Classic Banjo From Smithsonian Folkways
Various Artists
Reviews
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2014-03-06
Reviewed 2014-03-06
1: 2:39 fast banjo Pete Seeger vocal
****2: 1:22 fast banjo, faster foot stomping percussion
3: 1:45 mid to faster, male vocal
4: 1:28 fast INSTRUMENTAL
5: 2:15 more like banjo noodling, male vocal/wail
6: 2:41 mid to faster banjo, male vocal
7: 0:56 fast INSTRUMENTAL
***8: 3:41 mid Tempo, male vocal, simple, great banjo picking
***9: 1:56 fast, spoken word intro then great banjo picking
***10: 3:41 mid T, male Blues vocal, nice Blues picking & strumming
***11: 1:32 mid to faster, INSTRUMENTAL, 7 sec fade at end
**12: 1:04 fast, short spoken word intro then fast picking & vocal
**13: 4:19 mid T, low banjo with piano, clarinet, trumpet, New Orleans sound
****14: 3:28 fast, banjo, fiddle, guitar & pipes, nice foot stomper
****15: 2:52 mid T, clawhammer technique, crystal clear complex playing
16: 2:24 fast banjo, bass, mandolin, guitar & drums
17: 2:29 mid T, pre folk/banjo revival of the 1960's, a polka
18: 3:03 slow, a percussive style of playing
19: 1:13 fast, the person who influenced Earl Scruggs and his style of playing
20: 1:15 fast, by the "first lady of banjo"
***21: 1:00 very fast, "Fox Chase"
22: 1:13 fast, a square dance, fine picking & strumming, some talk at end
23: 1:27 mid to faster, banjo with vocal
***24: 2:32 mid T, female vocal
25: 1:40 fast, first banjo tune Doc Watson learned in 1934
****26: 2:50 fast, vocal & banjo, WOW!
27: 1:46 fast, Elizabeth Cotten banjo & vocal
***28: 3:11 mid to faster, banjo, vocal with fiddle sounding like a locomotive
***29: 1:29 very, very fast, banjo & vocal
****30: 3:09 very fast, banjo & vocal from the founder of Bluegrass music Bill Monroe (mandolin), banjo, fiddle & bass
****2: 1:22 fast banjo, faster foot stomping percussion
3: 1:45 mid to faster, male vocal
4: 1:28 fast INSTRUMENTAL
5: 2:15 more like banjo noodling, male vocal/wail
6: 2:41 mid to faster banjo, male vocal
7: 0:56 fast INSTRUMENTAL
***8: 3:41 mid Tempo, male vocal, simple, great banjo picking
***9: 1:56 fast, spoken word intro then great banjo picking
***10: 3:41 mid T, male Blues vocal, nice Blues picking & strumming
***11: 1:32 mid to faster, INSTRUMENTAL, 7 sec fade at end
**12: 1:04 fast, short spoken word intro then fast picking & vocal
**13: 4:19 mid T, low banjo with piano, clarinet, trumpet, New Orleans sound
****14: 3:28 fast, banjo, fiddle, guitar & pipes, nice foot stomper
****15: 2:52 mid T, clawhammer technique, crystal clear complex playing
16: 2:24 fast banjo, bass, mandolin, guitar & drums
17: 2:29 mid T, pre folk/banjo revival of the 1960's, a polka
18: 3:03 slow, a percussive style of playing
19: 1:13 fast, the person who influenced Earl Scruggs and his style of playing
20: 1:15 fast, by the "first lady of banjo"
***21: 1:00 very fast, "Fox Chase"
22: 1:13 fast, a square dance, fine picking & strumming, some talk at end
23: 1:27 mid to faster, banjo with vocal
***24: 2:32 mid T, female vocal
25: 1:40 fast, first banjo tune Doc Watson learned in 1934
****26: 2:50 fast, vocal & banjo, WOW!
27: 1:46 fast, Elizabeth Cotten banjo & vocal
***28: 3:11 mid to faster, banjo, vocal with fiddle sounding like a locomotive
***29: 1:29 very, very fast, banjo & vocal
****30: 3:09 very fast, banjo & vocal from the founder of Bluegrass music Bill Monroe (mandolin), banjo, fiddle & bass
Recent airplay
Georgia Buck, Foggy Mountain Top
Traditions — Mar 30, 2023
Bluegrass Breakdown
The Iron Skillet — Jan 21, 2023
Bluegrass Breakdown, Black Eye Susie, I Wish To The Lord I'd Never Been Born, Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl/Cripple Creek/Ida Red/Old Joe Clark, Georgia Buck, Coal Creek March, Bright Sunny South, Peachbottom Creek, Johnson Boys, Banging Breakdown
Traditions — Nov 19, 2021
St. Anne's Reel/La Renfleuse Gorbeil
That's Not Bluegrass (rebroadcast from Mar 16, 2014) — Aug 08, 2021
Johnson Boys, Banging Breakdown
Traditions — Jun 01, 2018
Coo Coo
BravoMarco Variety Show — May 03, 2014
Charting
2014-03-07 — 2014-05-09
Country/Bluegrass
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 4 | 2 |
| Apr 27 | 2 |
| Apr 20 | 3 |
| Apr 13 | 2 |
| Apr 6 | 1 |
| Mar 30 | 2 |
| Mar 23 | 1 |
| Mar 16 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl/Cripple Creek/Ida Red/Old Joe Clark | ||
| 2. | Banging Breakdown | ||
| 3. | Johnson Boys | ||
| 4. | Peachbottom Creek | ||
| 5. | Coo Coo | ||
| 6. | Josh Thomas's Roustabout | ||
| 7. | Jaw Bone | ||
| 8. | Bright Sunny South | ||
| 9. | Coal Creek March | ||
| 10. | Mississippi Heavy Water Blues | ||
| 11. | Walk Light Ladies | ||
| 12. | Buck Creek Girls | ||
| 13. | Gut Bucket Blues | ||
| 14. | Skylark | ||
| 15. | St. Anne's Reel/La Renfleuse Gorbeil | ||
| 16. | Smokey Mokes | ||
| 17. | Golden Bell Polka | ||
| 18. | Banjoland | ||
| 19. | Sally Ann | ||
| 20. | Lonesome Road Blues | ||
| 21. | Fox Chase | ||
| 22. | Hop Along Lou | ||
| 23. | Cotton Eyed Joe | ||
| 24. | Foggy Mountain Top | ||
| 25. | Rambling Hobo | ||
| 26. | Old Rattler | ||
| 27. | Georgia Buck | ||
| 28. | I Wish To The Lord I'd Never Been Born | ||
| 29. | Black Eye Susie | ||
| 30. | Bluegrass Breakdown |