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18 Jul 04 - 06:28 PM (#1228462) Subject: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Once Famous I actually hope that this does not get relegated to the BS section and I don't know if this has been done before. Somewhat further to the defense of the banjo, I would like to start a list of what the most well known recorded songs featuring a banjo (any type) are. Now, my ground rules, when I say "well-known" in the most general sense. It was a hit or had somewhat decent popular air play. So please, no songs from self-produced CDs or by someone who is only known in small circles. I also believe, that with very few exceptions, none have been recorded by British artists. One that has banjo on it that does come to mind, is "Squeezebox" by The Who. This list I am sure is not endless, so please limit your songs to three and give someone else a chance or two before you add more. With the aforementioned Who song, I will add: Foggy Mountain Breakdown The MTA |
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18 Jul 04 - 07:05 PM (#1228488) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Mark Clark In my experience there are only two banjo numbers any general audience knows well enough to request by name. One is Dueling Banjos and the other one isn't. Actually, the other one, already listed by Martin is usually requested as “that Bonnie and Clyde tune” or some variation of that. - Mark |
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18 Jul 04 - 07:29 PM (#1228500) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: McGrath of Harlow Banjo's greatest hiy? Undoubtedly Waltzing Matilda. |
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18 Jul 04 - 08:38 PM (#1228561) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Once Famous Not necessarily songs people would request that a banjo is famous for, but songs that are/were well knowned where a banjo was used. One more: Washington Square Bsp. Bsp. Waltzing Matilda is disqualified. |
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19 Jul 04 - 04:20 AM (#1228771) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Big Al Whittle Misty by Ray Stevens |
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19 Jul 04 - 04:21 AM (#1228773) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Big Al Whittle 7 drunken nights the Dubliners |
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19 Jul 04 - 04:26 AM (#1228776) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,SHANNON LEDFORD SWANEE RIVER, DUELING BANJO'S, Keep On The Sunny Side, I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow, In The Highways (I'll Be Somewhere Working For My Lord), I Am Weary (Let Me Rest), The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby, Down To The River To Pray, I'll Fly Away,In The Jailhouse Now, You Are My Sunshine,Angel Band,When You Come Back Down Out Of The Woods Ode To A Butterfly The Lighthouse's Tale In The House Of Tom Bombadil Reasons Why Sweet Afton The Hand Song Robin And Marian The Fox Pastures New Cuckoo's Nest (ALSO THE DIXIE CHICKS SONGS USUALLY ARE WITH BANJO) Spit On A Stranger Speak Young Hanging By A Thread I Should've Known Better Smoothie Song This Side Green And Gray Seven Wonders House Carpenter Beauty And The Mess Brand New Sidewalk Sabra Girl Ballad Of Jed Clampett Before I Met You Columbus Stockade Blues Hey, Good Lookin' I Saw The Light I'll Fly Away I've Just Seen A Face Milwaukee, Here I Come Mountain Dew Oh, Lonesome Me Rocky Top Tennessee This Land Is Your Land Tom Dooley Wabash Cannonball Will The Circle Be UnbrokenOn The Banks Of The Wabash, Far Away You're A Star Alouette Amazing Grace America, The Beautiful Angels We Have Heard On High Arkansas Traveler (Go Tell Aunt Rhody) The Ole Grey Goose Is Dead Away In A Manger Banks Of The Ohio Barbara Allen Battle Hymn Of The Republic Beautiful Brown Eyes A Bicycle Built For Two (Daisy Bell) Bill Grogan's Goat Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Niles) Blood On The Saddle Blow The Man Down The Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn) Boil Them Cabbage Down Bringing In The Sheaves Buffalo Gals (Won't You Come Out Tonight?) Careless Love Cielito Lindo (My Pretty Darling) Cindy (Oh, My Darling) Clementine Columbus Stockade Blues Comin' Through The Rye Corrina Cotton Eyed Joe The Crawdad Song Cripple Creek Deck The Hall (I Wish I Was In) Dixie Down In The Valley Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill The Drunken Sailor Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen (You, You Weigh On My Heart) The First Noel The Foggy, Foggy Dew For He's A Jolly Good Fellow Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) Frog Went A-Courtin' Give Me That Old Time Religion Go, Tell It On The Mountain God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Goodbye, Old Paint Good King Wenceslas Good Night Ladies Grandfather's Clock Great Speckled Bird The Grey Goose Greensleeves Hallelujah, I'm A Bum Hand Me Down My Walking Cane Hard, Ain't It Hard Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Hava Nagilah He's Got The Whole World In His Hands Here We Come A-Wassailing House Of The Rising Sun I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song) I Ride An Old Paint I Saw Three Ships I Was Born About 10,000 Years I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen I'm A Pilgrim I've Been Working On The Railroad In The Evening By The Moonlight In The Good Old Summertime Jacob's Ladder Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair Jingle Bells John Henry Joy To The World Just A Closer Walk With Thee Kum Ba Yah Li'l Liza Jane (Go Li'l Liza) Listen To The Mocking Bird Little Brown Jug Little Maggie Loch Lomond (Deis) Lonesome Valley Mama Don't Low Michael Row The Boat Ashore The Midnight Special Molly Malone (Cockles & Mussels) My Old Kentucky Home My Wild Irish Rose Nelly Bly Nine Pound Hammer The Ninety And Nine Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) O Little Town Of Bethlehem Oh! Susanna Old Dog Tray Old Folks At Home (Swanee River) The Old Gray Mare Old Joe Clark Old MacDonald Old Ship Of Zion On Top Of Old Smoky Onward, Christian Soldiers Pick A Bale O' Cotton (Ledbetter) Polly Wolly Doodle The Red River Valley Revive Us Again Rock-A-My Soul Rock Island Line Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms Sally In Our Alley Salty Dog Blues Santa Lucia Scarborough Fair The Seven Blessings Of Mary Shalom Chaveyrim (Shalom Friends) She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain Shenandoah (Dougherty) Silent Night Sinner Man Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Saint James Infirmary Steal Away Stewball Strawberry Roan Streets Of Laredo Sweet Betsy From Pike Sweet Beulah Land Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Take This Hammer Things About Comin My Way This Old Man This Train Three Blind Mice Tom Dooley The Twelve Days Of Christmas Wabash Cannonball Wayfaring Stranger We Wish You A Merry Christmas Were You There? What A Friend We Have In Jesus What Child Is This? When The Saints Go Marching In Who's Gonna Shoe Your Feet Worried Man Blues Yankee Doodle Git Along, Little Dogies Zum Gali Gali Old Blue Railroad Bill Wanderin' The Colorado Trail Down In The Willow Garden Sally Goodin Candy Man Blues Get On Board, Little Children Can The Circle Be Unbroken Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Devilish Mary The Foggy Dew Mi Y'malel Suliram (Go To Sleep) Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser! (Come And Dance With Me) Horse Named Bill, A Bowling Green Brigham Young Chewing Gum Cumberland Gap Darlin' Corey Gee, But I Want To Go Home Ground Hog He Was A Friend Of Mine(Dylan B) Ida Red In The Pines I'm Going Down Road Feeling Bad Kentucky Bootlegger My Home Across Smokey Mtns. Muskrat Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie Old Rattler Shalom Aleychem Sweet Evelina Take A Whiff On Me Devil And The Farmer's Wife Dreary Black Hills The Eyes Of Texas Titanic Times Are Getting Hard Ragupati Ragava Rajah Ram South Australia Sowing On The Mountain Streets Of Glory Walk In Jerusalem, Just Like John Chanuke, O Chanuke Camptown Races Londonderry Air Home On The Range Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow All The Good Times Are Past And Gone Amazing Grace Angel Band Ballad Of Jed Clampett Banks Of The Ohio (A) Beautiful Life Before I Met You Big Ball In Boston Blue Ridge Mountain Blues (The) Bluebirds Are Singing For Me Bluegrass Express Bound To Ride Brand New Shoes Bringing Mary Home Bury Me Beneath The Willow (The Children Are Crying And) Calling Your Name Close By Columbus Stockade Blues Daddy Sang Bass Dark Hollow Darling Corey Detroit City Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky Down In the Willow Garden Down The Road Eating Out Of Your Hand Face Lost In The Crowd Fair And Tender Ladies Foggy Mountain Top Footprints In The Snow Fox On The Run Free Born Man Freight Train Give Me Your Hand Handsome Molly He Will Set Your Fields On Fire Heaven Hello City Limits Highway Of Regret Hot Corn, Cold Corn How Mountain Girls Can Love I'm A Pilgrim I Know You're Married But I Love You Still I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap If I Lose In The Pines (It's A Long Way) To The Top Of The World It's In My Mind To Ramble Jesse James John Hardy John Henry Katy Daley Knoxville Girl (The) Last Song Late Last Night (Way Downtown) (The) Legend Of The Rebel Soldier Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad Listening To The Rain Little Bessie Little Birdie (The) Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake Little Glass Of Wine Little Joe Little Maggie Little White Church (The) Lonesome River Lonesome Road Blues Long Black Veil Long Journey Home (Two Dollar Bill) Lord, I'm Coming Home Love, Please Come Home Making Plans Man Of Constant Sorrow Maple On The Hill Matterhorn Memories Of Mother And Dad (The) Memory Of Your Smile Midnight On The Stormy Deep Milwaukee Here I Come Mr. Engineer Mountain Dew My Better Years My Dying Bed New Freedom Bell New River Train Nine Pound Hammer (The) Old Old House Ole Slew Foot On The Jericho Road Out On The Ocean Pallet On Your Floor Paradise Poor Ellen Smith Precious Memories Pretty Polly Rabbit In The Log (Feast Here Tonight) Rank Stranger Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Roll Muddy River Roll On Buddy Roving Gambler Satisfied Mind Short Life Of Trouble Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground Sitting On Top Of The World (She Left Me) Standing On The Mountain Steppin' Stones Stone Walls And Steel Bars Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes Sweet Sunny South Swing Low Sweet Chariot Teardrops In My Eyes Tennessee Tennessee Stud That's How I Can Count On You Things In Life Think Of What You've Done This Is The Girl I Love Tragic Romance Two Little Boys Victim To The Tomb Wabash Cannonball We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus Wear A Red Rose What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall Where The Soul Never Dies White House Blues Widow Maker Wildwood Flower Will The Circle Be Unbroken With Care From Someone Working On A Building Worried Man Blues Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven Y'All Come You Go To Your Church (And I'll Go To Mine) Abilene Foggy Mountain Breakdown Blue Moon Of Kentucky Dooley Doug's Tune Down Yonder Freight Train I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Katy Daly Old Home Place Red Wing Roving Gambler Salty Dog Blues Take This Hammer Temperence Reel AND THE FOLLOWING ARE ALSO KNOWN ON BANJO BUT NOT AS KNOWN.... I Can Let Go Now composed by Michael McDonald Deeper Than Crying composed by Mark Simos Find My Way Back To My Heart composed by Mark Simos Looking In The Eyes Of Love composed by Kostas, Tricia Walker So Long, So Wrong composed by Patrick Brayer, Walden Dahl Pain Of A Troubled Life composed by Ron Block There Is A Reason composed by Ron Block It Doesn't Matter composed by Harley Allen Happiness composed by Viktor Krauss, Michael McDonald I'll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers composed by Traditional Little Liza Jane composed by Traditional Blue Trail Of Sorrow composed by Jeff White No Place To Hide composed by Bob Lucas The Road Is A Lover composed by Bob Lucas HOPE THIS HELPS!!!! |
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19 Jul 04 - 06:31 AM (#1228834) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: ThreeSheds I see you include Greensleeves in your selection wasn't this supposed to be written by HenryVIII now he isnt famous for his banjo is he? |
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19 Jul 04 - 08:03 AM (#1228866) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: John MacKenzie What part of 'keep it to two' didn't you understand? Giok |
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19 Jul 04 - 08:27 AM (#1228880) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,Jon My experience is differnt to Mark Clark's. In my experience, few know the name Duelin Banjos. I've said this before - it starts off "Do you know that film"... At least that's how it has worked for me. It's certainly popular and often requested though. I don't think Foggy Mountain Breakdown is too well known over here (UK) outside of folk circles. Ballad of Jed Clampet is the other I've been asked for quite a few times ("That Beverly Hillbillies tune"). I'm not really clear what Martin Gibson means by a banjo hit. There is quite probably things from both the Dubliners, e.g. 7 drunken nights and maybe something from the Pogues for example that made the UK charts but to me, the banjo would have been an accompanying device rather than a main feature of the song. |
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19 Jul 04 - 10:09 AM (#1228926) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,Frank I like all kinds of banjo music. I like tenor banjo and plectrum style as well as five sting all styles. Art Mooney would qualify as well as Harry Reser. They all had hits. Tom Dooley by the KT would have to qualify as well as Weavers Top of Old Smokey and Erik Darling with the Tarriers doing the Banana Boat Song in which Erik does a banjo solo that got lots of air play. There was a group or was it a tune called Washington Square which featured a banjo solo. Eddie Peabody was popular at one time. He was a showman banjo player with lots of tricks. His disciple Perry Bechtel was a better player, though but less known although he was responsible for the extended frets on the Martin Guitars. Django Reinhardt started out on the 6th string banjo but didn't popularize it the way he did the guitar. I'm not sure there are any Django recordings with him playing 6-string banjo. Frank |
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19 Jul 04 - 10:22 AM (#1228935) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Jeremiah McCaw "or was it a tune called Washington Square which featured a banjo solo" "Washington Square" by the Village Stompers. 1963. Great song as I recall (& I think it was 5-string claw-hammer style banjo). Also "Sweet City Woman", 1971, by the Stampeders. Won a Juno (Canadian eqivalent of the Grammy) for best single of the year. In my 'memory-replay' I'm hearing a tenor banjo. Off on a slight tangent, a friend of mine, Alfie Smith performs "Minnie the Moocher" with a 5-string - and makes it work! |
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19 Jul 04 - 10:29 AM (#1228943) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Dave Hanson No one likes a smartarse Shannon Ledford. Black Velvet Band and The Irish Rover by the Dublinners. eric |
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19 Jul 04 - 11:03 AM (#1228973) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Once Famous Guest, Shannon Ledford, why didn't you include Beethoven's 5th Symphony or Carmen by Bizet. what a totally stupid ass post yours was. But you obviously missed. It's not what songs can have a banjo, because quite frankly, any one can. It's what songs, well knowned, perhaps as a hit, or with popular radio ari play had a banjo featured. Your list, if wasn't copied and pasted, or evenif it was, was a total waste of time. Now, back to the real deal: The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton |
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19 Jul 04 - 01:52 PM (#1229096) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Steve-o Excellent reminder!- "Washington Square" by the Village Stompers. 1963. Definitely not, however, 5-string played clawhammer....it was classic 4-string jazz banjo played plectrum-style. My addition to MG's list is "Love is a Rose" sung by Linda Ronstadt (banjo played by Herb Pederson). |
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19 Jul 04 - 02:14 PM (#1229115) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Uncle_DaveO Any number of songs by sung and played on banjo by Pete Seeger, either alone or with the Almanac Singers, the Weavers, and others. Far too many to list. Dave Oesterreich |
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19 Jul 04 - 02:23 PM (#1229124) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: fat B****rd I have a strange fondness for "Happy Days Are Here Again" by The Big Ben Banjo Band. |
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19 Jul 04 - 07:03 PM (#1229345) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Big Al Whittle I suppose all the trad hits of the 1960's had banjo Im shy Mary Ellen - Bob Wallis and the Storyville Jazz men Midnight in Moscow, Peter and the wolf - Kenny Ball I was taking it as hits in living memory Lonnie Donnegan played one on have a drink on me, maybe some others |
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20 Jul 04 - 06:35 AM (#1229710) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,banjoman May have already been mentioned somewhere but how about"Roseville Fair" "off to Alabama with a banjo on my knee" may be excluded as I think the origibal song said "Washboard on my knee" Good thread to set the grey cells working a bit |
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20 Jul 04 - 10:17 AM (#1229810) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Once Famous Rocky Top by the Osborne Bros. |
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20 Jul 04 - 11:52 AM (#1229894) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Leadfingers Funny - No-one seems to have mentioned 'When You Were Sweet Sixteen' as performed by the Furies ,with that lovely banjo break all over it > |
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20 Jul 04 - 04:23 PM (#1230137) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: ex-pat "Take it easy" - The Eagles There's a song out on the radio now by Nellie Furtato that features the banjo.."Powerless." |
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21 Jul 04 - 04:09 AM (#1230500) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Roger the Skiffler If memory serves, Hugh Rainey was the banjo player in Bob Wallis band. Chris Barber had a great line in banjo players from Lonnie through Dickie Bishop, to Graham Sealey today. RtS (Born with a washboard on the knee, eh? Now that would need corrective surgery!) |
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21 Jul 04 - 06:42 AM (#1230555) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: BanjoRay The Streak by Ray Stevens 'Oh they call him the streak He likes to show his physique' Ray (not Stevens) |
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21 Jul 04 - 07:51 AM (#1230573) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Splott Man Stop, Stop, Stop by The Hollies had an electric banjo. The Eagles instrumental (can't remember the name) that was used in Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy - it wasn't a single hit, but the album it was on was. |
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21 Jul 04 - 12:31 PM (#1230746) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Big Al Whittle The thing I remember about Bob Wallis's band - they all dressed up like Brett Maverick -mind you I'm getting on - I can't remember much - I keep leaving out the send m in remeber - every time - as Derek Brimstone says ......its that Euthymol disease. |
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22 Jul 04 - 07:26 AM (#1231264) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Steve Latimer Led Zeppelin's cover of Gallow's Pole. |
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27 Jul 04 - 11:10 AM (#1234793) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,amadorvet "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Loverly Daughter" "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" |
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28 Jul 04 - 03:01 AM (#1235341) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,Mappa mundi Whitewater - Bela Fleck - Stonkin' |
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28 Jul 04 - 03:30 AM (#1235348) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: fat B****rd Better late than never. Splottman, The tune is "Journey of the Sorcerer" by Don Henley/Eagles. |
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28 Jul 04 - 06:56 PM (#1235902) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,Cattail (sans cookie) Hi fat B****rd Please!! Can you remember the album that "Journey of the Sorcerer" comes from? And if it was by the Eagles or Don Henly. I've loved that intro for years, still have a taped copy of "Hitchhikers" and occasionally just play the music off it. I would really like to get hold of the full track. Cudgel your brains for me would you, (or alternativly have a pint or three). Thanks, Thanks, Thanks. Cattail ! |
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28 Jul 04 - 07:57 PM (#1235932) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: BanjoRay I think it's on One Of These Nights - The Eagles If you like I can send you an mp3 Ray |
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28 Jul 04 - 11:07 PM (#1236041) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Bee-dubya-ell Nuts! Splott Man beat me to "Stop, Stop, Stop", but I don't think anybody's mentioned "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry. By the way, Splott Man, that was the instrumental version of "Doolin Dalton" from the Eagles' "Desperado" album used on Hitchhiker's Guide. |
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29 Jul 04 - 03:05 PM (#1236517) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,Cattail (no cookie) BanjoRay and Bee-dubya-ell. Very many thanks to you both for that information, would you believe that I bought a second - hand copy of "Desperado" about three weeks ago but havn't played it yet. I'm off to listen to it! Thanks again, it's appreciated. Cattail ! |
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29 Jul 04 - 08:45 PM (#1236745) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,Jaze "Daisy A Day" by Jud Strunk |
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30 Jul 04 - 03:21 AM (#1236897) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: fat B****rd Better late than never. Cattail, like Banjo Ray said it's on One of These Nights. fB |
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30 Jul 04 - 03:23 PM (#1237338) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: GUEST,Cattail Many thanks again for that fB Cattail ! |
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30 Jul 04 - 08:48 PM (#1237532) Subject: RE: Banjo's Greatest Hits From: Jeff Green OK thread drift - I regulary listen to a Pete Seeger Live at Newport on which he mentions Frank Prophet and the plans for making a Banjo - anyone know if Frank Prophet ever released the plans - or know of any recordings by Frank Prophet still in existence? TIA Jeff |