Mel Bay Presents Southern Mountain Banjo in Bloomington, MN

This friendly book is filled with clawhammer banjo instruction, tablature, lyrics, tune histories, chords, playing tips, vintage photos, and more. Includes such classic old-time tunes as Soldier's Joy; Cluck Old Hen; Arkansas Traveler; Leather Britches; Mississippi Sawyer; Chicken Reel; Shady Grove; Red Rocking Chair; John Henry; Uncle Joe; Little Rosewood Casket; The State of Arkansas; Hogeye; The Old Spinning Wheel; and When You and I were Young Maggie. The Cd recording that accompanies this book is entitled "Southern Mountain Classics". It includes the true classics of old-time mountain music played on clawhammer banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer, guitar, bass and buckdancing. Note: Not every tune on the recording features banjo. However, the book teaches the banjo parts even on those tunes where no banjo is playing.