass. Includes his core band of Casey Driessen, Jim Hurst, and Missy Raines, and guests Jerry Douglas, Tim O'Brien, Stuart Duncan, and co-producer Bela Fleck. 14 tracks including "Cajun Stomp," "The Devil's Game," "Last Old Dollar," and others.
ROUN-CD0559
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$13.95
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Seeger, Mike
hot platter!SOUTHERN BANJO SOUNDS
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26 tracks surveying banjo styles from the earliest African-American traditions through early Scuggs picking, performed on 23 different banjos. Includes booklet with color photos of banjos, tunings, playing techniques, and history.
FOLKW-CD40107
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$14.95
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Sexton, Lee
WHOA MULE
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1988 LP reissued on CD with lots more tracks, 35 in all. Linefork KY's old-time banjo master and songster; with fiddler Marion Sumner and others.
on order, expected arrival date unknown
JUN-CD080
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$13.25
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Sexton, Morgan
hot platter!SHADY GROVE
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represents the range of his music, from his two-finger banjo technique to his archaic renditions of traditional ballads. Includes 26 cuts from 1989 and 1990 as well as material from "Rock Dust."
on order, expected arrival date 07/25/08
JUN-CD066
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$13.25
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Singleton Street
WINGIN' IT
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2008 - All-gospel outing from this Minnesota-based foursome: guitarist Sherri Leyda, mandolinist Chuck Leyda, Craig "Frailin'" Evans on banjo and bassist Jimmy Newkirk. Hymns and songs from the Carter Family, Gillian Welch, Estil and Orna Ball, Hank Williams, Lester Flatt, Peter Rowan and more.
SINGST-CD08
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$14.95
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Skirtlifters, The
A RAGTIME EPISODE
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2004 -- Banjo ace Clarke Buehling and his Arkansas buddies return! in a program of late-19th-century classic rags done up stringband style: "Bowery Buck," "Tickle Toes," "Georgia Grind," Scott Joplin's "Rag-Time Dance" and "Maple Leaf Rag," lots more.
SKIRT-CD2004
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$14.95
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Slayden, Will
WILL SLAYDEN: AFRICAN-AMERICAN BANJO SONGS FROM WEST TENNESSEE
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1952 field recordings from Shelby County, TN from this unique stylist, the last of the old-time Memphis area "drag-thumb" banjoists. Notes and lyric transcriptions by blues scholar Dave Evans.
TFS-CD123
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$14.95
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Sluys, Nancy
BEST OF FRIENDS VOLUME ONE
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2005 -- Clawhammer ace from North Carolina's own Pilot Mtn. Bobcats steps out with a solo album! with guests Chester McMillan, Richard Bowman, Joe Thrift, Bill Sluys and others. "Don't Drink Nothin' But Corn," "Yellow Cat," "Johnny's Gone to War," "Peacock Rag," "Saro," "Turkey Buzzard," 23 in all.
YODEL-CD056
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$14.95
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Smiddy & the Reedy Creek Band, Papa Joe
BUTTER BEANS
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2002 -- Debut recording from this 81-year-old southpaw clawhammer banjo picker and the first chancellor of Clinch Valley College.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 20 days
JUN-CD0081
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$13.25
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Smith, Bill
BACK COVE: TUNES FROM A BANJO PLAYER'S LIFE
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2003 -- Clawhammer banjo, "Down East" style! "Swing and Turn," "Jefferson and Liberty," "Katy Cruel," "Persian Rag," "Old Christmas," lots more. With Sarah Gregory Smith, Robin Kynoch, the inimitable Andy Woolf and others.
CDF-CD1380
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$14.95
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Smith, Hobart
IN SACRED TRUST: THE 1963 FLEMING BROWN TAPES
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36 tracks, a privately-recorded treasure trove, never before released! Smith plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, piano, and he sings and clog-dances, too. Includes an 80-page booklet with historical photos, lyrics, and tablature for two banjo tunes.
FOLKW-CD40141
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$14.95
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Stringbean
BARNYARD BANJO PICKIN'
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2 CDs, 31 foot-stompin' tracks from this beloved entertainer and banjo picker from the early days of the Grand Ole Opry. "String's Mountain Dew," "Pluckin' the Bird," "I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World," "Cripple Creek," lots more.
GUSTO-CD956
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$9.95
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Stuart, Travis & Trevor
MOUNTAINEER
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2005 -- Fiddle and banjo duo from Haywood County in western North Carolina; top-flight tunifying from the wellspring! Some solos and duets plus band cuts with Alice Gerrard, Carl Jones, Martha Scanlon, Adam Tanner and Jennie Benford. "Henry King's Reel," "Johnny Court the Widow," "Sally Ann," "New Five Cents," "Grey Eagle," "Kitty Waltz," ten more.
OLD97-CD006
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Taylor, Otis
RECAPTURING THE BANJO
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2008 - Focuses on the banjo, tracing its history from its African origins. Guests include Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Keb' Mo', and Don Vappie.
TELARC-CD83667
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$15.95
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Traynham, Mac
I'M GOING THAT WAY
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2005 -- 26 tracks, including "Sally Cuttin' Through The Rye," "The Walls Of Jericho," "Old Corn Liquor" and more. Mac on banjo, fiddle, vocals, guitar, Andy Buckham on banjo, and Jenny Traynham on guitar and vocals.
COPPER-CD0229
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$12.95
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Troy, Leroy
OLD GREY MARE
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His first solo project offers up a collection of old favorites. Produced by Marty Stuart.
ROUN-CD0426
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$13.95
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SON OF THE SOUTH
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First CD release from the "Tennessee Slicker."
BOS-CD4523
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$14.95
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Turbo Pro Project
hot platter!DAYDREAM
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2008 -- "Banjo Hip Hop Fusion Music" from North Carolina! Adrian "Turbo" Trbovich on electric and acoustic banjos and Chris "DJ Pro" Prear on turntables; with guests Kenn Smith on bass, rhythm guitarist Aaron Soots, Curtis Parks on keys and Milton "DJ Deacon" Cockerham on beats and turntables. Eight tracks in a boxboard slipcase.
TPP-CD08
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$12.95
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Twiss, Tim
EARLY BANJO, VOL. 1
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2007 -- "This music is so old, it's new!" A cornucopia of 19th-century banjo music, played solo and unaccompanied on an exact replica of an 1840 "Sweeney"-style banjo: fretless with gut strings, goatskin head, bent oak rim, brass tension hoop and hooks and hand-carved pegs. "General Burnside's Jig," "Sugar in de Gourd," "Whoop Jamboree," "Pea-Patch Jig," 21 tracks in all.
MILFORD-CD07
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$12.95
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Undertoe
WALKING DOWN ANGELL ROAD
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2006 -- Longtime Wild Asparagus member Stuart Kenney on banjo and upright bass, English tune-monger Karen Tweed on accordion, and Airdance's unstoppable Marko Packard on whistle, flute, oboe, sax and guitar! An array of tunes, some danceable, all thoroughly listenable, many from the "wonky world" of Kenney's unique banjo compositions. With guests Rodney Miller, Sarah Blair, Peter Barnes, Meredith Doster and Peter Siegel.
AIM-CD22701
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$14.95
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Van Gundy & Paul Gartner, Doug
BORN OLD: TRADITIONAL FIDDLE & BANJO MUSIC FROM WEST VIRGINIA
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18 old-time numbers on fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, and vocals. Good quality monaural field recording captured in February 2003.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 30 days
FIELD-CD0301
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$13.25
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Various artists
BANJO GATHERING
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2 CDs, 50 tracks -- "100% pure old-time banjo; unobscured, unaccompanied & unadulterated!" A five-string feast of solo banjo from a galaxy of today's finest players: Mike Seeger, Cathy Fink, Paul Brown, Dan Gellert, Alice Gerrard, John Cohen, Tom Sauber, Pete Sutherland, Bruce Molsky, John McCutcheon, Rafe Stefanini, Gail Gillespie, and on and on! With tunings and notes on the tunes, too. Produced by Steve Baughman; proceeds to benefit the Swannanoa Gathering Scholarship Fund.
TALLTR-CD07
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$17.95
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BANJO IN THE CLAWHAMMER TRADITION
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Two dozen tunes from a smorgasbord of modern-day 5-string aces: Trish Kilby Fore, Joey Burris, Adam Hurt, Ken Inoue, Brien Fain, Andy Edmonds, Matthew Neiburger and producer Jim Lloyd.
SSP-CD07
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BANJO JAMBOREE
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Roger McGuinn, Eric Weissberg and others.
TRAD-CD1019
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$8.95
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hot platter!BLACK BANJO SONGSTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
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32 tracks recorded in the field by Cece Conway and Scott Odell 1970-98 -- features Joe and Odell Thompson, Dink Roberts, Etta Baker and others.
FOLKW-CD40079
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$14.95
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BLUE RIBBON BANJO
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Bargain compilation from Rounder Records. 15 cuts from 15 banjo players of all styles. Includes Fred Cockerham, Bela Fleck, John Hartford, Ola Belle Reed, Bill Keith, Allen Shelton, Tony Furtado and more!
EASY-CD7001
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$7.95
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CLAWHAMMER BANJO VOL. 1
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1965 -- Reissue of this widely influential series, County Records' first live recordings! Wade Ward, Kyle Creed, Fred Cockerham and George Stoneman: "Old Joe Clark," "Sally Ann," "Cumberland Gap," "Richmond," "Big-Eyed Rabbit," 19 in all. Recorded in the field by Charles Faurot.
COUY-CD2716
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$12.95
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CLAWHAMMER BANJO VOL. 2
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The widely influential '60s recordings reissued! Oscar Wright, Gaither Carlton, Matokie Slaughter, Tommy Jarrell, Sidna and Fulton Myers, Glen Smith: "Jake Gillie," "Sourwood Mountain," "John Brown's Dream," "Cripple Creek," "Fortune," 19 in all. Recorded in the field by Charles Faurot.
COUY-CD2717
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$12.95
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CLAWHAMMER BANJO VOL. 3
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The widely influential series reissued! All artists lived within 75 miles of Galax., VA, recorded 1965-71: Wade Ward, Tommy Jarrell, Matokie Slaughter, Oscar Wright, Glen Smith, Gaither Carlton, Beverly & Mildred Thompson, "Uncle" Charlie Lowe. 18 tunes in all. Recorded in the field by Charles Faurot.
COUY-CD2718
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$12.95
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hot platter!MASTERS OF THE BANJO
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with Tony Ellis, Seamus Egan, Laurie Lewis, Ralph Stanley and more.
ARH-CD421
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hot platter!MINSTREL BANJO STYLE
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featuring Tony Trischka, Bob Carlin, Joe Ayers, Clarke Buehling, Bob Flesher, and Bob Winans.
ROUN-CD0321
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$13.95
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OLD TIME MOUNTAIN BANJO
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CD reissue with additional tracks. Sides issued on 78s in the 1920s and '30s, with a 16-page booklet of photos and notes by Bob Buckingham. Charlie Poole, B.F. Shelton, Frank Jenkins, Uncle Dave Macon, Coon Creek Girls, Clarence Ashley, Bascom Lamar Lunceford -- 18 classics in all!
COUY-CD3533
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THE OLD TIME BANJO FESTIVAL
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Compilation featuring 31 tracks in the old-time style, as well as contemporary numbers with an older flavor. Most tracks feature solo singing and playing, with occasional accompaniment. Including tracks from Mike Seeger, Dan Gellert, Adam Hurt, Bob Carlin, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Reed Martin, and others.
ROUN-CD0584
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$13.95
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Wade, Stephen
DANCING HOME
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creator of one of the most successful one man shows in theatre history: "Banjo Dancing". Tunes from this and his second show -- using bouzouki, uilleann pipes, harmonium and more.
FLYF-CD543
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$13.95
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Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, Abigail
ABIGAIL WASHBURN & THE SPARROW QUARTET
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2008 -- Debut from this wildly eclectic foursome, following their state-sponsored tour of Tibet. Freewheeling American/central Asian hybrid program with Uncle Earl's singer/banjo picker Washburn and cellist Ben Sollee, fiddler Casey Driessen and banjo pioneer/producer Bela Fleck.
on order, expected arrival date 07/30/08
NETTWERK-CD30792
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$15.95
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Washburn, Abigail
SONG OF THE TRAVELING DAUGHTER
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2005 -- Singer, guitarist and banjo picker with Uncle Earl steps out with her solo debut! Some traditional songs mixed in with mostly originals: "Coffee's Cold," "Eve Stole the Apple," "Rockabye Dixie," 14 in all -- produced by Bela Fleck.
NETTWERK-CD30423
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