American Banjo: Three Finger and Scruggs Style

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1Shortening Bread
recorded in:
Manassas, Virginia, United States (in 1956)
banjo:
Smiley Hobbs (in 1956)
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
guitar:
Tom Morgan (Bluegrass bass player) (in 1956)
mandolin:
Pete Kuykendall (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Short’nin’ Bread (traditional song) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4209)
Smiley Hobbs0:50
2Pig in a Pen
recorded in:
Manassas, Virginia, United States (in 1956)
banjo:
Smiley Hobbs (in 1956)
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
guitar:
Tom Morgan (Bluegrass bass player) (in 1956)
mandolin:
Pete Kuykendall (in 1956)
vocals:
Smiley Hobbs (in 1956)
recording of:
Pig in a Pen (in 1956)
Smiley Hobbs1:15
3Train 45
recorded in:
Manassas, Virginia, United States (in 1956)
banjo:
Smiley Hobbs (in 1956)
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
guitar:
Tom Morgan (Bluegrass bass player) (in 1956)
mandolin:
Pete Kuykendall (in 1956)
recording of:
Train 45 (in 1956)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Smiley Hobbs2:22
4Rosewood Casket
recorded in:
Manassas, Virginia, United States (in 1956)
banjo:
Smiley Hobbs (in 1956)
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
guitar:
Tom Morgan (Bluegrass bass player) (in 1956)
mandolin:
Pete Kuykendall (in 1956)
vocals:
Tom Morgan (Bluegrass bass player) (in 1956)
recording of:
Rosewood Casket (in 1956)
writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Smiley Hobbs1:30
5Cotton Eye Joe
recorded in:
Manassas, Virginia, United States (in 1956)
banjo:
Smiley Hobbs (in 1956)
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
guitar:
Tom Morgan (Bluegrass bass player) (in 1956)
mandolin:
Pete Kuykendall (in 1956)
vocals:
Smiley Hobbs (in 1956)
recording of:
Cotton‐Eyed Joe (traditional song) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 942)
Smiley Hobbs1:45
6Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
banjo:
J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4854)
J.C. Sutphin1:03
7Under the Double Eagle
banjo:
J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin (in 1956)
harmonica [mouth harp]:
Vernon Sutphin (in 1956)
recording of:
Under the Double Eagle (catch-all for arrangements) (in 1956)
version of:
Unter dem Doppeladler, op. 159 (Under the Double Eagle)
J.C. Sutphin1:58
8I Don't Love Nobody
banjo:
J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin (in 1956)
J.C. Sutphin1:37
9Sally Goodin / Sally Ann
banjo:
Junie Scruggs (in 1956)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Sally Ann (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
Sally Goodin’ (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 739)
Junie Scruggs1:44
10Cripple Creek
banjo:
Junie Scruggs (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Cripple Creek (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3434)
Junie Scruggs1:21
11Cumberland Gap
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
recording of:
Cumberland Gap (on 1956-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
Snuffy Jenkins1:37
12John Henry
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
instrumental recording of:
John Henry (on 1956-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
Snuffy Jenkins1:36
13Chicken Reel
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
recording of:
Chicken Reel (catch-all for all arrangements) (on 1956-09-26)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Snuffy Jenkins1:17
14Shortening Bread
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
instrumental recording of:
Short’nin’ Bread (traditional song) (on 1956-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4209)
Snuffy Jenkins1:27
15John Henry
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
instrumental recording of:
John Henry (on 1956-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
Snuffy Jenkins1:12
16Lonesome Road Blues
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
instrumental recording of:
Lonesome Road Blues (on 1956-09-26)
composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
is based on:
Chilly Winds (a.k.a. Lonesome Road Blues - catch-all work)
version of:
Der Mann mit dem Block (The Man Comes Around)
Snuffy Jenkins1:17
17Kansas City Kitty / Big Eared Mule
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
medley including a recording of:
Flop-Eared Mule (on 1956-09-26)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Kansas City Kitty (Leslie-Donaldson) (on 1956-09-26)
writer:
Walter Donaldson and Edgar Leslie
Snuffy Jenkins2:09
18Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
Snuffy Jenkins1:27
19Careless Love
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
instrumental recording of:
Careless Love (on 1956-09-26)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Snuffy Jenkins1:20
20Sally Ann / Sally Goodin
banjo:
Snuffy Jenkins (on 1956-09-26)
guitar:
Ira Dimmery (on 1956-09-26)
instrumental recording of:
Sally Ann (on 1956-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
recording of:
Sally Goodin’ (on 1956-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 739)
Snuffy Jenkins2:01
21Home, Sweet Home
banjo:
Oren Jenkins (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Home! Sweet Home! (Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble there's no place like home) (in 1956)
lyricist:
John Howard Payne (American actor, poet, playwright, and author) (in 1823)
composer:
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (in 1823)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
Oren Jenkins1:08
22Spanish Fandango
banjo:
Oren Jenkins (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1956)
Oren Jenkins1:25
23Cripple Creek
banjo:
Oren Jenkins (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1956)
fiddle:
Verl Jenkins (US fiddler) (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Cripple Creek (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3434)
Oren Jenkins1:20
24Down the Road
banjo:
Oren Jenkins (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1956)
fiddle:
Verl Jenkins (US fiddler) (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Down the Road (in 1956)
writer:
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
publisher:
CBS Unart Catalog, Inc. (in 1985)
Oren Jenkins1:08
25Liza Jane
banjo:
Oren Jenkins (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Little Liza Jane (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Oren Jenkins1:33
26Hey, Mr. Banjo
banjo:
Oren Jenkins (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1956)
Oren Jenkins0:51
27Bugle Call Rag
banjo:
Oren Jenkins (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1956)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag (in 1956)
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
Oren Jenkins1:08
28Cackling Hen / Cumberland Gap
banjo:
Joe Stuart (US bluegrass musician) (on 1956-09-23)
recorded at:
New River Ranch in Rising Sun, Maryland, United States (on 1956-09-23)
recording of:
Cumberland Gap (on 1956-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
Joe Stuart2:09
29Dear Old Dixie
banjo:
Larry Richardson (Banjo player) (in 1956)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
recording of:
Dear Old Dixie (in 1956)
Larry Richardson1:19
30Little Maggie
banjo:
Larry Richardson (Banjo player) (in 1956)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Little Maggie (Ralph Stanley version) (in 1956)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player)
is based on:
Little Maggie (catch-all for arrangements)
Larry Richardson1:16
31Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South
banjo:
Larry Richardson (Banjo player) (in 1956)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet, Sunny South (in 1956)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Larry Richardson1:21
32Bucking Mule
banjo:
Larry Richardson (Banjo player) (in 1956)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
Larry Richardson1:24
33Lonesome Road Blues
banjo:
Larry Richardson (Banjo player) (in 1956)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
vocals:
Larry Richardson (Banjo player) (in 1956)
recording of:
Lonesome Road Blues (in 1956)
composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
is based on:
Chilly Winds (a.k.a. Lonesome Road Blues - catch-all work)
version of:
Der Mann mit dem Block (The Man Comes Around)
Larry Richardson2:03
34Turkey in the Straw
banjo:
Don Bryant (R&B singer/songwriter) (in 1956)
guitar:
Pete Kuykendall (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Turkey in the Straw (in 1956)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Don Bryant1:00
35Jenny Lynn
banjo:
Don Bryant (R&B singer/songwriter) (in 1956)
guitar:
Pete Kuykendall (in 1956)
Don Bryant0:49
36Irish Washerwoman
banjo:
Pete Kuykendall (in 1956)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
recording of:
Irish Washerwoman (arrangement for four trombones and band) (in 1956)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
arrangement of:
The Irish Washerwoman (jig, Ng #897)
Pete Kuykendall1:04
37Wildwood Flower
banjo:
Eugene Cox (in 1956)
guitar:
Veronica Stoneman Cox (in 1956)
Eugene Cox1:37
38Lonesome Road Blues
banjo:
Veronica Stoneman Cox (in 1956)
guitar:
Eugene Cox (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Lonesome Road Blues (in 1956)
composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
is based on:
Chilly Winds (a.k.a. Lonesome Road Blues - catch-all work)
version of:
Der Mann mit dem Block (The Man Comes Around)
Veronica Stoneman Cox1:15
39Ground Hog
banjo:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
vocals:
Bob Baker (US bluegrass musician) (in 1956)
recording of:
Ground Hog (in 1956)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Mike Seeger1:39
40Cindy
banjo:
Dick Rittler (in 1956)
banjo [oldtime style banjo]:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
double bass [string bass]:
Hazel Dickens (in 1956)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bob Baker (US bluegrass musician) (in 1956)
mandolin:
Bob Shanklin (bluegrass musician) (in 1956)
background vocals [chorus vocal]:
Hazel Dickens (in 1956) and Mike Seeger (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Cindy (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 836)
Dick Rittler1:46
41Little Pal
banjo:
Kenny Miller (in 1956)
Kenny Miller1:02
42Ruben's Train
banjo:
Kenny Miller (in 1956)
banjo [harmony banjo]:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
guitar:
Kenny's mother ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1956)
Kenny Miller1:36
43Jesse James / Hard Ain't It Hard
banjo:
Eric Weissberg (in 1956)
guitar:
Ralph Rinzler (in 1956)
mandolin:
Mike Seeger (in 1956)
instrumental recording of:
Hard, Ain't It Hard (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
instrumental recording of:
Jesse James (in 1956)
publisher:
Billy Gashade (in 1882)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Eric Weissberg2:31

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ASIN:US: B000001DHW [info]