Mac Benford just sent me a wonderful new CD of Ed Haley tunes played on clawhammer banjo. A day earlier, I had received a great new CD from Rhys Jones, Jeff Miller, and Jim Nelson, which also features exciting renditions of a few Haley tunes. So I figured it's time for an Ed Haley tribute playlist.
This new playlist features a lot of Haley's recordings (warning: some are of very poor sound quality -- if you find these too hard to listen to, just let me know), as well as tracks from the above two albums, John Hartford's two Haley tribute albums, and other versions of tunes Haley played from simpatico artists (not necessarily the Haley versions, but interesting as points of comparison).
I'm still monkeying with the track order, so what's playing right now isn't quite final, but please give a listen and let me know what you think. (You can use the "comments" link below if you'd like to post a public comment.)
Best wishes,
John
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