Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways

The banjo is a “bigger than life” instrument, a symbol of deep southern American heritage. At the same time, beneath its veneer of old-time icon, the story of the banjo is one of enormous creativity and adaptation to many musical traditions around the world - from Africa, to the Caribbean, to North America, to Europe, and beyond. In Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways, banjo connoisseurs Greg Adams and Jeff Place cull 30 gems of banjo artistry from more than 300 albums in the Folkways collections, offering a gateway into the deep and varied veins of banjo history. 64 minutes, 44-page booklet with extensive notes and photos.This is the 22nd release in the Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series.

Track Listing

101	Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl / Cripple Creek / Ida Red / Old Joe Clark	Pete Seeger	02:38
102	Banging Breakdown	Hobart Smith	01:21
103	Johnson Boys	Frank Proffitt	01:44
104	Peachbottom Creek	Wade Ward	01:27
105	Coo Coo	Dink Roberts	02:14
106	Josh Thomas’s Roustabout	Mike Seeger	02:40
107	Jaw Bone	Willie Chapman	00:55
108	Bright Sunny South	Dock Boggs	03:40
109	Coal Creek March	Pete Steele	01:55
110	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	Josh Thomas	03:40
111	Walk Light Ladies	Rufus Crisp	01:32
112	Buck Creek Girls	Bill Cornett	01:03
113	Gut Bucket Blues	Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders	04:18
114	Skylark / Roaring Mary	Mick Moloney	03:27
115	St. Anne’s Reel / La Renfleuse Gorbeil	Ken Perlman	02:52
116	Smokey Mokes	Roger Sprung	02:23
117	Golden Bell Polka	A.L. Camp	02:29
118	Banjoland	Tony Trischka with Bill Evans	03:03
119	Sally Ann	Snuffy Jenkins	01:13
120	Lonesome Road Blues	Roni Stoneman	01:15
121	Fox Chase	Lee Sexton	00:59
122	Hop Along Lou	John Tyree	01:12
123	Cotton Eyed Joe	“Big Sweet” Lewis Hairston	01:27
124	Foggy Mountain Top	Ola Belle Reed	02:32
125	Rambling Hobo	Doc Watson	01:39
126	Old Rattler	John Snipes	02:50
127	Georgia Buck	Elizabeth Cotten	01:45
128	I Wish to the Lord I’d Never Been Born	Irvin Cook	03:10
129	Black Eye Susie	Roscoe Holcomb	01:28
130	Bluegrass Breakdown	Bill Keith with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys	03:09