Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways

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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.

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101	Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl / Cripple Creek / Ida Red / Old Joe Clark	Pete Seeger	2:38
102	Banging Breakdown	Hobart Smith	1:21
103	Johnson Boys	Frank Proffitt	1:44
104	Peachbottom Creek	Wade Ward	1:27
105	Coo Coo	Dink Roberts	2:14
106	Josh Thomas’s Roustabout	Mike Seeger	2:40
107	Jaw Bone	Willie Chapman	0:55
108	Bright Sunny South	Dock Boggs	3:40
109	Coal Creek March	Pete Steele	1:55
110	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	Josh Thomas	3:40
111	Walk Light Ladies	Rufus Crisp	1:32
112	Buck Creek Girls	Bill Cornett	1:03
113	Gut Bucket Blues	Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders	4:18
114	Skylark / Roaring Mary	Mick Moloney	3:27
115	St. Anne’s Reel / La Renfleuse Gorbeil	Ken Perlman	2:52
116	Smokey Mokes	Roger Sprung	2:23
117	Golden Bell Polka	A.L. Camp	2:29
118	Banjoland	Tony Trischka with Bill Evans	3:03
119	Sally Ann	Snuffy Jenkins	1:13
120	Lonesome Road Blues	Roni Stoneman	1:15
121	Fox Chase	Lee Sexton	0:59
122	Hop Along Lou	John Tyree	1:12
123	Cotton Eyed Joe	“Big Sweet” Lewis Hairston	1:27
124	Foggy Mountain Top	Ola Belle Reed	2:32
125	Rambling Hobo	Doc Watson	1:39
126	Old Rattler	John Snipes	2:50
127	Georgia Buck	Elizabeth Cotten	1:45
128	I Wish to the Lord I’d Never Been Born	Irvin Cook	3:10
129	Black Eye Susie	Roscoe Holcomb	1:28
130	Bluegrass Breakdown	Bill Keith with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys	3:09

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