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The Banjo Monologues
This is a unique album of oldtime banjo (clawhammer 5-string) with traditional songs and tunes wedded with storytelling. The monologues tell of 1930's radio (WLS Barn Dance, Crazy Water Crystals) and my family's career as professional "hillbilly" musicians in downstate Illinois. Also speaks to why oldtime music -- and the banjo in particular -- matters.
Who might this CD appeal to? Well, if you are a fan of the banjo, especially in the clawhammer style, this was made for you. If you are a fan of oldtimey country music in general, you would like to hear the stories of WLS barn dance and my folks working for them doing road shows in downstate Illinois. Also stories of the Crazy Water Crystal folks and other characters. I also talk about the "inner life" of a tune and the questions of repetition and variation -- again, why the banjo matters.
Or maybe you are simply a fan of my music. If you like the way I tell a story onstage, then you would like this CD, too. I speak the monologues as I play the banjo. There are also several songs and a few instrumentals too.
I had a lot of fun putting together this album, and I hope you check it out.
Release date
Release date: May 1, 2007
Label
FOSS-CD1707
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| Title | Lyrics | Request it | iTunes | Overall Rank | Your rank | Others rank | Length | Track | Last played | Times played | Times requested | Listeners | Tags |
| Foreward Looking Back | Lyrics |  |
 (8 votes) |
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5 stars=ReWoven ♦ Kazookid ♦ BlueRidge 4 stars=Kelli ♦ Hoonah ♦ Mert 2 stars=Peterdale ♦ Scobey |
2:34 | 01 | Dec 26th, 2008 | 7 | 6 | 180 | Storytelling / Old timey / Americana / Banjo / Clawhammer (click here to edit) | |
| The Dragonfly | Lyrics not applicable for instrumentals | |
(14 votes) |
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5 stars=Mert ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Reed ♦ Kazookid ♦ Firewalk ♦ Bohunk 4 stars=Messtaken ♦ Bleau ♦ Kelli ♦ Pyrite ♦ CooleyBufo ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ OldGowl 3 stars=Hexaba |
2:16 | 02 | Jan 6th, 2009 | 10 | 8 | 328 | Bluegrass / Banjo / Clawhammer / Happy / Instrumental / Acoustic / Old timey (click here to edit) | |
| Cindy | Lyrics | |
(13 votes) |
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5 stars=ReWoven ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Chili ♦ Atuuschaaw 4 stars=Firewalk ♦ Reed ♦ Kazookid ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Scobey ♦ RDRR ♦ Mert 3 stars=Griffin 2 stars=JC |
6:07 | 03 | Dec 8th, 2008 | 6 | 5 | 177 | Acoustic / Solo vocalist / Banjo / Storytelling / Traditional / Old timey / Toe tapper / Clawhammer (click here to edit) | |
| Three Nights Drunk | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
(4 votes) |
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4 stars=JohnA ♦ Kazookid ♦ Firewalk ♦ Mert |
3:04 | 04 | Dec 13th, 2008 | 4 | 2 | 91 | (click here to edit) | |
| Cripple Creek | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
 (4 votes) |
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5 stars=ReWoven ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Firewalk 4 stars=Kazookid |
6:51 | 05 | Oct 19th, 2008 | 3 | 3 | 89 | (click here to edit) | |
| Whistling Rufus | Lyrics not applicable for instrumentals | |
(8 votes) |
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5 stars=Kazookid ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Amishlaw ♦ Kelli ♦ Reed ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Mert 4 stars=Scobey |
1:57 | 06 | Nov 24th, 2008 | 7 | 5 | 207 | Instrumental / Acoustic / Banjo (click here to edit) | |
| The Uncloudy Day | Lyrics | |
(11 votes) |
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5 stars=Chili ♦ Firewalk ♦ BlueRidge 4 stars=Kazookid ♦ 65strat ♦ JohnnyAppleseed ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Sanderson ♦ Jim 3 stars=Doctordoug ♦ Mert |
5:32 | 07 | Dec 31st, 2008 | 7 | 5 | 163 | Banjo / Clawhammer / Spoken word / Ballad / Old timey / Traditional (click here to edit) | |
| Wondrous Love (Captain Kidd) | Lyrics not applicable for instrumentals | |
(5 votes) |
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5 stars=Kelli 4 stars=Kazookid ♦ Firewalk ♦ Mert 3 stars=Pyrite |
2:01 | 08 | Oct 9th, 2008 | 3 | 3 | 77 | Solo performer / Banjo / Instrumental (click here to edit) | |
| No More Cane On This Brazos | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
(2 votes) |
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4 stars=JohnA ♦ Kazookid |
3:26 | 09 | Dec 15th, 2008 | 3 | 1 | 58 | (click here to edit) | |
| Roll Down The Line | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
(3 votes) |
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5 stars=Red 4 stars=RickHap ♦ LuAnna |
2:52 | 10 | Dec 14th, 2008 | 3 | 1 | 67 | (click here to edit) | |
| Liza Jane | Lyrics | |
(16 votes) |
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5 stars=ReWoven ♦ Chili ♦ Reed ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Hoonah ♦ Jim ♦ Sharpston ♦ Atuuschaaw 4 stars=Griffin ♦ Firewalk ♦ Kazookid ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ Mert ♦ Kelli ♦ JohnnyAppleseed ♦ Scobey |
8:17 | 11 | Dec 26th, 2008 | 7 | 7 | 237 | Acoustic / Solo vocalist / Banjo / Clawhammer / Banter / Old timey (click here to edit) | |
| Uncle Joe | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
(3 votes) |
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5 stars=Kelli 4 stars=Kazookid 3 stars=Pyrite |
2:25 | 12 | Jul 5th, 2008 | 1 | 1 | 29 | Solo performer / Solo vocalist / Old timey / Banjo (click here to edit) | |
| Crazy Water Crystals | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
 (3 votes) |
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4 stars=Firewalk 3 stars=Kazookid 2 stars=Mert |
3:18 | 13 | Dec 21st, 2008 | 3 | 3 | 57 | Banjo / Clawhammer / Spoken word (click here to edit) | |
| The Other Rock The Cradle, Joe | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
 (0 votes) |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | 1:33 | 14 | Never | 0 | 0 | 0 | (click here to edit) | ||
| Down In The Willow Garden | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
(3 votes) |
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5 stars=Red 4 stars=Kazookid 3 stars=Mert |
4:24 | 15 | Dec 13th, 2008 | 4 | 3 | 80 | (click here to edit) | |
| John Henry's Hammer | Lyrics | |
(11 votes) |
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5 stars=Bleau ♦ Hexaba ♦ Kazookid 4 stars=Pyrite ♦ Kelli ♦ countrydave ♦ Firewalk ♦ Motorcyclemike ♦ JohnnyAppleseed ♦ Kimchifox 3 stars=Mert |
3:27 | 16 | Dec 11th, 2008 | 8 | 4 | 190 | Old timey / Traditional / Banjo / Fast / Toe tapper / Solo vocalist / Acoustic (click here to edit) | |
| Paddy On The Railroad - The Reel With The Beryl | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
(0 votes) |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | 3:24 | 17 | Never | 0 | 0 | 0 | (click here to edit) | ||
| Cluck Old Hen - One Gentleman's Opinion | Google lyrics search If found, enter on song page | |
(9 votes) |
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5 stars=ReWoven ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Reed 4 stars=Chili ♦ Kazookid ♦ Griffin ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ Scobey 2 stars=Mert |
6:01 | 18 | Sep 22nd, 2008 | 3 | 2 | 101 | Banjo / Clawhammer (click here to edit) |
