Gospel and Meat Songs for the Banjo

Joy Bells

gmayman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:07:31 +0000

It’s so annoying yet so compelling, I just can’t seem to stop listening to this song. You can enjoy the annoyingness youself on Amazon. I wish I could find tab for the banjo for it.

Cookin’ n’ Pickin’

gmayman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:22:50 +0000

Absolutely THE BEST book focused on meat songs for the banjo. Also includes songs about fruit and vegetables.

Groundhog

gmayman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:36:37 +0000

The Groundhog song is one of the most explicit meat songs and therefore one of my favorites. It also taught me many interesting facts (some of which can be found here http://www.terrierman.com/song.htm):

1) Whistle Pig is another name for a ground hog (this also makes a good nickname for a toddler)

2) The skin of a ground hog is very useful- you can make shoe strings or banjo skins from it

3) You use a pole to get a ground hog out of it’s hole

4) If the ground hog is really good, it will leave ground gravy all over your chin

He said, if you love me, feed my sheep

gmayman — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:42:08 +0000

The perfect song combining both of my favorite elements of traditional music- god and meat. I first heard it on Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger’s Collection http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2404