Pow Wow (living room jam)

Posted by banjoy, written by Pete Wernick

- Play count: 144

Size: 3,526kb, uploaded 12/31/2011 1:37:15 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Recorded sometime in March 2011 in my living room, using Tyler's new Zoom recorder. For practice and educational use only. Our take on this cool tune by Pete Wernick. I'm sharing a few cool tunes you don't hear too much ... some fun listening just the same. For what it's worth, enjoy... I am playing my Nechville Athena banjo; Tyler is playing his Santa Cruz guitar.

PowWow (another version)

Posted by banjoy, written by Pete Wernick

- Play count: 244

Size: 3,656kb, uploaded 1/15/2012 11:32:42 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is another take on this cool tune. Recorded sometime in 2007 or 2008 by Kent Bilbry in Knoxville, TN. This started as me picking to a tick track, the I overdubbed a 2nd banjo part, then Kent went on and added some drums, and mandolin chops, and a little guitar I think. Enjoy

Prarie Queen (Queener Tapes)

Posted by banjoy

- Play count: 86

Size: 3,254kb, uploaded 12/2/2009 3:28:15 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Monroe Queener (dobro), D. Stout (bass), David Perkins (guitar), Frank Eastes (banjo). Recorded at practice 12/28/1990 in David Perkin's living room, Knoxville, TN. Practice Tape (c) Frank Eastes

Rebecca Lynn (band practice)

Posted by banjoy, written by Skip Ewing and Don Sampson

- Play count: 191

Size: 4,328kb, uploaded 1/8/2012 7:57:24 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is a beautiful song written by Skip Ewing and Don Sampson and recorded by Brian White. This was recorded in March 2011 at (now defunct) band practice. The lineup is: Me (on my custom top-tension banjo) and harmony vocal, Shane Lail on guitar and lead vocal, Keith Cole on upright bass, David Heavner on mandolin, and George Giddons on fiddle and harmony vocal. Enjoy!

Rebel Soldier (Queener Tapes 2)

Posted by banjoy, written by Charlie Moore

- Play count: 209

Size: 3,273kb, uploaded 10/17/2012 6:29:19 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Monroe Queener (dobro, harmony vocal), D. Stout (bass, harmony vocal), David Perkins (guitar, lead vocal), Frank Eastes (banjo, harmony). Recorded at practice January 1991 in David Perkin's living room, Knoxville, TN. Practice Tape (c) Frank Eastes

Red Haired Boy (two banjos)

Posted by banjoy

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- Play count: 255

Size: 1,617kb, uploaded 1/22/2022 11:16:29 AM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Just my quick take on this cool old fiddle tune. This is two banjos, one serving as a drone bagpipe-like rhythm backup ... tons of fun to play.

Redwood Hills (living room jam)

Posted by banjoy, written by Gordon Lightfoot

- Play count: 289

Size: 2,303kb, uploaded 1/31/2012 1:06:45 AM
Genre: Popular / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

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.

Remington Ride (relaxed living room jam)

Posted by banjoy, written by Herb Remington

- Play count: 237

Size: 5,033kb, uploaded 3/10/2012 10:26:04 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

I'm still dusting off some of these cool old jam session recordings... This is a cool pedal steel tune "Remington Ride" by Herb Remington ... and this is a realistic tempo too!! I promise I won't wear you guys out with these old recordings ... this is the last cut from this jam session I'm posting ... but a few of these have a real nice feel to them, and the feedback I've been getting has encouraged me to post a few more for that jam session... Recorded at a Knoxville, TN jam session 12-27-06 in Bob Holmes' living room on a digital recorder with pickers in a circle. Nice relaxed picking... Frank Eastes (banjo) Bob Holmes (guitar), Jim Lethgo (guitar), Marvin Gideon (mandolin) and Dennis Wilkerson (bass) ... thanks to Bob Holmes for the recording. We were all sitting in a circle with a digital recorder on the floor. The banjo is a little soft in the blend, I think the recorder was aimed away from the banjo LOL, but it's in there enough. In memory of Marvin Gideon

Right Before My Eyes (Queener Tapes 2)

Posted by banjoy

- Play count: 168

Size: 3,202kb, uploaded 10/18/2012 5:08:42 AM
Genre: Classical / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Monroe Queener (dobro, harmony vocal), D. Stout (bass, lead vocal), David Perkins (guitar, harmony), Frank Eastes (banjo, harmony). Recorded at practice January 1991 in David Perkin's living room, Knoxville, TN. Practice Tape (c) Frank Eastes

Rose Colored Glasses (jam session May 2, 2012)

Posted by banjoy, written by Kelly Rowland

- Play count: 249

Size: 3,949kb, uploaded 5/11/2012 5:20:30 PM
Genre: Country / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is a very cool tune by Kelly Rowland and made popular by John Conlee. It sure takes a banjo well... This was recorded at a living room jam session May 2, 2012. Me on banjo, Wes Wyatt on guitar and lead vocal, and my brother Kevin Eastes on bass. This is the last recording that I could get from that relaxed jam. I apologize in advance for the vocals. Us three have never sung together and my brother and Kevin and I sing in the same range, apparently, so we were both compensating ... but it does get better lol. I'm uploading it for the banjo anyway LOL. Kevin lives 3,500 miles away in Portland, OR, is a fantastic bass player, and it's always fun to make music with him. I wish he were closer. If I can get a better recoding of this tune in the future I'll post it too. For now, for what it's worth, enjoy :) We jammed for about 3 hours last week in Wes' living room. He recorded most of it, I think. I hope to post a few select cuts soon. We'll see...

Salt Creek (campfire picking Mar 13, 2021)

Posted by banjoy

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- Play count: 709

Size: 2,849kb, uploaded 3/14/2021 8:55:28 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

One of 17 cuts from some awesome campfire picking March 13, 2021 up in Ellenboro, NC. Last time I picked with the lead guitar picker was about 8 years ago, it's nice when things click like this. Frank Eastes (banjo) and Tyler Leonard (lead guitar).

Salt Creek (living room jam)

Posted by banjoy

- Play count: 436

Size: 3,248kb, uploaded 5/24/2011 12:22:45 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Recorded sometime early-mid April 2011 in Tyler's living room, with Tyler's Zoom recorder. For practice and educational use only. Frank Eastes on banjo. Tyler Balkind guitar and lead volcal.

Sanctuary [v2] (many banjos)

Posted by banjoy, written by Bela Fleck

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- Play count: 99

Size: 2,761kb, uploaded 1/23/2022 3:57:00 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

I uploaded this yesterday but was decided I could do better. This new version is cleaner overall and I added a bass line (banjo down 1 octave in post production)

Shadows

Posted by banjoy, written by Gordon Lightfoot

- Play count: 89

Size: 3,215kb, uploaded 4/5/2011 8:56:38 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Recorded Mar 29, 2011 in my living room, using Tyler's new Zoom recorder. For practice and educational use only. Our take on this cool song written by Gordon Lightfoot. This is based on Tony Rice's arrangement. As these are practice tracks, expect a few mistakes or occasional fumbling, and a little conversation going on too. We were laying these down one after another to learn each other's material. I'm sharing a few select tracks here which I think are cool takes on these tunes ... some fun listening just the same. For what it's worth, enjoy... I am playing my Nechville Athena banjo; Tyler is playing his Santa Cruz guitar.

Shadows (another cut)

Posted by banjoy, written by Gordon Lightfoot

- Play count: 211

Size: 4,527kb, uploaded 5/13/2012 9:32:34 PM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This was a treat to find on my hard drive. I've uploaded another version of this tune in the past, but this one is a nice relaxed cut of the tune by Gordon Lightfoot. Apparently we did more than one take on this tune, which I didn't remember until I found this again:) So I thought I'd share it here. This was recorded sometime between March and June 2011. Tyler Balkind on guitar and lead vocal, me on banjo.

Silver Wings (band practice 5-24-2012)

Posted by banjoy, written by Merle Haggard

- Play count: 219

Size: 3,262kb, uploaded 6/1/2012 4:30:51 AM
Genre: Country / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is a great tune by Merle Haggard, as don by our band "Fayssoux McLean and The Bluegrass Messengers" at band practice May 24, 2012. We were just sitting around a conference room table laying these down in one take each. Fayssoux McLean lead vocal and guitar; Wes Wyatt lead guitar; Steve Garret on bass and harmony vocal; Frank Eastes on banjo and harmony vocal. These folks are a true joy to play with. I hope you enjoy.

Sledd Ridin' (live gig)

Posted by banjoy, written by Dale Sledd and Sonny Osborne

- Play count: 381

Size: 2,928kb, uploaded 2/9/2012 3:07:03 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Wes Wyatt Band. This is our live rendition of this well-known tune by Dale Sledd and Sonny Osborne. Recorded at a live gig 8/7/09. Wes Watt (guitar) Frank Eastes (banjo) Bob Hinch (dobro) and Carroll Foster (bass). Thanks to the Country Jam, Blacksburg, SC for this recording.

Sledd Ridin' (Queener Tapes 2)

Posted by banjoy, written by Dale Sledd and Sonny Osborne

- Play count: 151

Size: 3,694kb, uploaded 10/26/2012 1:30:48 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Monroe Queener (dobro), D. Stout (bass), David Perkins (guitar), Frank Eastes (banjo). Recorded at practice January 1991 in David Perkin's living room, Knoxville, TN. Practice Tape (c) Frank Eastes

Slipstream (band practice)

Posted by banjoy, written by Béla Fleck

- Play count: 133

Size: 5,258kb, uploaded 1/8/2012 7:16:03 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is another Fleck tune I love. Now go easy on me. I had just purchased the tab a month before this recording (yeah I know, the tab came out 20 years go, I'm a little slow). I'm uploading two versions of this cool tune. This was recorded in March 2011. Unfortunately, this band split up before the first gig but we're all in contact with each other and there is always talk.... The lineup is: Me (on my custom top-tension banjo), Shane Lail on guitar, Keith Cole on upright bass. David Heavner on mandolin, and George (cannot remember last name) on fiddle. Also check out the living room version I've uploaded... Enjoy!

Slipstream (living room picking)

Posted by banjoy, written by Béla Fleck

- Play count: 171

Size: 4,757kb, uploaded 1/8/2012 7:09:35 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

This is another Fleck tune I love. Now go easy on me. I had just purchased the tab a month or two before this recording (yeah I know, the tab came out 20 years go, I'm a little slow). I'm uploading two versions of this cool tune. In this version I completely butcher the 2nd break but hey, the tune must go on LOL. This was recorded in April 2011. Me with my Nechville Athena, and Tyler Balkind on his Santa Cruz dreadnought. It's funny how I'm trying to explain the ending to Tyler. I listen to it now and I'm confused hahahaha. Also check out the band practice version I've uploaded... Enjoy!