(They Think We Live on Carrots) Down In Utah

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 1,033kb, uploaded 6/4/2017 8:44:33 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Down In Utah, from the playing of Cory Webster and friends. Played on Aluminum Flange banjo.

Banjitar sample 1

Written/Posted by Jonnycake White

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Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Chords strummed in 3/4 time

Banjitar sample 2

Written/Posted by Jonnycake White

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Chords strummed/picked in 4/4 time

Black Eyed Susie

Posted by Jonnycake White, written by Traditional, based on arrangement by Ralph Stanley

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Size: 786kb, uploaded 3/10/2024 1:15:19 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

This old standard is played clawhammer style on a banjo I built which features internal-to-the-rim head tensioning, an internal resonator, and a Helix-style laid up rim made from carob wood.

Boatman Dance

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 1,403kb, uploaded 4/9/2014 4:17:09 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Played on Aluminum pot with clear Remo head, nylon strings, 22.67 inch scale, tuned to Open Bb (same as open G capoed 3rd fret)

Boil 'em Cabbage Down

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 384kb, uploaded 2/4/2021 6:00:08 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Sound sample of banjo #062 Boil 'em Cabbage Down

Brighter Days In Store

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 3,069kb, uploaded 7/18/2016 10:16:43 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

This is a traditional Mormon song based on Stephen C. Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More." It is said to have been Brigham Young's favorite song. Performed by a string band I put together for a pioneer reenactment trek. Craig Carter, Gracie Metcalf on violin, Sarah Whitney on Mandolin and vocals, Spencer Merz on ukulele, and myself (Jon Whitney) on banjo and vocals.

Brighton Camp (The Gal I left Behind)

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 349kb, uploaded 1/27/2012 9:35:13 AM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Demo file of the steel-string, fretted, soda bottle PETE head, rectangular pot banjo I built

Buffalo Gals

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 1,296kb, uploaded 9/25/2008 9:04:48 PM
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A couple of verses of the famous minstrel tune, performed on one of my home-built minstrel banjos. Nylon strings, goatskin head. Key of G, standard tuning

Camptown Ladies/Cripple Creek

Posted by Jonnycake White, written by Stephen C. Foster/Unknown

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Size: 2,063kb, uploaded 8/27/2017 2:26:57 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Played on a minstrel banjo made from a Remo 10" hand drum. Fishing line strings.

Camptown Races

Posted by Jonnycake White, written by Stephen C. Foster

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Size: 636kb, uploaded 3/1/2011 9:03:38 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

The famous Stephen C. Foster song, played on a flush-fret nylon strung banjo of my own design and make (the Challenge banjo)

Camptown Races

Posted by Jonnycake White, written by Stephen C. Foster

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Size: 570kb, uploaded 7/31/2015 7:02:32 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Test sound of Bear Lake Banjo

Colored Aristocracy

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 1,102kb, uploaded 6/22/2019 3:49:09 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Sample of the Four Corners banjo, Open C tuning. Based on Josh Turknett's arrangement.

Cripple Creek

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 956kb, uploaded 3/20/2014 10:06:52 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Played on nylon strung (fishing line and weed eater line) PETE-headed (from food tray lid) Aluminum pot (from pressure cooker) banjo, 22.67" scale length, tuned cGCEg (open C in open G form)

Cripple Creek

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 769kb, uploaded 12/8/2010 10:04:22 PM
Genre: Folk / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Recorded on my newly built Kirtland banjo. Frailing style

Cripple Creek (aluminum banjo, remo head)

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 1,053kb, uploaded 4/9/2014 4:14:05 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

This is the same basic banjo as the other Cripple Creek, same tuning, (cGceg) after I put on a Remo Clear Ambassador drum head with tensioning hardware

Cripple Creek (Challenge flush-fret banjo)

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 647kb, uploaded 2/27/2011 10:00:37 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Cripple Creek/Flop Eared Mule

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 1,448kb, uploaded 12/3/2020 9:41:43 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Pretty bad playing, but this is a sound sample of the Songbird banjo built for my friend Kent.

Cripple Creek/Flop Eared Mule

Posted by Jonnycake White

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Size: 2,021kb, uploaded 6/6/2021 7:17:59 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Played on Aluminum Rim 5-string conversion banjo

Dixie's Land

Posted by Jonnycake White, written by Dan Emmett

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Size: 736kb, uploaded 3/14/2012 2:40:26 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Dixe, played in Double D tuning (like Double C but up one step). Played on my #2 backpacking banjo, aluminum rim, Yellowstone head, nylon strings, 24.5 scale length