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Location: Avondale, AZ | What is your favorite banjo song to either listen to, sing along with or play? Mine is Sweet City Women. Though it could also make the terrible lyrics post with the following:
La la la la la do do do do do do doo she's my sweet sweet sweet sweet city woman. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Far, Far, Away. :D |
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Location: closely held secret | This is a good idea for a post!
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Location: Avondale, AZ | This is a good idea for a post!
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Hey, it can be fun. Sort of like the guilty pleasures thread. |
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Location: Tennessee | Midnight Flyer by the Eagles. |
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Location: NJ | "The Sorcerer" by the Eagles. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | The Eagles do make good use of the banjo. |
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Location: south east Michigan | It's hard to top "Sweet City Women".
Let's go off the beaten path...
Steve Martin's "Rambin' Guy".
I was afraid to put in the "guilty pleasure" thread...but there was a time.... a long time ago...when I owned.... a banjo. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Cripple Creek
I have have to confess also, I, too, have owned a banjo. |
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Location: North Carolina | Some blasts from the past. I still play the guitar break from Sweet City Woman for sound check. I also used to be in a band that did Midnight Flyer, and I did, in fact, play the banjo. Great tunes, both of them. But what really drew me to the banjo was John Stewart's break in Rider. It turned out it wasn't all that hard to play, but the first time I heard it I though it was nothing short of magic. |
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | How about "Doug's Tune" by Doug Dillard |
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Location: SE Michigan | What's the name of that banjo song from the movie "Bonnie and Clyde"? The one from all the chase scenes.
Also; "Dont Cross the River" by America
and; "Old Man" by Neil Young. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Originally posted by BrianT:
What's the name of that banjo song from the movie "Bonnie and Clyde"? The one from all the chase scenes. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" -Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | -Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Didn't they also play "The Beverly Hillbillies'" theme song? |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Bela Fleck did a version of Spain by Chick Corea. David Grisman, Jerry Douglas and Sam Bush also played on it.
I really like the first 3 Flecktone albums.
And the song at the end of the movie Raising Arizona with the banjo and yodeling. |
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ | I like Michael Martin Murphy's
CAROLINA IN THE PIINES.
Well, I guess the banjo could be better.
But I really like that song.
On never mind..... |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | ....Gentle On My Mind..... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | "Bluebird" by Buffalo Springfield with Charlie Chin doing the banjo solo on the outro. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | "Bluebird" by Buffalo Springfield with Charlie Chin doing the banjo solo on the outro.
I had forgotten about this one. |
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The Coming...John Michael Talbot. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | "Whiter Shade Of Pale", R. Stevie Moore.
Best damn version of that song I've ever heard, AND it includes the 4th mystery verse which was never recorded by Brooker (was played live) but rumor has it that this is the only recording that has it.
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Layla
Come on Jeff, on the banjo? |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | That last post made me think. "Come on Irene". You know what I mean? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by OldLiverJones:
Layla
Come on Jeff, on the banjo? |
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| The Who." Momma's Got a Squeezebox,Daddy Never Sleeps at Night.' |
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Location: Tennessee | There a great banjo part on "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" on Leon Russell's "Hank Wilson's Back" album. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | "I Will" ......The intro to Alison Krauss' cover of the Lennon/McCartney song.(Her voice always gives me chills...)
I also "assumed" that Ron Block (Super Player!) did the banjo part but I just read the liner notes and discovered that it was done by Tony Furtado! (also a Super Picker!!) |
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Location: Denmark | Duelling Banjos as heard in the movie Deliverance.
Snowman's Fancy with The Dubliners.
Much swing music. |
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| Recently moved to Georgia. Not as "Billy-bobish" as my California friends predicted. But, was walking through a parking lot yesterday. Some teenagers were driving through with their stereo playing way too loud. What were they playing? Dueling Banjos! Just seemed a bit incongruous, and brought a smile to my face. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Originally posted by edzep:
Recently moved to Georgia. Not as "Billy-bobish" as my California friends predicted. Ahhh...but don't count us all out!  |
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| TWA, everyone I've met has been very nice -- some real characters included! Now, if I could just figure out this NASCAR obsession... |
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| A neighbor got a Smokey and the Bandit era Firebird with a primered fender recently, to drive while their primary vehicle is repaired. They call it the Dirt-mobile in honor of Joe Dirt. I think JD had a Charger or sumpin, but, someone in the film had a Firebird or Camaro. |
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Favorite banjo songs