Earl's breakdown

Posted by Banjophobic, written by Earl Scruggs

[download]  

- Play count: 1359

Size: 3,319kb, uploaded 7/26/2012 8:13:18 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

My quick version for this 'post-athon' thread.

EMD

Posted by Banjophobic, written by David Grisman

- Play count: 224

Size: 3,446kb, uploaded 3/16/2014 9:04:25 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Other

Our live cover at the house gig we play once a month....

Follow The Leader

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 862

Size: 1,399kb, uploaded 3/16/2007 4:21:34 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Great Old Reno Tune. He was/is the MAN. Hope he doesnt mind me playing it in F tuning and a little swingy.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 3214

Size: 2,599kb, uploaded 12/7/2010 7:55:45 PM
Genre: Jazz / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

My swingy, bluesy version of the old standby. I guess its now "rest YE Funky Bluesy Dudes" Lol.

Got To Be Wrong To Be Right

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 592

Size: 7,151kb, uploaded 4/13/2007 11:42:54 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

A session done with Tennessee Jed and his album of originals. I tried to channel some Marley banjo here,haha

He's Alive

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 1336

Size: 5,128kb, uploaded 9/23/2009 8:34:23 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Here's a cut from a local mandolin players solo CD. I played Dobro and Banjo on a few cuts. Here's a cut with my old Flathead. She sounds great and Westley Easter is the man with mic placement. I think Darrel Webb and Junior Sisk were on vocals with Brad Wood singing lead (he's the CD owner). Cant remeber who sang bass.

Hey Good Looking

Posted by Banjophobic, written by Hank Wiliams Sr

[download]  

- Play count: 286

Size: 2,945kb, uploaded 11/7/2016 4:52:34 PM
Genre: Country / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

for a BHO thread about using Scruggs picking on other genres.

Hot Burrito Breakdown

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 744

Size: 5,115kb, uploaded 1/12/2008 4:45:14 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

I uncovered this while cleaning out some saved mp3s. This was from a live recording of a now defunct party/fusion band I played with for local club stuff a few years ago. This was recorded, I think, in 2006. The group was called the

James Brown Medley

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 349

Size: 9,269kb, uploaded 1/12/2008 5:10:19 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Another live cut from a club gig in 2006. The Group is the now Defunct "Not Brothers" band. We loved to do Mr Brown's stuff

Johnboys Blues

Written/Posted by Banjophobic

- Play count: 353

Size: 2,058kb, uploaded 1/12/2016 5:28:38 PM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Other

Just some blues on my banjo, for a thread in the other playing styles section of the BHO.

Jomeokee

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 191

Size: 4,777kb, uploaded 7/9/2010 11:32:14 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Another original from an older Cd."Fiddle and Banjo". Glen Alexander on fiddle. I named this after a local Indian landmark..otherwise known to the white man as "Pilot Mountain". Ther are a few bad note chioces in the banjo second break, but we did this whole albulm live with one take only, so as long as it didnt ruin the whole performance, we left it all in there.

Last Dance With Mary Jane

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 1743

Size: 3,903kb, uploaded 4/3/2010 6:05:32 PM
Genre: Rock / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Atomic Roots, an acoustic rock band I play with from time to time. This is our cover of the Tom Petty classic.

Little Rock Getaway

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 1515

Size: 3,319kb, uploaded 2/25/2007 1:42:51 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

From the

Little Sadie

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 291

Size: 5,163kb, uploaded 7/26/2012 11:50:31 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Other

My version for a post-athon thread. This is in Dminor tuning. All i added was some reverb and an echo effect at the end.

Mary Did You Know

Posted by Banjophobic, written by Lowery/Greene

[download]  

- Play count: 2192

Size: 7,818kb, uploaded 12/18/2011 6:02:22 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

A version I thought up this week before Christmas. I used two banjo tracks, one rhythm banjo and one lead, using a homemade mute. I like the staccato effect on the banjos. John Kuhn (aka the Kidd) added some bass, synth string sounds and a conga. You can tell how much I love flamenco guitar, and it somehow wound up influencing this, in my banjo version. This is a great song and i hope my version doesn't detract from it.

Midnight Moonlight

Posted by Banjophobic, written by Peter Rowan

- Play count: 333

Size: 6,346kb, uploaded 6/25/2013 9:56:55 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Other

Rain Check's cover of the Rowan tune. This was recorded live at radio station WPAQ this winter. I loaded the WAV form the recorded broadcast and did some cleaning up, EQing and other mastering things on my Audition software, just to see how much I could improve the mix and sound quality. It made quite a difference.

Milk Truck

Posted by Banjophobic, written by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

- Play count: 147

Size: 4,923kb, uploaded 2/11/2013 11:03:20 AM
Genre: Popular / Playing Style: Other

Our cover of an older Nitty Gritty dirt Band tune from the late 70's. WARNING: no banjo content...lol (resonator guitar)

Night Riders Lament

Posted by Banjophobic, written by Michael Burton

- Play count: 163

Size: 4,103kb, uploaded 10/23/2014 9:47:15 AM
Genre: Folk / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is a cut from a recent session job. The singer is Dave Kyle, from California. I was unfamiliar with this tune but I liked it as song as I heard it. I used my 1985 GF-100 GoldStar on this job.

Nobody's Love Is Like Mine

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 969

Size: 2,221kb, uploaded 3/19/2007 10:58:12 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

The other recording of a session job with a GF 85 that I used to own. This and "Nobody's Love" is all that I have of recordings of this banjo

Oh Tannenbaum

Posted by Banjophobic

[download]  

- Play count: 2201

Size: 4,386kb, uploaded 12/19/2010 12:33:55 PM
Genre: Jazz / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Heres my banjo take on the Christmas favorite. I've always loved Vince Guaraldi's version that was featured in Charlie Browns Christmas cartoon. This one has 5 banjos and I used a Keyboard cleaning brush, on the banjo head, to get the brushed sounds from the original recording,haha. Add a bass banjo track with the tuning dropped 3 whole steps and you get a pretty nice sounding bass string,haha. This was a fun project .