June 26, 2023

Clawhammer Banjo - David Johnson

Folkways Records – FTS 31094

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1983
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Old Joe Clark (02:02)
A2 Shout Little Lulu (02:07)
A3 Red Wing (02:14)
A4 John Hardy (02:33)
A5 Bile Them Cabbage Down (02:39)
A6 Sugar Hill (02:45)
A7 Cumberland Gap (02:47)
A8 Mississippi Sawyer (01:49)
B1 Cripple Creek (02:11)
B2 Johnson Boys (01:59)
B3 John Henry (01:42)
B4 Sourwood Mountain (02:37)
B5 Pig in the Pen (02:23)
B6 Cindy (02:59)
B7 Ground Hog (02:32)
B8 Mountain Dew (02:35)
[Credits]
David Johnson (banjo)
Producer: John R. Craig, Photographer: Kevin Rash, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Clawhammer, a right-hand plucking method of banjo playing, is the traditional style of the early Appalachian Mountain musicians. In Clawhammer Banjo, David Johnson continues this tradition, which he inherited and learned from his own grandfather growing up in western North Carolina. Here, Johnson plays traditional fiddle tunes and southern Appalachian melodies.

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