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9 lb Hammer

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Size: 1,666kb, uploaded 11/19/2011 5:24:53 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


This is a cut from my new gold banjo, vintage skin head. Still working on the set up!
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As the Crow Flies

Written/Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 121
Size: 1,473kb, uploaded 3/3/2012 8:31:35 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Original song in D tuning
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As the Crow Flies II

Written/Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 169
Size: 1,423kb, uploaded 3/3/2012 8:41:20 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Slower version
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Banjodiction

Written/Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 253
Size: 1,857kb, uploaded 8/6/2011 7:01:54 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Banjo Instrumental I made up this past winter.
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Bells of St Mary

Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 1116
Size: 2,098kb, uploaded 11/29/2011 5:55:07 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Nice old tune learned from Red Martin of Albion MI
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Blackeyed Suzy

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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Size: 947kb, uploaded 5/17/2011 7:12:50 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Flatt&Scruggs did it but I learned it from the Kentucky Colonels Roland & Clarence White, Billy Ray Latham. Man they could fly!!
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Cedar Creek

Posted by rockb59, written by Charlie Flannery

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Play count: 145
Size: 2,147kb, uploaded 2/19/2012 1:01:55 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Old time fiddle tune written by Uncle Charlie from Jackson MI Played in a good band with him and used to love pickin this one !!
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Clinch Mt Backstep

Posted by rockb59, written by Ralph Stanley

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Play count: 182
Size: 1,759kb, uploaded 7/22/2012 5:51:55 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Great Stanley tune on my cherry top tension
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Clinch Mt Backstep II

Posted by rockb59, written by Ralph Stanley

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Play count: 137
Size: 2,431kb, uploaded 7/22/2012 5:54:02 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Gold top tension another version
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Cluck Ole Hen

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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25 people like this

Play count: 1657
Size: 994kb, uploaded 5/17/2011 6:55:01 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


I like the model sound and oldtime feel to this song! Where's the fiddle??
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Colored Aristocrocy

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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Play count: 344
Size: 1,187kb, uploaded 5/14/2011 9:51:46 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Song that I learned from the Mike Seeger Smithsonian Folkways cd American 3 finger banjo Awesome CD Cherry banjo
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Cripple Creeek!!!

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Size: 1,138kb, uploaded 11/29/2011 5:49:41 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


1st song I learned from the scruggs book!!
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Cuban Breeze

Written/Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 159
Size: 1,840kb, uploaded 4/14/2013 9:11:32 AM
Genre: Bluegrass

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Just a rhythm and melody idea I have been messing with
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Daddy Longlegs

Written/Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 1000
Size: 2,240kb, uploaded 9/19/2011 5:41:05 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Sort of an Irish fiddle tune I wrote for the banjo!
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Darlin Corey

Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 1383
Size: 2,958kb, uploaded 9/17/2011 4:30:05 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Old Ballad
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Dear Ole Dixie

Posted by rockb59, written by Scruggs

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Play count: 1162
Size: 1,665kb, uploaded 12/9/2011 7:07:33 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Sound bite for my Kel Kroydon. I just love the Scruggs and the forward rolls!!
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Dixie Hoedown

Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 328
Size: 1,898kb, uploaded 11/7/2012 7:22:57 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Old time fiddle tune
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Dogwood Bloom

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6 people like this

Play count: 299
Size: 1,911kb, uploaded 5/11/2011 7:39:30 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Just a little pickin from my brain!
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Dogwood Bloom 2

Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 193
Size: 1,426kb, uploaded 7/4/2011 8:35:24 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Original tune
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Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

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Play count: 1110
Size: 1,139kb, uploaded 7/21/2011 5:31:07 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Flatt & Scruggs
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Fireball Mail

Posted by rockb59, written by Scruggs

 
6 people like this

Play count: 324
Size: 1,425kb, uploaded 5/12/2011 3:34:56 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


I love this Scruggs Guy
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Gold banjo soundbite

Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 894
Size: 1,956kb, uploaded 11/15/2011 5:33:36 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


1st cut of new gold banjo
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Got Time on my Hands

Written/Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 139
Size: 2,041kb, uploaded 3/3/2013 1:50:02 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Simple yet difficult timing in D tuning
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Hard Times

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14 people like this

Play count: 673
Size: 2,315kb, uploaded 3/23/2013 4:24:31 PM
Genre: Bluegrass

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Song from Ralph Stanley And Jim Reed inspiration
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Honkytonk Blues

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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7 people like this

Play count: 282
Size: 1,050kb, uploaded 6/25/2011 11:47:42 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


An old one I like
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Honkytonk Blues

Posted by rockb59, written by not sure

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Play count: 450
Size: 1,138kb, uploaded 6/17/2011 5:10:20 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


One from the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
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Jingle Bells

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Play count: 283
Size: 1,282kb, uploaded 12/9/2011 7:08:43 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Merry X-mas sound bite of My Kel Kroydon
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John Henry

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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8 people like this

Play count: 241
Size: 1,042kb, uploaded 5/17/2011 7:29:35 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Kind of Earl with some of me. Key of D 5yh tuned to F# Earl's The MAN!!
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John Henry

Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 227
Size: 1,664kb, uploaded 10/5/2012 4:36:08 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Great ole tune
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Kalamazoo Recording King sound bite

Written/Posted by rockb59

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Play count: 380
Size: 3,821kb, uploaded 10/29/2012 6:10:07 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Just some pickin to show the sound of this banjo
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Kalamazoo Stomp

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Play count: 195
Size: 1,955kb, uploaded 6/10/2012 6:40:01 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Double C tuning in the key of B-flat Something new and fun to play!
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Kel Kroydon soundbite

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Play count: 547
Size: 5,928kb, uploaded 7/21/2012 9:21:27 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Sound bite showing the sound in different keys with capo!
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Kel Kroydon soundbite in D tuning

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Play count: 241
Size: 3,245kb, uploaded 7/21/2012 9:24:14 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


In D tuning
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Kicking Mule

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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14 people like this

Play count: 943
Size: 1,618kb, uploaded 6/17/2011 6:55:17 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Kickin Ass Great song I learned from a Mike Lilly record from the 70's I like Mike!!
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Little Hairy Donkey

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Play count: 187
Size: 2,383kb, uploaded 2/19/2012 12:51:31 PM
Genre: Old Time


Just some jammin on a CH tune!
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Little Liza Jane

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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6 people like this

Play count: 224
Size: 1,813kb, uploaded 5/17/2011 6:47:56 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Old timer that is fun to play. Key of D in d tuning Learned from Mike Seeger Folkways CD American 3-finger banjo styles
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Little Sadie

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Play count: 1938
Size: 2,053kb, uploaded 8/21/2011 6:20:50 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Good ole tune in D minor
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Lonesome Road Blues

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Play count: 1836
Size: 1,616kb, uploaded 6/10/2012 6:44:44 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Scruggs version on my 30's Kalamazoo 5 string!
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Mississippi Sawer

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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Size: 1,953kb, uploaded 6/18/2011 7:22:49 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Old timer in dbl c tuning
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Morning Mist

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Play count: 163
Size: 1,809kb, uploaded 6/17/2011 7:48:50 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Original tune D tuning 5th @ F# Cherry Top Tension
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No Mother or Dad

Posted by rockb59, written by Lester Flatt

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22 people like this

Play count: 1492
Size: 1,426kb, uploaded 7/19/2011 7:33:05 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


An old Flatt and Scruggs tune!
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Not sure

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Play count: 145
Size: 1,720kb, uploaded 5/13/2011 4:05:17 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Not sure where I learned this or the name but I like it!
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Oh Susanna

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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8 people like this

Play count: 250
Size: 1,330kb, uploaded 5/14/2011 9:39:31 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


in the key of F with 5th string tuned to A
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Old Joe Clark

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Play count: 308
Size: 1,232kb, uploaded 5/13/2011 4:26:54 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


In the key of A played this one a long time
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On the Lonely Side of Town

Posted by rockb59, written by Rick Lang

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Play count: 175
Size: 1,569kb, uploaded 8/6/2011 6:54:31 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Lonsome River Band song! Just my idea for a banjo break!
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R&T soundbite

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Play count: 294
Size: 1,952kb, uploaded 7/14/2012 4:25:21 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


1993 R&T with the BIG TEN tone ring
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R&T soundbite

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Play count: 235
Size: 1,626kb, uploaded 7/14/2012 4:26:33 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


R&T ser # 9307-33
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R&T soundbite

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Play count: 164
Size: 3,676kb, uploaded 7/14/2012 4:27:40 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


R&T JD Crowe 9307-33
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Red Charles

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Play count: 131
Size: 3,218kb, uploaded 3/6/2013 4:54:56 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Two of my mentors!! Red Martin and Charles Patrick ala Red Charles great pickers from Michigan
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Red Wing

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Size: 1,809kb, uploaded 3/3/2012 8:37:26 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Old timer that is fun to mess around with
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Riding on that Midnight Train

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15 people like this

Play count: 1011
Size: 1,138kb, uploaded 11/29/2011 5:48:15 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Stanley tune
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Sally Ann

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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Play count: 874
Size: 1,666kb, uploaded 5/14/2011 9:47:54 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Scruggs classic !! just learned this had to go back to the Scruggs book and look up some of those licks!! Mahogany Banjo
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Sally Ann in C

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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Play count: 279
Size: 2,192kb, uploaded 7/7/2011 7:44:13 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


In double C
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Salt Creek

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Size: 1,671kb, uploaded 7/21/2012 9:23:11 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Old tune I learned from Mike Lilly and Wendy Miller! Bluegrass Instrumentals
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Snuffy Earl

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Play count: 327
Size: 1,664kb, uploaded 5/14/2011 9:41:10 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Some licks that remind me of the playing of Snuffy Jenkins and Earl Scruggs
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Sound bite in A and B Kalamazoo Recording King

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Size: 3,010kb, uploaded 10/30/2012 3:39:34 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


More sounds from the banjo
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Soundbite

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Size: 2,527kb, uploaded 11/15/2011 5:34:45 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


My 1st gold banjo
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Stoney Creek

Posted by rockb59, written by Trad.

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Play count: 188
Size: 1,330kb, uploaded 5/14/2011 9:45:25 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Learned from the Jim & Jesse records from the 1970's. In the key of A Cherry top tension
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Stymied

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8 people like this

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Size: 2,767kb, uploaded 7/2/2011 7:31:29 AM
Genre: Bluegrass


Finger twister
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untitled

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Play count: 181
Size: 2,004kb, uploaded 5/13/2011 4:17:22 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Just some banjo pickin! key of G
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Wheel Hoss

Posted by rockb59, written by Bill Monroe

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Play count: 990
Size: 1,671kb, uploaded 3/19/2013 5:52:37 PM
Genre: Bluegrass

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Great Blugrass Tune
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Whitewater

Posted by rockb59, written by Bela Fleck

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Play count: 1969
Size: 2,196kb, uploaded 4/14/2013 9:07:34 AM
Genre: Bluegrass

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great fleck tune done in the key of F banjo tuned down 2 steps
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Wildwood Flower

Posted by rockb59, written by Carter Family

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Play count: 519
Size: 2,185kb, uploaded 3/3/2013 1:32:37 PM
Genre: Bluegrass


Classic song from the Carter Family in D-tuning
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