The Top Ten Bluegrass Banjo Songs

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This post was going to be easy, or so I thought, the top ten banjo songs – simple, get a pen and start writing them down. What makes them the top ten? Is it the most requested song, the most recognized, my favorite?, I don’t know. This list is a combination of two criteria : Number One – It has to be a good banjo song -Players and listeners alike have an appreciation for these songs. Number Two – How well is the song known. This list has to have songs that are familiar to most people. This top ten is a solid list of songs that are appreciated by listeners and at the same time,are fun to perform as a banjo player. Go to a bluegrass jam, you’ll hear a few from this list.

Enough criteria and justification: Here it is Banjoblogger’s Top Ten Bluegrass Banjo Songs:

  1. Foggy Mountain Breakdown – People love to hear this one.
  2. Cripple Creek – Defines the banjo sound to some people.
  3. Ballad of Jed Clampett - Brought bluegrass to a wider audience.
  4. Clinch Mountain Backstep – Ralph Stanley – Cool and fun to play.
  5. Wildwood Flower – Listeners favorite.
  6. Flint Hill Special – Players favorite.
  7. Blackberry Blossom – Melodic style is neat on this song.
  8. Lonesome Road Blues – Bill Monroe version is amazing.
  9. Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Good sing-a-long.
  10. I’ll fly away – Everyone knows this song.

There it is – My Top Ten. I’m sure there ‘s a few songs that should have been on the list and a couple that some of you would take off, but this is the best I can do. Oh, by the way, Please help support the Banjoblogger and buy me a beer – check out the left sidebar. Thanks for visiting Banjoblogger.com, Happy New Year 2008.

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December 30, 2007 | Filed Under Banjo News, Top Ten Lists for Banjo 

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8 Responses to “The Top Ten Bluegrass Banjo Songs”

  1. mame on March 6th, 2009 6:45 am

    have you heard this song?

    http://www.4shared.com/file/75627451/35304000/1990_italia_bodobiamusicpersianblogir.html;jsessionid=050C9050FD4585625EDB686862669E87.dc90

    do you know that ?

  2. charlie kucharski on November 24th, 2009 8:52 pm

    Hey, what a great listing. I agree on about every one and you could probably have done a list of around twenty or thirty. Thanks for posting!

  3. dave on November 2nd, 2011 7:56 pm

    the great remember(for nancy)perfomed by steve martin deserves honorable mention, even if steve martin isnt strictly a musician

  4. daniel amann on December 31st, 2011 10:58 am

    Does anyone know the banjo song from scrubs?
    Session 3 episode 16.
    http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dc8BNJb3P7Ws&v=c8BNJb3P7Ws&gl=DE

    Please answer if you know.

  5. Bobby bob Strut on January 3rd, 2012 9:22 am

    I have never heard of I’ll fly away so your assumption is wrong.

  6. Kelly on July 28th, 2012 6:36 pm

    I’ll Fly Away is a classic! Great list!

  7. Jim on February 21st, 2013 11:22 pm

    I can’t believe no one said Dueling Banjos. It’s the most famous banjo song of all time. Steve Martin has a bit about it and may others have played it on TV and movies.

  8. connie on March 22nd, 2013 9:38 am

    My sons looking for an older banjo song, he said he remembers the video of it on dish or direct TV before he moved out of home 7-8 years ago. Most parts of video are of sad situations and one verse that stands out is ” I play a banjo, I play a banjo, I play a banjo”. Any insight to who sings it and the name of it. Any help will b greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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