Frisco Fred - Posted - 07/24/2010:  06:55:50

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1961 Kenny Ball; Midnight in Moscow (Plectrum or Tenor)
196X Kingston Trio; Tom Duley (5 String Long Neck)
196X New Christy Minstrels; Green Green (?????????)

Jeff 1965 - Posted - 07/24/2010:  07:02:46

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Can't understand the words, but I like this one.
The bit at 1:40 is cool.
youtube.com/watch?v=FkfPxlfbvyY

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Edited by - Jeff 1965 on 07/24/2010 07:07:26

Jim D - Posted - 07/24/2010:  07:15:24

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The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" was 1958, not 1960s, so I'll throw in "Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton from 1959.

OTJohn - Posted - 07/24/2010:  08:05:41

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Hmm... if I remember right, Johnny Horton recorded 'The Battle of New Orleans' with and all electric backup (guitar, bass, etc.). Of couse I'm too young to remember for sure (ahem). The Eighth of January is a great CH banjo/fiddle tune though.

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Originally posted by Jim D

The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" was 1958, not 1960s, so I'll throw in "Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton from 1959.

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Nymphadora - Posted - 07/24/2010:  08:11:21

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I LOVE "Midnight in Moscow". And then there is the tenor Bacon Siver Belle banjo on Louis Armstrong's "Hello, Dolly" I have photos of this but they refuse to upload. And for reasons I don't understand, this banjo is in rather poor shape. I've just uploaded the photos to my album on my homepage if you would like to see them. They were floating around on the web so I don't know if there is a copyright or not. If so, I apologize.... Hugs....

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Edited by - Nymphadora on 07/24/2010 08:26:27

R Buck - Posted - 07/24/2010:  08:38:17

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Walk Right In
Winchester Cathedral
Rocky Top (I heard it everywhere still do)
In the Summertime, by Mungo Jerry (or was that a little later?)

Frisco Fred - Posted - 07/24/2010:  08:38:57

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Nymphadora, you're a trip and a half.

Jim D and OTJohn, I knew I'd get corrected...I remember the movie "Tom Duley" Ex Rebel soldiers, roaming around. Was it Bruce Dern who played the bad guy?

Nymphadora - Posted - 07/24/2010:  09:00:27

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"Walk Right In" had some really heavy 12 string in it, as well. That song was one of the reasons I bought my first 12 string. But I went electric, a white Burns/Baldwin...I still have it because it was my first electric guitar. Bought it in 1966. I had a crush on the banjo player in the New Christy Minstrels...he moved on to The Association. Hugs...

f5loar - Posted - 07/24/2010:  09:07:30

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To lazy to look it up but I recall FlattL&Scruggs had a top 40 hit with "Ballad of Jed Clampett" around 1963. It first aired on TV theme song in Sept 1962 and the show and the theme song quickly became a hit. I believe it influenced quite a few to start picking the banjo too!

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Edited by - f5loar on 07/24/2010 09:11:04

Paul R - Posted - 07/24/2010:  09:19:57

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Originally posted by Nymphadora

"Walk Right In" had some really heavy 12 string in it, as well. That song was one of the reasons I bought my first 12 string. But I went electric, a white Burns/Baldwin...I still have it because it was my first electric guitar. Bought it in 1966.

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I think a lot of people bought 12-strings because of that song. My electric 12 is a '68 Gibson 335. The Hollies may have used a Burns electric 12.

But they did use banjo on "Stop, Stop, Stop", 1966. A great vocal group and very creative.

Nymphadora - Posted - 07/24/2010:  11:47:02

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WOW...a 335 12 string... Do you still have it? What colour? Inlays...dot or block? What a carrot to dangle in front of me!! (pant, pant...) Hugs....

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Edited by - Nymphadora on 07/24/2010 11:48:31

eagleisland - Posted - 07/24/2010:  12:08:25

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One great one not mentioned yet: "Flowers On the Wall" by the Statler Brothers - released in September '65. Made it to number 2 on the country chart and number 4 on the Hot 100.

YouTube vid of same: youtube.com/watch?v=AE6W1Y25sZ...e=related

Banjo is quite prominent in the mix.

On edit: if anyone knows who played banjo on that tune, I'd love to know! The Bobby Thompson web page indicates that he recorded with them.. is that him playing on this tune?

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Edited by - eagleisland on 07/24/2010 13:00:44

Deaf Lester Crawdad - Posted - 07/24/2010:  14:25:34

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Dunno about which '60s tunes used banjo originally, but I play clawhammer versions of "Memphis", "Secret Agent Man", the "James Bond Theme", "Live And Let Die", "Laura's Theme", "Norwegian Wood", "Help!", "She's Leaving Home", "El Paso", "Peggy Sue", "Moscow Nights", "My Love Don't Give Me Presents", "I Was Born Under A Wandering Star", and "Bony Maroni".

I *think* most of those are '60s material, but since I was actually *there* during the '60s there are certain portions of it that I don't remember portions of it.

~Pete

Frisco Fred - Posted - 07/24/2010:  15:01:04

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Originally posted by Deaf Lester Crawdad

Dunno about which '60s tunes used banjo originally, but I play clawhammer versions of "Memphis", "Secret Agent Man", the "James Bond Theme", "Live And Let Die", "Laura's Theme", "Norwegian Wood", "Help!", "She's Leaving Home", "El Paso", "Peggy Sue", "Moscow Nights", "My Love Don't Give Me Presents", "I Was Born Under A Wandering Star", and "Bony Maroni".

I *think* most of those are '60s material, but since I was actually *there* during the '60s there are certain portions of it that I don't remember portions of it.

~Pete

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Norwegian Wood sounds like a clawhammer banjo tune, wasn't the orginal done on a sitar(sp?)

It's when I do Boni Maroni in my head, some kind of "Soul Train" sound comes out.

BrittDLD1 - Posted - 07/24/2010:  15:10:20

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1963 "Washington Square" by the Village Stompers

youtube.com/watch?v=txYN_eTOrx0


1965 Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter
by Herman's Hermits

s0.ilike.com/play#Herman%27s+H...08e5b1931

Best-
Ed Britt

Nymphadora - Posted - 07/24/2010:  15:21:02

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Yes, Norwegian Wood was played on sitar by George Harrison. He had come across one while filming "Help" and fell in love with the instrument. There was a scene where an Indian band was playing "A Hard Days Night" on sitars. "Mrs Brown" was not a banjo, I'm pretty sure that was a Gretsch Country Gentleman with the mute cranked up against the strings. The Hermits had one...everyone seems to have had one. George Harrison went through several of them. Hugs...

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Edited by - Nymphadora on 07/24/2010 15:27:22

Frisco Fred - Posted - 07/24/2010:  16:44:55

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Washington Square...Plectrum banjo

I'm listening to it as I write this and I keeping beat with the song.

That's aso one of my motivators to start banjo (previous thread)

Thanks

Nymphadora - Posted - 07/24/2010:  17:33:50

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This one also motivated me to learn banjo. This and "Midnight in Moscow"...or is it "Moscow Nights"? I don't remember the real name...it has a Russian title that I don't think has Moscow or night in the title. It's amazing what I can remember, and what I can't. Hugs....

Paul R - Posted - 07/24/2010:  18:31:51

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Originally posted by Nymphadora

WOW...a 335 12 string... Do you still have it? What colour? Inlays...dot or block? What a carrot to dangle in front of me!! (pant, pant...) Hugs....

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Yes. Red (gotten darker over the years). Block inlays. Typical Gibson neck: six-string spacing, same as on my LPC, not the easiest thing to play. I finally found a hard-shell case that fits.

A friend had a 12-string Firebird (!). We loaned our 12-strings out for a (bleah!) Bay City Rollers session at Nimbus 9 studios in T.O.

I had it in my classroom after it was returned and one of the grade five girls came in at recess, "Where is it? Where is it?! ... Oooh! .. oooh!"

Nymphadora - Posted - 07/24/2010:  20:46:19

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I almost bought a baby blue Firebird 12 string. I really should have..... I still want one. Maybe I'll build one. I've never built an electric 12. Sigh.... Hugs....

Jim D - Posted - 07/24/2010:  21:01:52

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I thought Moscow Nights featured a bouzouki.

Nymphadora - Posted - 07/25/2010:  04:31:54

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I 'd never thought about it before, Jim D, but you could be right... it makes sense. I assumed since it sounded Dixieland that it was a tenor or plectrum banjo. But since there was so much tremolo picking it could very well have been a bouzouki. I saw Roy Clark play it tremolo style on a walnut 335 or Gretsch. I was too busy watching his fingers to ever make it to the headstock. I was in the 2nd row. The man is incredible. He would smile and stare straight out at the audience and play some rapid fire lead work like it was nothing. I think on Hee Haw once he even played a trumpet, but I could be wrong. Hugs...

ome - Posted - 07/25/2010:  04:47:33

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"Sweet City Woman." by the Stampeders. Had a tenor banjo strumming all the way through, plus alot fo glisses. Cheers Ray.

ramjo - Posted - 07/25/2010:  06:48:04

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Originally posted by Nymphadora

"Mrs Brown" was not a banjo, I'm pretty sure that was a Gretsch Country Gentleman with the mute cranked up against the strings. The Hermits had one...everyone seems to have had one. George Harrison went through several of them. Hugs...

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Yeah, I remember seeing the Hermits on the Ed Sullivan Show--a handkerchief stuffed behind the strings of the guitar. I remember it as a Strat, but in this clip it looks like a Rickenbacker. youtube.com/watch?v=lv8k0VI9tBc

I wonder if the studio recording really was a banjo and if the banjo was too uncool to have on stage.

Frisco Fred - Posted - 07/25/2010:  10:34:33

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Was Buffalo Springfield the 60's of 70's

Nymphadora - Posted - 07/25/2010:  12:02:23

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Buffalo Springfield was 1966-68. Herman's Hermits: I never noticed the handkerchief hanging out of the Rick. Here is a version with the type Gretsch that had the rubber mutes, but this particular one does not. youtube.com/watch?v=Gru4wmRVV7...e=related (muffed up audio, though)They were an option that few wanted UNLESS you wanted to play "Mrs Brown". When we played it I simply palm muted the whole song on my electric 12 string...it never occured to me just to stuff a cloth under the strings. Had I seen the other video I would have. I had to photograph Peter Noone (Herman) for an underground newspaper...he's adorable!! Hugs...

stanger - Posted - 07/25/2010:  14:40:30

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In no particular order:

Lazy,Crazy,Hazy Days of Summer (one of Nat King Cole's last hits) used a tenor throughout, ca. 1963.

Banana Boat Song by the Tarriers
(a founding member was the actor Alan Arkin, who sang lead on this song)

Pay Me My Money Down by the Tarriers

MTA by the Kingston Trio

Reverend Mr. Black by the Kingston Trio

Brown Mountain Light by the Kingston Trio

Midnight Special by the Limelighters

Roving Gambler by the Brothers Four

Risin' of the Moon by the Clancy Bros. and Tommy Makem

Michael Row the Boat Ashore by the Highwaymen

A Mighty Day by the Chad Mitchell Trio

John Birch Society by the Chad Mitchell Trio
None of the trio played instruments. Jim (later Roger) McGuinn was their first accompanist, and others followed. John Denver, who replaced Mitchell, even though they kept Mitchell's name, was the first and only member who played an instrument.

Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton used a plectrum throughout
(I think QT John mixed it up with Sink The Bismarck, another Horton hit with no banjo.)

Gentle On My Mind by John Hartford

Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys

Not all of these made the Top 40, but all got substantial air play. FMB was a crossover hit from Country to Pop. And the expertise of the banjo playing varied widely, as did the type of banjo that was played.

....dang. You shouldn't have got me started....
regards,
stanger

Julian44_4 - Posted - 07/26/2010:  13:55:16

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Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night)
Lonnie Donegan 1961 no 5