 | | John Kane and Ian Simpson The BanjoPrice: $29.95 Bluegrass. Folk. Country. Dixieland. Classical! There is almost no style of music the banjo cannot play. This character-filled, rustic-looking instrument has shaken off its clichéd image to become one of the most popular instruments today. Ian Simpson and John Kane are two of Australia’s most accomplished Banjo players. On this CD they bring you the most loved and famous Banjo tunes from across the instrument’s vast and growing repertoire. The recording captures the traditional bluegrass virtuosity in pieces like Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Cripple Creek to the whimsical strains of ragtime in the Scott Joplin classics The Entertainer and The Maple Leaf Rag. Even the music of Beethoven and Bach is given new life by this most enigmatic of instruments.
1. Cripple Creek,
2. Duelling Banjos,
3. Foggy Mountain Breakdown,
4. Eighth of January,
5. The Ballad of Jed Clampett,
6. Turkey in the Straw,
7. Dixie Breakdown,
8. Ragtime Medley: The Entertainer / Maple Leaf Rag,
9. Old Joe Clark,
10. Buffalo Gals,
11. Devil's Dream,
12. She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain,
13. Mule Medley – Flop Eared Mule / Buckin’ Mule,
14. Blackeyed Suzie,
15. Bugle Call Rag,
16. Cluck Old Hen,
17. Red Bird,
18. Cumberland Gap,
19. Classical Medley: Für Elise / Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring,
20. Earl Scruggs Medley: Earl’s Breakdown / Dear Old Dixie / Flint Hill Special
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