Tommy Jarrell, a fiddler and banjo player from North Carolina, was the subject of a great documentary produced by Les Blank, Sprout Wings and Fly. He was very receptive to sharing his music with others and there is a good bit of film of his playing. Here are a few examples of his banjo style:
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Fred Cockerham, on fretless banjo with Tommy Jarrell on fiddle, 1971
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Merle Watson (with Doc)
Cold Frosty Morning |
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Joe Thompson (with Odell Thompson)
Black Annie |
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Pete Seeger (with Doc Watson)
That Lonesome Valley |
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Mike Seeger
Southern banjo styles |
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Roscoe Holcomb
On Top of Old Smoky |
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Stanley Hicks
Fox Chase |
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Dink Roberts
Fox Chase |
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Aunt Jenny Wilson
Liza Jane |
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Dock Boggs
Country Blues |
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Lily May Ledford (with Coon Creek Girls)
How Many Biscuits Can You Eat |
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Virgil Anderson
Wild Goose Chase |
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Enoch Rutherford
Sourwood Mountain |
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Clyde Davenport
Unnamed tune |
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Elmer Bird
John Henry |
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Lee Sexton
Down South Blues |
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Morgan Sexton
Railroad Boy |
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Obray Ramsey
Groundhog |
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Cousin Emmy
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (On Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest TV show, also plays Molly and Tenbrooks and Bow Down (aka Froggy Went a Courtin’) with the Stanley Brothers.) |
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Benton Flippen
Cripple Creek |
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Etta Baker
Cripple Creek |
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Elizabeth Cotton
Georgia Buck |
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Bashful Brother Oswald
Rabbit in the Log |
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Lois Short
Banjo Picking Girl |
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Martha Woodard
Mission |
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Will Keys
The Dead March |
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Pete Steele
Coal Creek March |
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Ralph Stanley
Mule to Ride |
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Stella Kimble (with Taylor)
Johnny’s Gone to War |
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George Pegram
John Henry |
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Giles Lephew
Little Brown Jug |
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A toast from Toast (Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham)
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Cordell Kemp
Banjo tricks |
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