Blake Hannahson Goes Cross-Country With A Banjo

This summer I drove across the country in my van and performed a set of traditional banjo tunes with the help of a few friends along the way.

Performed, filmed, recorded and edited by Blake Hannahson

Audio mixed by Jaron Freeman-Fox

Tracklist (sources and banjo tunings listed below):

Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
(Vince Guaraldi)
Performed by Anh Phung

Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase
featuring Anh Phung
(Traditional, Chris Coole, Victor Furtado)
gCGCD

Chilly Winds
(Traditional, Wade Ward, Nora Brown)
gDGBD

Clear Fork
(Traditional, Joseph Decosimo)
eCGCD

5 Miles From Town
(Traditional, Clyde Davenport)
aDADE (capo on second)

Seductive Fantasy
Sun Ra

Will Davenport’s Tune
(Will Davenport, Clyde Davenport)
fFGCD

Spotted Pony
(Traditional, Dan Levonson)
gCGCD

John Henry
(Traditional, Lily May Ledford)
g#BEBE

Davenport
(Dock Boggs)
fCFCD

Wild Goose Chase
(Virgil Anderson)
f#DEAD

[polimana]

what a beautiful film!!!! you're a fantastic filmmaker!!!!

[scottwalker]

keep coming back for this rendition of lost gander which has a flavour different from others i cant put my finger on, just really like it. i've been trying to learning it now from lucas pool. thanks for posting this film!

[Time.Space.Heal.]

I’m a couple mins in and I know I’ll watch this a few times and share it around. Love the edit work. ✌🏻from Pennsylvania