Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Popular Songs

Moscow Nights

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:11:00 CST

AKA Midnight in Moscow. My CH take on a #1 on the easy listening charts hit from 1962

Redwood Hills (living room jam)

Gordon Lightfoot — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:06:00 CST

Recorded Mar 29, 2011 in my living room, using Tyler's new Zoom recorder. For practice and educational use only. This is our take on this cool song by Gordon Lightfoot. This is the final in a series of jam recordings I made with a guitar picking buddy, Tyler Balkind. This is me picking on my Nechville Athena and Tyler is picking his Santa Cruz dreadnought and singing lead. I apologize in advance for my lousy singing, but hey, this is banjohangout, not baritone-singer-hangout LOL. Enjoy.

Yesterday Once more

The Carpenters — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:26:00 CST

It just sort of fell out of double c tuning although this banjo is home made is tuned way below c. Dedicated to my sister M!

Time in a Bottle (with vocals)

Jim Croce — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:39:00 CST

This is a tune which I posted to BHO almost two years ago to the week. The version I posted earlier was an instrumental take on this cool tune by Jim Croce. About 4 or 5 years ago a friend of mine in Knoxville, Kent Bilbry, bought an 8-track digital recorder and I spent a day or two over there laying down about 20 raw tunes, just banjo and a tick track, so he could learn how to use his new machine. Time in a Bottle was one of the tunes I laid down. At that time, Kent gave me a rough CD of several tunes I had laid down -- and I have posted the mix he had done at that time, which was an instrument-only version. I didn't know until this weekend (Jan 14, 2012) that he had gone on to rework some of the tracks, and he had added the vocals to this tune. This started only as me picking banjo to a tick track, then I overdubbed a 2nd banjo part and later on Kent added some bass, mandolin, and lead vocal. It helps flesh out the recording a lot nicer, although it ain't half bad as an instrumental. This was a treat for me to hear yesterday for the first time, I hope it is a treat for you too. Enjoy. :)

Wooden Heart

LesT — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:56:00 CST

The old Elvis classic - claw hammer style.

Wonderful Christmastime

Paul McCartney — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:54:00 CST

An off the wall version of this song with me playing 5-string banjo tuned to G and singing.

Jingle Bell Rock

winnipegbanjoman — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:13:00 CST

Thought I'd try a Christmas tune. Hope you like it.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Laurence Diehl — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:59:00 CST

I love this song

JanetB's Chipmunks

JanetB — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:17:00 CST

Here's my first grade bunch getting ready for our performance that evening.

Christmas song--The Little Drummer Boy

JanetB — Fri, 9 Dec 2011 06:13:00 CST

The first graders like to play the drums on this one.

A Snail Reprise

musicman44 — Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:09:00 CST

Reprise of my ode to my wife. That snail is really moving!

A Tale of a Snail

musicman44 — Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:09:00 CST

This is the first song I wrote for my wife after she bought me my first banjo. It's also the first recording of it right after I started learning how to play. Enjoy!

Christmas song--Winter Wonderland

Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith — Tue, 6 Dec 2011 05:49:00 CST

A popular Christmas song written in 1934.

Somewhere, Over the Rainbow

jackhatfield — Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:30:00 CST

This is the arrangement from my new Mel Bay book "The Best of Jack Hatfield"

Christmas song--Silver Bells

Jay Livingston & Ray Evans — Fri, 2 Dec 2011 06:02:00 CST

A song I sang long ago in the school choir.

Classical Gas

Mason Williams — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:16:00 CST

5-string banjo arrangement in C tuning.

Sleigh Ride

Leroy Anderson — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:12:00 CST

5-string banjo arrangement in C tuning based on the classic Boston Pops arrangement.

Cocktails for Two

Spike Jones — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:20:00 CST

Libby Farrris performs her rendition of the Spike Jones version of "Cocktails for Two on her Richard Brown tenor banjo-uke.

Hey soul sister (secret) cover :D

NoahOathKeeper — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:30:00 CST

MY wife singing and playing tambourine , me on the Ukulele

Creep

Radiohead — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:30:00 CST

CH and whamming take on Creep. Double D tuning.

Desperado

The Eagles — Sun, 2 Oct 2011 18:25:00 CST

Mr. Bojangles

Jerry Jeff Walker — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:04:00 CST

I was making some backing tracks for future banjo-centric live gigs. This is them with the banjo and lead vocal unmuted.

Over The Rainbow

Arlen/Harburg — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:10:00 CST

Dedicated to IZ. A great voice and a gentle man. Check out his You Tube Video. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.

Nothing Like a Hundred Miles

James Taylor — Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:09:00 CST

From The Mosier Brothers Album "On My Way"

The Shining Man

revmo — Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:03:00 CST

From The Mosier Brothers album "On My Way" (*Bass track and Bass solo by Oteil Burbridge of The Allman Brothers Band)

Fishin' Blues

Henry Thomas — Mon, 8 Aug 2011 20:59:00 CST

Pre-war blues @1938 Performed all tracks

Dark as a Dungeon 2

Merle Travis — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 18:16:00 CST

A little better than the first upload.

Something (George Harrison)--Jim Richter, clawhammer banjo

George Harrison — Wed, 3 Aug 2011 17:33:00 CST

The world's greatest love song (by George Harrison) performed in double C tuning on an old Vega banjo.

Never On Sunday

Manos Hatzidakis — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 10:21:00 CST

arrangement I made for tenor banjo

Dark as a Dungeon

Merle Travis — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:32:00 CST

This song reminds me of my dad who grew up in the coal mining town of Ashville, PA.

Fix You

Coldplay — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:45:00 CST

Just wanted to try playing something a bit different. I quite like the result - a litle unstable at times - I multitracked without a click track. The bark in the middle is courtesy of Georgia my 16yr old Lhasa who wanted her dinner

The Stars and Stripes Forever

Sousa — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:22:00 CST

Tenor banjo

somewhere over the rainbow

Harold Arlen — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:49:00 CST

Played on a LeVan woodie banjo, key of D. My apologies to Harold Arlen

Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter

Banjowen — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:42:00 CST

Originally recorded by Hermans Hermits and covered by Roger Sprung, my son Paul accompanies me on bass and keyboards.

San Francisco

fastheartmart — Tue, 10 May 2011 08:07:00 CST

A song I wrote for the banjo. Clawhammer style banjo?

Morning Dew

MrNatch3L — Fri, 6 May 2011 12:02:00 CST

Can you imagine having an Arab girlfriend in America smack in the middle of Gulf War I? This folk-rock tune dates from that time and talks about learning from the experience of having a relationship with someone very different from oneself. I'm disabling download here. You can get it on my site at www.robertpalomo.com/songs/index.php where I'm raising some $$ for charity. <table cellpadding=1" cellspacing=1" style="margin-top:6px;"> <tr> <td> <a class="iLink" rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png" /></a> </td> <td> <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" property="dc:title" rel="dc:type">Morning Dew</span> by <a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="http://robertpalomo.com/songs/morning_dew.php" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">R. Palomo, Jr.</a> is licensed under a <br /> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License</a>. </td> </tr> </table>

You Ain't Going Nowhere

Dylan, Bob — Sun, 1 May 2011 11:05:00 CST

acoustic guitar, 2 electric guitar tracks, one w/slide, banjo, and vocals (if you want to call them that)

Atotonilco

Tony de la Rosa — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:44:00 CST

One of my favorite old Mexican songs. I think it was on the soundtrack of one of those Cantinflas movies in the 1950s. It has that old 50s swagger to it.

Can't Lose What You Never Had

Muddy Waters — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:36:00 CST

Famously covered by the Allman Brothers.

Redemption Song

Bob Marley — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:58:00 CST

An old song by a wise man. I try to get a sort of lonely preacher atmosphere going on this one.

Age (band practice)

Jim Croce — Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:40:00 CST

Band practice recorded 3-16-2011 crowded around a Sony digital voice recorder. This is the 4th time this group of musicians has gotten together to practice, and so this is a rough audio snapshot of us feeling around for our sound...intended for learning and practice purposes only. Enjoy:)

Norwegian Wood

Lennon, McCartney — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:04:00 CST

Up late.. gave it a shot. working on singing and playing at the same time. dang you John Harford

The Long and Winding Road

Paul McCartney — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:20:00 CST

One of my fav Paul songs.

Here Comes the Sun

George Harrison — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:50:00 CST

I'll See You In My Dreams

Isham Jones — Sun, 6 Feb 2011 09:20:00 CST

tenor banjo arrangement I made

Marmite Song

The Ratty Little Fingers — Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:30:00 CST

The Ratty Little Fingers play the MArmite song, Live from the Living Room

What have they done to my song, Ma ?

Melanie — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:45:00 CST

tenor banjo arrangement I did

Somewhere over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen — Thu, 6 Jan 2011 07:54:00 CST

Played on 1890's Lyon & Healy with nylon strings. Echo added

Music for a Found Harmonium

Simon Jeffes — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:16:00 CST

CH. Double D tuning.

La Monja de Moià

tonet — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:03:00 CST

My clawhammer arrangement for a popular catalan song, played with a John Peterson Fretless Mountain Banjo.

El Rector de Collbató

tonet — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:29:00 CST

A version with my arrangements for a popular catalan song

La Modista de Balaguer

tonet — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:23:00 CST

My arrangement for a popular catalan song.

Fica-l'hi Noia

tonet — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:01:00 CST

My arrangement for a popular catalan song.

Banana Splits Theme Song

Log — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:01:00 CST

Norwegian Wood

Lennon — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:54:00 CST

This was the result of a quick-and-dirty recording session with my talented guitar playing nephew Jeremy (Jez) Quayle one weekend. (Have a search on Youtube for some of Jez's fantastic R&R recordings.) We used a single cheap PC mic and recorded on a laptop using Audacity. That's Jez singing.

The Freshmen (cover)

The Verve Pipe — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:19:00 CST

Cover of the popular 90's song. Gold star GF-100 banjo with the resonator off recorded on a Zoom H1 recorder with no sound editing.

A Sad Soul can Kill Quicker Than a Germ

jonah_maddox — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:43:00 CST

lyrically inspired by illness and a family bond to pull through hard times, the title is a Steinbeck quote that I thought fitting. Lloyd Williams made up the banjo part for the song and played it on this recording.

Batman

banjofanatico — Wed, 6 Oct 2010 21:50:00 CST

was fooling around the other day

Sone Son (Hand In Hand)

G. Moroder — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:32:00 CST

All My Loving

Lennon/McCartney — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:27:00 CST

A bit of melodic and roll style idea I got off the net and a Mel Bay publication of Beatles music. A bit rough but fun to do if you are looking for somethign a bit different from the noraml bluegrass.

The Garbageman

tcornfield — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:38:00 CST

Afunny little Tune about a job no one wants to do

Within You Without You by George Harrison

George Harrison — Sun, 4 Jul 2010 08:33:00 CST

First appearing on Sgt. Peppers album, this song featured all Indian musicians playing traditional Indian instruments. The idea to do this as an instrumental came to me one day while bowing my banjo. The sound reminded me of the Dilruba used to state the opening phrase on the original recording. I played everything except the tablas and percussion. The bowed banjo is doubled by the violin and bass in certain sections. The banjo is my Chuck Lee Chautauqua.

Keep Holding On

perfectsleeper — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:57:00 CST

Written and produced 2009 by Volker Fisher. Fiddle played by Kurt Baumer (www.fiddletrax.com) all other instruments played by V. Fisher.

Lea

perfectsleeper — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:26:00 CST

Don't let me be misunderstood

Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:21:00 CST

My ch take on the Animals song.

Five Foot Two

pluckerdude — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:02:00 CST

mozart

musicarlos — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:16:00 CST

plectrum play Mozart

Pick Up The Pieces

Laurence Diehl — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CST

Average White Band. This was a colab with The Kidd

Lowrider's Farewell to Hyannis Port

John D — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:22:00 CST

Original ch tune. Wildwood. Double D tuning

Here There and Everywhere

Lennon/McCartney — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:31:00 CST

My little tribute...

Time in A Bottle (as an instrumental)

Jim Croce — Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:27:00 CST

This is an instrumental take on Jim Croce's tune. This was recorded as part of some basement grunge tapes made with Kent Bilbry in Knoxville, TN sometime in 2008. I recorded the banjo then Kent dropped in other instruments a few weeks later as he was learning about his new digital recorder. A bit sloppy, this was never meant to be anything other than a scratch track but thought I'd share it here. I have never found any musicians willing to work this up with me, having been told this is basically a gag-and-choke crappy song. I disagree. I always liked the tune myself. I hope you do too.

Wild Horses

MitchellB — Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:38:00 CST

This is Russ Ashburn singing. I played and dubbed all the instruments in first. This was done about 1993-94 on a Yamaha 4 track cassette recorder. The banjo is a 69 Fender.Artist.

Silver Bells

Jay Livingston and Ray Evans — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:29:00 CST

Here's another one from our family Christmas CD. Daughter Amy again, backed by her mom, my wife Deb. I'm sticking my (4-string) neck out a little here; pianist/engineer Mike multi-tracked it again and I tried playing along with myself on mandolin and Vega (not Silver Bell) plectrum in sort of a well-meaning train wreck behind the sweet voices.

White Christmas

Irving Berlin, 1942 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:09:00 CST

Accompanying my daughter Amy in the spare-bedroom studio of a friend who plays keyboard. We overdubbed a second track on this, one of the songs on a homebrew Christmas CD for family members. Playing a 1930 Vegaphone Professional plectrum in Chicago (guitar) tuning. (Please forgive the random notes at the end.)

Sunny Sunday

vagnp — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:14:00 CST

A happy tune made in my home studio with a sunny day in my mind

Windy Friday

vagnp — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:12:00 CST

A happy tune made on a windy friday in my home studio

Frosty the Snowman

Richie Dotson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:18:00 CST

This is me playing every instrument in my hope studio in an attempt to learn how to operate all of this electronic stuff. Please let me know how I am doing and give me a rating, good, bad or indifferent.

Thank you,

Richie Dotson

BlackBird

Banjophobic — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:23:00 CST

A old version...I realized after hearing it again that I fogot to play the bridge,haha. Oh well, aybe thats why its been 'lost' on my computer....

Eleanor Rigby

Banjophobic — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:20:00 CST

More Beatles stuff..I love it.....

Imagine

Banjophobic — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:52:00 CST

Being a big Beatles fan, I had to cover this one..........

Sleigh Ride

BanjoSampler — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:27:00 CST