Jim Bottorff's Banjo Page
UPDATE LOG 2004-2007
 
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2/18/07
Added song with chords: China Boy, click here
 
2/8/07
Added song with chords: Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet, click here
 
2/4/07
Added link to the WineLand Banjo Band, click here
 
1/23/07
Added song with chords: Blue Moon, click here
 
1/7/07
Added song with chords: Ain't We Got Fun, click here
Added song with chords: Banjo Polka, click here
 
12/31/06
Added song with chords: Lazy River, click here
 
12/18/06
Added song with chords: Three Little Words, click here
 
12/14/06
Added song with chords: Ramblin' Rose, click here
 
12/12/06
Added song with chords: Amapola, click here
 
12/02/06
Added song with chords: Clarinet Polka, click here
 
11/26/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: Ting-A-Ling, click here
 
11/24/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: Smile, click here
Added composers and trivia to Maggie, click here
 
10/20/06
Added link in 4-String Banjo Links to:
Burt Butlers Jazz Pilgrims, click here
 
09/23/06
Added link in Useful Links secton to:
A Jazz Anthology, click here
 
08/17/06
Added an alternate arrangement for: My Gal Sal, click here
 
08/15/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: My Gal Sal, click here
 
07/30/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: Cielito Lindo, click here
 
07/25/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: I'm An Old Cowhand, click here
 
07/24/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: Oakland, click here
Added song with chords to Beginners Songs: Silver Bell, click here
 
07/16/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: Old Bones, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Day Dreams....., click here
Added parody lyrics to: It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, click here
Updated Oakland Banjo Band page, click here
 
07/04/06
Added link to Mike Currao's Website, click here
Added link to Kurt Abell's "Washboard Wizardz" music site, click here
 
06/19/06
Added tablature on Beginners Songs: Devil's Dream, click here
 
05/14/06
Added song with chords to Beginners Songs: Mountain Dew, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Moon River, click here
 
04/02/06
Added tablature on Beginners Songs: Soldier's Joy, click here
Added link to Dave Marty's Home Page, click here
 
03/22/06
Added song with chords and 5-string tablature to Beginners Page:
Banjo In The Hollow, click here
 
Added link in the 5-String Link section to:
Free Clawhammer tablature for 217 tunes by Charles I. Kelly, click here
 
03/13/06
Added link in the 4-String Link section to:
First Swiss Banjo Festival, click here
 
03/11/06
Added link in the 5-String Link section to:
Jack Baker's Fretted Instruments School of Guitar and Banjo, click here
 
02/19/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, click here
 
02/16/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: Oh, Lonesome Me, click here
 
02/09/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: On The Sunny Side Of The Street, click here
 
01/01/06
Added song with chords and lyrics: I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, click here
 
12/29/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Edelweiss, click here
 
12/01/05
Revised song Red River Valley on Beginners Page, arrangement and lyrics, click here
 
11/27/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider, click here
 
11/21/05
Made additions to Tips Page re: making lead sheets from midi files, click here
 
11/19/05
Added tablature on Beginners Songs: Foggy Mountain Breakdown, click here
 
Added verse and lyrics: Crazy Words - Crazy Tune, click here
 
Added verse and lyrics: Cinderella Girl, click here
Thanks to Frank Cox for notation, lyrics and composer information.
 
11/05/05
Added Plectrum Chord Chart with Alternate Fingering, click here
 
10/25/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Crazy Words - Crazy Tune, click here
 
10/24/05
Added simplified chords for: Washington And Lee Swing, click here
 
10/19/05
Added link in the 5-String Link section to The Blue Sage Trio. click here
An all acoustic folk trio specializing in the folk songs of the west.
Free downloads of clawhammer banjo tablature and instruction.
 
10/14/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Washington And Lee Swing, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby, click here
 
9/20/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Sunflower, click here
Added beginners Guitar Tuned Banjo Chord Chart, click here
 
9/10/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Rose Colored Glasses, click here
 
9/05/05
Added song with chords to Beginners Songs: Never On Sunday, click here
 
8/28/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Miss You, click here
 
8/27/05
Added song with chords to Beginners Songs: Home On The Range, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Mississippi Mud, click here
 
8/02/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: The Japanese Sandman, click here
Added chords and lyrics: Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, click here
(Includes playing two songs together)
 
7/24/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Doctor Jazz, click here
 
7/18/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: My Little Red Wagon, click here
 
7/11/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: JA-DA, click here
 
7/01/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Bourbon Street Parade, click here
(Includes playing two songs together)
 
6/25/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: New Orleans, click here
 
6/24/05
Added "turnaround" (dogfight) to Beer Barrel Polka, click here
 
6/22/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: You Call Everybody Darling, click here
 
6/18/05
Added link to ITN ARCHIVE, lots of British Banjo Players and Banjo Band movie clips.
Includes 5-string, plectrum and tenor players, plus two clips of Eddie Peabody.
Select "BRITISH PATHE" and then search for "BANJO".  click here
 
Added link to movie of Eddie Peabody playing St. Louis Blues, click here
 
Click here for my Banjo Links page
 
6/17/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Somebody Loves You, click here
 
6/12/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: A Banjo Song (1910), click here
 
6/11/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: The Banjo Song (1952), click here
 
5/22/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Me And My Shadow, click here
 
5/15/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: You're The Cream In My Coffee, click here
Added song with chords to Beginners Page: Banjo Song, click here
 
5/9/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Just Because, click here
Added chord chart to: Alabamy Bound, click here
 
4/27/05
Added Beginner's Chord Charts, click here
 
4/27/05
Added new Sound Clips page, click here
 
4/17/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: I Can't Give You Anything But Love, click here
 
4/15/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Minnie The Mermaid, click here
 
4/10/05
Added lead sheet to Baby Face, click here
Added lead sheet to Cuddle Up A Little Closer, click here
Added lead sheet to She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain, click here
Added lead sheet to Tom Dooley, click here
 
4/09/05
Added chords, lyrics and lead sheet to Shadow Waltz, click here
Added lead sheet to Five Foot Two, click here
 
4/08/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Darktown Strutters' Ball, click here
 
4/05/05
Made revisions to the Tips for Playing Along page, click here
Made revisions to the Circle of 5ths Chord Practice page, click here
 
4/05/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Tea For Two, click here
Added lyrics to: Spaghetti Rag, click here
 
4/04/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Mister Sandman, click here
 
4/03/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Hard Hearted Hannah, click here
 
4/02/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: What'll I Do?, click here
 
3/29/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: YES! We Have No Bananas, click here
 
3/28/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Among My Souvenirs, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: When You're Smiling, click here
 
3/25/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Cuddle Up A Little Closer, click here
Added 4/4 time chorus to: Shanty In Old Shanty Town, click here
 
3/11/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Mandy, click here
 
3/9/05
Added verse with lyrics: The Varsity Drag, click here
 
3/8/05
Added sheet music cover to Goofus, see what the "Goofus Bird" looks like, click here
 
3/5/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: The Varsity Drag, click here
 
3/4/05
Corrected composer information: Syncopated Clock, click here
 
3/2/05
Added: 5-String Banjo, G-Tuning, Accompaniment Chords, click here
 
2/28/05
Made general format changes to various pages.
 
2/22/05
Added: Circle of 5ths Chord Practice Chart, click here
 
2/16/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Spanish Eyes, click here
Added chord chart: Spaghetti Rag, click here
 
2/08/05
Added link to Sean Moyses website, click here
 
2/07/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, 4/4 time, click here
                                                      It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, 3/4 time, click here
 
2/06/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Alexander's Ragtime Band, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Sugar Blues, click here
 
2/04/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: The Bells Of St. Mary's, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Paddlin' Madelin' Home, click here
 
1/29/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Sometime, click here
 
1/25/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Indiana, click here
 
1/23/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Saint Louis Blues, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Moonlight On The Ganges, click here
 
1/22/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Tiger Rag, click here
Added sound clip to: Dream A Little Dream Of Me, click here
 
1/20/05
Added sound clip to: Star Dust, click here
 
1/13/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Ridin' Down The Canyon, click here
 
1/12/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Alley Cat, click here
 
1/9/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: Hello! My Baby, click here
 
1/7/05
Added song with chords and lyrics: My Blue Heaven, click here
 
1/5/05
Added chords and lyrics to: Theme From New York, New York, click here
 
1/4/05
Added song with chords and sound-clip to Beginners Songs: Looney Tunes Theme, click here
 
12/31/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Angry, click here
 
12/30/04
Added sound clip to: Tavern In The Town, click here
Added sound clip to: Darling Nellie Gray, click here
Added sound clip to: Our Boys Will Shine Tonight, click here
Revised Strumming Techniques page, click here
 
12/27/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: One Dozen Roses, click here
 
12/25/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Everywhere You Go, click here
 
12/23/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Tie Me To Your Apron Strings, click here
 
12/21/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Smile, Darn Ya', Smile, click here
 
12/18/04
Added chords and lyrics to: Heart And Soul, click here
Added chords and lyrics to: Roll On Mississippi, click here
 
12/17/04
Added chords and lyrics to: Moonlight On The Colorado, click here
 
12/16/04
Added song to Beginners Page with chords and lyrics:
Good Bye, My Lover Good Bye, click here
 
12/14/04
Added plectrum/5-string tablature to: Ashokan Farwell, click here
 
12/12/04
Added chords and lyrics to: Donkey Serenade, click here
 
12/10/04
Added chords and lyrics to: On Mobile Bay, click here
 
12/08/04
Added chords and lyrics to: Coquette, click here
Added chords and lyrics to: Coquette (3/4), click here
 
12/07/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Cherry, click here
 
12/06/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Who?, click here
 
12/05/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: We Three, click here
 
12/03/04
Added more lyrics to Little Brown Jug, click here
 
12/01/04
Revised tips on changing tempo and key of songs, click here
 
11/28/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: When You Wore A Tulip, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: As Time Goes By, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Nobody's Sweetheart, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: Star Dust, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: You, click here
 
11/26/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Somebody Stole My Gal, click here
 
11/25/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: You Are My Sunshine, click here
 
11/24/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Over The Rainbow, click here
 
11/22/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: The Best Things In Life Are Free, click here
 
11/18/04
Added song to Beginners Page with chords and lyrics: Red Wing, click here
Added song to Beginners Page with chords and lyrics: Red River Valley, click here
 
11/12/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: I Found The Girl Of My Dreams, click here
 
11/06/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Undecided, click here
 
11/05/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: I Found A Million Dollar Baby, click here
 
11/01/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Happy, click here
 
10/31/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: A Kiss To Build A Dream On, click here
Added song to Beginners Page with chords: Nashville Blues, click here
 
10/29/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Shine, click here
 
10/27/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: I Get The Blues When It Rains, click here
 
10/26/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: C U At The Great Seattle Fair, click here
 
10/25/04
Added song to Beginners Page with chords and lyrics: The Girl I Left Behind, click here
 
10/23/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Doll Dance, click here
Added song with chords: I Love A Banjo (#2), click here
 
10/22/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Don't Bring Lulu, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: I Love To Hear A Banjo, click here
 
10/19/04
Added song with chords and lyrics: Wabash Blues, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: King Chanticleer, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: San, click here
 
10/18/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Oh, You Beautiful Doll, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: Cocktails For Two, click here
 
10/17/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Cow Cow Boogie, click here
 
10/16/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Inka Dinka Doo, click here
Added song with chords and lyrics: In Banjo Land, click here
 
10/15/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Josephine, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: Slow Poke, click here
 
10/14/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Missouri Waltz, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: Moonglow, click here
 
10/13/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: South Sea Island Magic, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: Sleepy Time Gal, click here
 
10/10/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Someday You'll Be Sorry, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: Sheik Of Araby, click here
 
10/08/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: The Love Nest, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: Smiles, click here
 
10/05/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Side By Side, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: Runnin' Wild, click here
 
10/03/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Glad Rag Doll, click here
Added chord chart and lyrics: Goody Goody, click here
 
10/02/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Red Roses For A Blue Lady, click here
 
8/17/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Jealous, click here
Added new song with chords and lyrics: Just An Old Banjo, click here
 
7/31/04
Added link to George Girshwin songs click here for links page
 
7/25/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Peg O' My Heart, click here
 
7/18/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Love Letters In The Sand, click here
 
7/5/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Banjo Boy  click here
Added link to George Formby songs click here for links page
 
7/3/04
Added chord chart: Westphalia Waltz, click here
 
6/29/04
Added melody/tablature for plectrum, tenor, and 5-string banjos to Happy Birthday
click here
 
6/27/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Cocoanut Grove
 
6/25/04
Added link for Stephen Foster Songs Website
Added link for Favorite Folk Songs Website
Added link for Northern California Bluegrass Society
click here for links page
 
6/15/04
Added link for MidniteSun Website
Added link for Smick and Smodoo's World Website
click here
 
6/13/04
Added links to "Hit Parade" tunes
click here
 
6/12/04
Added link for Sacramento Banjo Band
Added link for Kidmagnet site
 
6/6/04
Added lyrics to sound clips
 
6/5/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Toot, Toot, Tootsie!
 
6/2/04
Added 5-string sound clip to 'Tucky Home
 
6/1/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: I Want A Girl
 
5/26/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: I Love You
 
5/24/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Man With The Banjo
Added chord chart: Cactus Polka
 
5/23/04
Added chord chart and lyrics: Home
Added chord chart and lyrics: Mame
Added chord chart and lyrics: Margie
 
5/17/04
Added chords and lyrics: There Will Never Be Another You
 
5/16/04
Added items to links page
Added chords and lyrics: Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
Added chords: Under The Double Eagle
Added lyrics: Blue Tango
 
5/15/04
Added lyrics: Alabamy Bound
Added chord chart and lyrics: Banjo Band Polka
Added lyrics: Pardon Me Pretty Baby
Added lyrics: Rose Room
Added lyrics: Rockin' Chair
Added lyrics: Road to Gundagai
 
5/9/04
Added lyrics:  On A Slow Boat To China
Added lyrics: On The Alamo
Added lyrics: Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
 
5/8/04
Added lyrics:  Sentimental Journey
Added lyrics: San Francisco Bay Blues
Added lyrics: September In The Rain
Added lyrics: Maybe
Added lyrics: Mama's Gone, Goodbye
Added lyrics: Mister And Mississippi
Added lyrics: Music! Music! Music!
Added lyrics: Nevertheless
Added lyrics: Pennies From Heaven
Added lyrics: My Mammy
Added lyrics: Once In A While
Added lyrics: Roses Of Picardi
Added lyrics: Riders In The Sky
Added lyrics: Papa Joe's
Added lyrics: Oh, Lady Be Good!
 
5/3/04
Added lyrics:  I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
Added lyrics: Kentucky Waltz
Added lyrics: Makin' Whoopee!
 
5/2/04
Added lyrics:  Old Folks At Home
Added lyrics:  I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Added Lyrics: Limehouse Blues
 
4/25/04
Added lyrics:  Shanty In Old Shanty Town
Added lyrics:  If I Had You
Added lyrics:  If You Knew Susie
Added lyrics:  Is It True What They Say About Dixie
Added lyrics: June Night
Added lyrics: Kansas City Kitty
Added lyrics: Louisiana Fairy Tale
Added lyrics: Lies
Added lyrics: Mood Indigo
 
4/24/04
Added lyrics:  Stranger On The Shore
Added lyrics:  S'posin'
Added lyrics:  South
Added lyrics:  Sing, Sing, Sing
Added "Fretboard" to Links page
Added lyrics:  I'll See You In My Dreams
Added lyrics:  Sidewalks of Newyork
 
4/23/04
Added lyrics:  Them There Eyes
Added lyrics: The Syncopated Clock
Added lyrics: Sweet Sue
Added lyrics: Sweet Gypsy Rose
Added lyrics: Sweet Georgia Brown
Added lyrics and revised midi file: Swanee River
Added lyrics: Swanee
Added lyrics: Sunday
Added lyrics: Shanty In Old Shanty Town
 
4/21/04
Added sound clip to Cripple Creek
 
4/18/04
Started Update Log
Added lyrics:  I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
Added lyrics:  I Miss A Little Miss
Added lyrics:  'Taint No Sin
Added lyrics:  Tennessee Waltz
Added lyrics:  I'll Always Be In Love With You
Added lyrics:  I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time