1. DIALIFOLI 00:01:56 MEDIUM TEMPO - WEST AFRICAN HALEM, DRUM. THE HALEM IS THE BANJO'S WEST AFRICAN ANCESTOR - A NARROW SKIN-COVERED DRUM FROM WHICH EXTENDS A NECK SHAPED LIKE A BROOM HANDLE

2. ELZICK'S FAREWELL 00:00:59 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; MEDIUM-FAST TEMPO - WEST AFRICAN GOURD BANJO, RUMBA BOX THE GOURD BANJO IS THE EARLIEST FORM OF BANJO BROUGHT IN COLONIAL TIMES TO AMERICA VIA THE SLAVE TRADE FROM WEST AFRICA, AND WAS PLAYED IN A STYLE SOMETIMES CALLED FRAILING, KNOCKING, RAPPING OR CLA

3. LOST JOHN 00:01:45 FAST TEMPO - LOW TONED CIVIL WAR BANJO AND HARMONICA A POPULAR SHOWPIECE REPRESENTING A CHASE, MOST OFTEN THAT OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE. THE LOW-TONED BANJO PLAYED HERE DATES FROM THE CIVIL WAR (1860-65)

4. MINSTREL MEDLEY 00:01:44 MEDIUM-FAST TEMPO - BANJO SOLO MINSTRELSY BEGAN IN THE 1840S, INSPIRED BY BLACK AMERICAN FOLK CULTURE AND BECAME 19TH CENTURY AMERICA'S MOST ENDURING THEATRICAL FORM

5. TRAIN ON THE ISLAND 00:00:59 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; MEDIUM TEMPO - BANJO AND ACCORDION. EMPLOYS A SONOROUS TUNING, PLAYED IN A GALLOPING, TWO-FINGER, UP-PICKING STYLE CREATING A RINGING CURTAIN OF SOUND

6. STAND BOYS STAND 00:00:59 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; MEDIUM TEMPO - EARLY 20TH CENTURY BANJO SOLO EARLY 20TH CENTURY BANJO PRIMER GIVING A RURAL BANJO STUDENT A THOROUGH GROUNDING IN FINGER TECHNIQUE AND GRACEFUL STYLE

7. COAL CREEK MARCH 00:01:00 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; MEDIUM-FAST TEMPO - BANJO IN THREE-FINGER STYLE, GUITAR, BASS OLD TIME THREE-FINGER BANJO STYLE. THE TUNE COMMEMORATES A LATE 19TH CENTURY TENNESSEE MINE DISASTER

8. RECKLESS RUFUS 00:01:00 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; MEDIUM TEMPO - BANJO AND WASHBOARD THREE-FINGER CLASSIC BANJO STYLE INSPIRED BY 1890S RAGTIME MUSIC

9. OH MY LITTLE DARLING 00:01:00 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; UPTEMPO - BANJO SOLO, ALTERNATE VERSION

10. ROCKY HILL 00:01:41 SLOW TEMPO - BANJO AND PUMP ORGAN LYRICAL, MOURNFUL MELODY EMPLOYING A SPECIAL TUNING AND A DOWN-PICKING STYLE

11. RAUN'S WALTZ A 00:01:22 SLOW TEMPO - BANJO AND PUMP ORGAN TENDER WALTZ IN THREE-FINGER STYLE, OLD TIME TUNING. GENTLE AND POIGNANT

13. BEETHOVEN'S MANDOLIN SONATA IN C 00:00:59 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; UPTEMPO - 5 STRING BANJO, TENOR BANJO ARRANGEMENT OF A CLASSICAL PIECE FOR TWO BANJOS

14. IRISH MEDLEY 00:01:00 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; UPTEMPO - IRISH TENOR BANJO, GUITAR FEATURING THE TENOR BANJO. THE BANJO CAME TO IRELAND FROM AMERICA VIA MINSTRELSY IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND TOOK AN ALTERED FORM WITH A SHORTENED NECK, FOUR STRINGS, AND NEW TUNINGS

15. SWANEE RIVER 00:01:48 SLOW TO FAST TEMPO - TENOR BANJO VIRTUOSIC PLECTRUM, FOUR-STRING BANJO STYLE

16. BANJO BOOGIE 00:01:30 MEDIUM TEMPO - BANJO-GUITAR, 5 STRING BANJO POPULAR BOOGIE WOOGIE / BLUES BANJO SOUND

17. OVER THE WATERFALL 00:00:59 COMMERCIAL LENGTH; MEDIUM-FAST TEMPO - BANJO, FIDDLE, GUITAR AIR FROM WEST VIRGINIA - DANCE TUNE

18. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE 00:03:03 UPTEMPO - THE SUNSHINE SKIFFLE BAND FAMOUS DIXIELAND PIECE, FEATURING PLECTRUM CHORD-STYLE MELODY ON THE BANJO

19. AMAZING GRACE 00:01:53 SLOW WALTZ - SINGLE STRING BLUEGRASS VERSION

20. ATWATER REEL 00:02:02 UP-TEMPO - IRISH / AMERICAN INSPIRED BLUEGRASS MELODY

21. MY LITTLE BLUEGRASS HOME IN TENNESSEE 00:01:52 MEDIUM-FAST TEMPO - BANJO, GUITAR, BASS, VOCALS TYPICAL BLUEGRASS PIECE, FEATURING THE UNIQUE SYNCOPATED THREE-FINGER BANJO STYLE DEVELOPED IN THE MID-1940S

22. SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT 00:01:55 UP-TEMPO - BANJO, GUITAR, BASS, VOCALS WELL-KNOWN GOSPEL / BLUEGRASS SONG

23. STEP IT UP AND GO 00:01:48 MEDIUM-FAST TEMPO - BANJO-GUITAR, BANJO-MANDOLIN, VOCALS RAGTIME, EAST COAST BLUES STYLE OF THE 1920S. THE BANJO TOOK VARIOUS HYBRID FORMS INCLUDING THE BANJO-GUITAR, A BANJO BODY ATTACHED TO A GUITAR'S NECK, AND THE SIMILARLY CONFIGURED BANJO-MANDOLIN

24. OVER THE ROAD 00:01:48 MEDIUM TEMPO - BANJO, GUITAR, JUG, WASHTUB BASS, HARMONICA, VOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN JUG BAND TUNE. JUG BAND ENSEMBLES, OFTEN SEEN PERFORMING ON SOUTHERN STREET CORNERS, MADE USE OF HOMEMADE INSTRUMENTS AS WELL AS STORE BOUGHT FIDDLES, GUITARS, BANJOS AND

25. RATTLER TREED A POSSUM 00:01:47 UP-TEMPO - BANJO, TWO FIDDLES, PUMP ORGAN AND VOCAL. FRAILING STYLE BANJO - A DANCE TUNE FROM ARKANSAS

27. DARLIN' CORY 00:01:54 MEDIUM-FAST TEMPO - BANJO WITH VOCAL A MOONSHINER'S LAMENT, FEATURING AN EAST KENTUCKY STYLE OF TWO-FINGER, THUMB LEAD