Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Minstrel (Stroke Style) Songs

Four Wheel Drive

mmuussiiccaall — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:58:00 CST

Off To California

JLouis Thiry — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:56:00 CST

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

Whole Lotta Love

Willie Dixon, Led Zeppelin — Sat, 2 Jul 2022 05:18:00 CST

tuning: dADF#A

Old Dan Tucker

mmuussiiccaall — Mon, 5 Jul 2021 09:04:00 CST

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

Maple Leaf Rag

Scot Joplin — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:15:00 CST

Vess Ossman - Maple Leaf Rag - 1907

OH THOSETOMBS

Ron Stanfield — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:36:00 CST

An old traditional song suitable for the banjo.

SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT

Ron Stanfield — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:41:00 CST

An old-time gospel song on banjo.

BANJOMAN

Ron Stanfield — Wed, 4 Apr 2018 07:07:00 CST

I wrote this piece after playing in Elloree, SC shortly after my move here.

DON'T GO STEALIN'

Ron Stanfield — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:22:00 CST

Update on song inspired by newspaper article.

AURA LEE

Ron Stanfield — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:13:00 CST

This is my banjo version of Aura Lee. I think it works better on guitar.

GOD MADE

Ron Stanfield — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:04:00 CST

A banjo gospel song for kids to enjoy.

BANJOMAN

Ron Stanfield — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 05:14:00 CST

I played in the street in Elloree, SC...they gave me the name "Banjoman".

BANJOMAN

Ron Stanfield — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:48:00 CST

I wrote this song when I first moved to South Carolina. True story;

Hear him Johnny, hear him

hoodoo — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 07:58:00 CST

From Buckley's

MY OLD HOMESTEAD

Ron Stanfield — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:08:00 CST

Song about mountain living

Brigg's Corn Shucking Jih

hoodoo — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:12:00 CST

Another Minstrel tune from Briggs

Camptown Hornpipe

hoodoo — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:45:00 CST

My first song on my new Don Gardner Minstrel Banjo. From the Briggs Banjo Instructor.

Clementine

Ron Stanfield — Sat, 6 Jan 2018 13:35:00 CST

I think this may go back to the ൹er" goldmine days. A very popular banjo piece.

Angel Band

Ron Stanfield — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 13:40:00 CST

An old gospel song from the archives

Bluetail Fly

Ron Stanfield — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:08:00 CST

Another one out of the Civil War Archives.

Going Across The Mountain

Ron Stanfield — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 09:11:00 CST

An old pre Civil War song.

Burdens Down

Ron Stanfield — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 18:33:00 CST

This is one of my old favorite gospel songs. Had to try banjo with it.

COVERED WITH DIRT

Ron Stanfield — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:48:00 CST

This song was written sometime in 2014. It addresses the "golden age" issue.

Goober Peas

Ron Stanfield — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:00:00 CST

This, I believe is popular song during the Civil War era...sung by both sides. A good banjo exercise.

PADDLE WHEELER

Ron Stanfield — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:49:00 CST

When I was just a kid I used to watch the riverboats on the Mississippi. Just getting around to doing a banjo song about it.

HENRY

Ron Stanfield — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:48:00 CST

This song is based upon a newspaper article I read several years ago. Had fun writing the song.

Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party

Ron Stanfield — Sat, 9 Dec 2017 17:31:00 CST

Old Time folk song about the old quilting bees. My grandma was one of them.

BILLY YANK AND JOHNNY REB

Ron Stanfield — Thu, 7 Dec 2017 16:06:00 CST

My banjo spin on the Civil War.

THAT OLD MAN

Ron Stanfield — Mon, 4 Dec 2017 16:04:00 CST

Remembering a Christmas during World War II.

Aura Lee

Ron Stanfield — Mon, 4 Dec 2017 12:48:00 CST

Civil War song banjo instrumental

Amazing Grace

John Newton — Sun, 3 Dec 2017 18:20:00 CST

Banjo and harmonica version on Amazing Grace

DADDY'S RED BANJO

Ron Stanfield — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:22:00 CST

I dreamed up this song about a ficticous (?) railroader banjo player.

MY HAPPY HOME

Ron Stanfield — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 17:35:00 CST

Home chores dilemmia as told by the banjo!

JULIE ANN

Ron Stanfield — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 17:01:00 CST

This song is based upon a newspaper article I saved some years ago.

MY WALKING CANE

Ron Stanfield — Thu, 9 Nov 2017 18:17:00 CST

Old age creeping on us, sort of....

JOHNNY REB AND BILLY YANK

Ron Stanfield — Tue, 7 Nov 2017 17:49:00 CST

A banjo take on the Civil War.

JUMPIN' FROGS

Ron Stanfield — Fri, 3 Nov 2017 18:13:00 CST

My song version of Mark Twain's "Jumpin Frog Story

WIGGLE TOES

Ron Stanfield — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 19:08:00 CST

A song a wrote years ago about Hannibal, MO

DEEP DARK MINE

Ron Stanfield — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:17:00 CST

Coal miner song in tribute to my family during the 1930's,

LITTLE RED BRICK CHURCH ON THE HILL

Ron Stanfield — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 16:43:00 CST

Reminescing early years going to church.

DON'T COME BACK NO MORE

Ron Stanfield — Tue, 8 Aug 2017 13:28:00 CST

A novelty song about a night out on the town.

MY OLD TICKER

Ron Stanfield — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:10:00 CST

I'll see my cardiologist next week. Will turn ඘" in about a month. So I wrote a song about it ahead of time.

MOVING BACK TO MEMPHIS

Ron Stanfield — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 06:35:00 CST

Several years ago I was in Memphis on my birthday. Came back home to cold weather and wrote this song.

OLD AGE IS CREEPING UP ON ME

Ron Stanfield — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:09:00 CST

඘" is creeping around the corner.

CHURCH BY THE ROAD SIDE

Ron Stanfield — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:41:00 CST

A church song derived from titles.

MY NAME IS OL' HARDTACK

Ron Stanfield — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 19:01:00 CST

A Civil War banjo player.

ONE PAINTED BLUE, ON PAINTED GREY

Ron Stanfield — Thu, 6 Jul 2017 18:47:00 CST

Another Civil War song for banjo.

IN THAT LITTLE INDIANA COAL MINE TOWN

Ron Stanfield — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 12:51:00 CST

This is a song about a Black Betty coal mine disaster that took my Grandpa in 1918.

The Joy

MerlinFranks — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:51:00 CST

BOW

The Gift.

MerlinFranks — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:47:00 CST

BOW - 2013. The reward. 85 years old.

THAT'S THE APPALACHIA WAY

Ron Stanfield — Fri, 9 Jun 2017 16:51:00 CST

A song about playing Appalachia music. Had fun writing this one.

hard times in '63;

bd — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:35:00 CST

just a quick straight ahead take on the totw

Circus Jig

Tom Berghan — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:50:00 CST

From Briggs Banjo Instructor 1855

Jim Along Josey

Tom Berghan — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:18:00 CST

First Published in 1840. Vocal, Early Banjo, Castanets, and Donkey Jawbone

Home! Sweet Home! (song)

J.H. Payne & H. Bishop — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 21:13:00 CST

Published 1823, from the opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan. Lyrics written by John Howard Payne, an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had most of his theatrical career and success in London. He is today most remembered as the creator of "Home! Sweet Home!", a song he wrote in 1822. Melody composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop. Played on an Early Banjo by James Hartel, Sweeney Model

Belle of Lexington

Tom Berghan — Mon, 5 Sep 2016 22:54:00 CST

Early Banjo by James Hartel, Sweeney Model Belle Breezing was born in 1860 and was a nationally known Madam in Lexington, Kentucky. Belle's first job began when she was 19 years old, in a brothel house maintained by Jenny Hill, which had the distinction of being the former residence of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Her final and most elaborate "Gentleman's Club" was located at 153 Megowan Street. Belle also wrote poetry. This tune, named after Belle, was first recorded in 1925 by fiddler Emmett Lundy who was born in Grayson County, Virginia on May 9, 1864

Oh! Susanna

Stephen Foster — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:25:00 CST

Early Banjo, Tambourine, Donkey Jawbone

Darling Corey

Kimerer — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:08:00 CST

Darling Corey demonstrated on my minstrel. August 20, 2016

Brigg's Breakdown

Thomas F. Briggs — Mon, 8 Aug 2016 19:45:00 CST

From Briggs Banjo Instructor published in 1855. Performed on Early Banjos and a Donkey Jawbone Add Comment

Darling Nelly Gray

Benjamin Russell Hanby — Thu, 4 Aug 2016 23:06:00 CST

From 1856, the Antebellum Period. A popular Minstrel song in support of the Abolition of Slavery. Sung in recitative style and played on early banjo stroke style. Written by Benjamin Russell Hanby, 1833-1867, who also wrote "Up on the House Top", "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas", and the hymn "Who Is He In Yonder Stall?"

Dance Boatman Dance

Dan Emmett — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 22:27:00 CST

1843. a very popular song in the Antebellum Minstrel shows. Played here with a copy of a banjo made by Joel Walker Sweeney circa 1840. The banjo was reconstructed by Luthier James Hartel. Percussion is played on a Donkey's Jawbone. The sound you hear is the teeth rattling when the jawbone is struck with the palm of the hand.

Salt Spring

John Reischman — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 08:25:00 CST

We were doing this in the band so I programmed some bass and multitracked the other instruments for practice.

Get up in the Morning or Jim Crack Corn

Jonnycake White — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:53:00 CST

Sample sound of Salad Bowl banjo #1

Old Joe

zeppelfahrt — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:07:00 CST

INA LITTLE INDIANA COAL MINE TOWN

mr ron — Tue, 2 Jun 2015 05:57:00 CST

This song is about a little Indiana coal town where I was born and raised. We all knew Peabody Coal Company well.

HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE

Stephen Foster — Sun, 31 May 2015 04:28:00 CST

A timeless antebellum piece. Works well with the banjo

BANKS OF THE OHIO

mr ron — Wed, 13 May 2015 05:21:00 CST

Here's another good old traditional tune I like to play.

Let My People Go

BanjoDino — Mon, 2 Feb 2015 17:08:00 CST

Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

BanjoDino — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 08:54:00 CST

Boatman's Dance

banjosnapper — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:07:00 CST

From the 1887 publication by Frank Converse called the Analytical Banjo Method. The book is broken down into sections, and this is one where "Banjo Style" or Stroke Style are collected.

Camptown Races/Travel banjo test

Stevie Foster — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:24:00 CST

Testing out an electric guitar which now has a 3.75 inch banjo head- made from a disposable plastic lid.

Back Side of Albany

blanham — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:22:00 CST

"Back Side of Albany" from Gumbo Chaff's Complete Preceptor for the Banjo, 1851. Played by Bob Lanham on a Bell & Son banjo. Tuning: eBEAD (E modal).

Harper's Jig & Kentucky Juba

Paul Draper — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 09:04:00 CST

The first is from Buckley, the second from Converse.

Old Joe

usonian — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:08:00 CST

A popular 19th century minstrel tune.