Track Listing

1. Devil's Dream
2. Tally Ho!
3. Boatin' up Sandy - Earl Thomas
4. Granny Went to Meeting With Her Old Shoes On - Earl Thomas
5. John Hardy - Buell Kazee
6. Roll on Buddy, Roll On - Paul Smith
7. Rippling Water - Paul Smith
8. Down the River, Oh Yes
9. Red Lick - Travis Wells
10. Walking in the Parlor - Vernon Judd, Zora Judd, Travis Wells
11. Wild Bill Jones - Dora Mae Wagers
12. Heathen Ridge Stomp: Mama's Breakdown
13. Hot Corn
14. Swannanoa Mountain - Roscoe Holcomb
15. Black Eyed Susie - Roscoe Holcomb
16. Forked Deer - Earl Thomas
17. Little Boy Working on the Road - Razor Wolfinbarger
18. Johnny Inch Along - Razor Wolfinbarger
19. Stack-O-Lee
20. Sugar in the Gourd
21. Lonesome Road Blues
22. Cripple Creek: Susanna - Hobert Bowling
23. John Henry - Roscoe Holcomb
24. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum - John Kinman
25. Home Sweet Home
26. Rocky Mountain Goat - Travis Wells
27. Everybody's Favorite - Travis Wells
28. Sourwood Mountain
29. Darker the Night - Paul Smith
30. Soldier's Joy - Jim Gaskin, Buell Kazee, Asa Martin
31. Blind Man's Lament - Buell Kazee
32. Callahan - Travis Wells
33. Young Edward - Dora Mae Wagers
34. Turkey in the Straw - J.P. Fraley,
35. Hawk's Got a Chicken and Gone - Vernon Judd, Zora Judd, Asa Martin
36. Chicken Reel - Earl Thomas
37. State Rock - Earl Thomas
38. Fun's All Over - J.P. Fraley,

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #263522 in Music
• Released on: 1999-03-23
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

A Must Have Collection!
This is my all time favourite collection of banjo music. It features some really sweet sounding banjo. A few different playing styles are used by the various musicians, such as rapping or knocking, otherwise known as clawhammer, two and three finger styles and 'guitar style'. Standout performances by Earl Thomas, Blanche Coldiron, Bert Garvin, Travis Wells and Vernon and Zora Judd make this an album that all Banjo players should hear. Other recommendations are the North Carolina Banjo Collection and for those interested in historic recordings, Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virgina.

OLD TIME YES, CLAWHAMMER STYLE LESS THAN 50%
The clawhammer style of playing banjo is associated with Old Time music, but this is not a totally clawhammer style recording. this is not knocking the recording, it's filled with very good tunes and performances; but if you are looking for an all clawhammer style recording, keep looking. i'd say less than 50% of the tunes are played in clawhammer. there are a lot of two and three finger style represented here as well. a recommendation for a great all clawhammer style recording try Bob Carlin's Bangin' & Sawin'.

This is a great album
If you like old-time banjo, get this one. It's the best banjo album I own.
There are lots of songs and they're almost all great.
My particular favorites are Blanche Coldiron's "Lonesome Road Blues" and Roscoe Holcomb's "Swannona Mountain."