jon & kathy at lowell
photo credit Mike Coughlin
Old Time and Old Country Music
Planet Banjo
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| jon & kathy at lowell photo credit Mike Coughlin |
Some cool mp3's...
Here's Kathy doing a song written by Hank Williams |
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Here's Kathy singing the Tennessee Blues |
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Essential repertoire... Sweet Marie, fiddle'n'banjo... 3/29/09 |
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Kathy & Mark on vocals, Jon on Steel... fabulous song... |
Come see Planet Banjo &/or the Dixie Butterhounds as we open at the Cantab for the "Second Tuesdays" of 2012. Yes, we're taking a short hiatus for the rest of 2011. The Cantab Lounge is on Mass. Ave, right in Central Square, Cambridge, MA (our fair city) and starts around 8PM. Brought to you by Geoff Bartley, guitarist of some reknown!
Here's a clip from the last April show.
Tell Her to Come Back Home(mp3, only 747KB)
The Doc Watson version of Shady Grove that changed my life back in 1971.
Visit our friends Woody & Beth's Old-Timey website, they're the Bradford Bog People!
Check out my friend Will Fielding's most beautiful banjo, the "North Star".
He's the one who made my "Rooster" banjo. They are both incredible banjos... this is an unpaid endorsement! Warning, this is a 1.9Mb PDF file.
Yet More Interesting MP3's
Planet Banjo's public Steel Guitar debut! Live from the Cantab Lounge, in August 2006! One I learned from Dave Giegerich at Ashokan... very cool dude... |
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One of our favorite John Prine songs... |
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Hard Ass Country... Mark and Karen sing (Jon on steel).... |
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Karen sings lead on this one, Kathy and Mark do Harmony, Jon (steel)... |
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George sings and plays slide guitar, Jon on Steel... |
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Mark & George on fiddle, Jon on Banjo, Kathy on Guitar... Mark sings... |
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George leads, Jon Banjo, Karen Harmony, and Kathy guitar on... |
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If you want to hear Planet Banjo's VIRGIN recording... warts and all... Kathy sings & plays guitar, this is Jon's steel debut... a mite shaky... but purty... |
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From April 2006 Live at the Cantab... |
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From January, 2005 Kathy & Jon fiddle and banjo... |
Contact us at Kathy @ Planetbanjo.com
Jam with us at Sandy's Music on Monday Nites in Cambridge MA
Jon's Family Pictures... From Nanny's old treasure box of pictures...
Engel and Jacoby Family Pictures!!!! *** Click Here to See the Pictures ***
Special Edition: October 2005... Albert Engel's Bar Mitzvah & Family Reunion!
*** NEW!!! Click Here to See the Pictures ***
from June/July 2011: Ashokan Western and Swing Week Pictures!
New from Aug. 2011: Antique Pinball Machines at The Silver Ball Musuem!
New Find! Nanny's Nut Cake Recipe... in her own handwriting!