Bob Carlin

About the artist

Bob Carlin (born March 17, 1953 in New York City) is an American old-time banjo player and singer. As well as solo recordings, he has recorded as Bob Carlin & John Hartford. Carlin has toured the United States, Canada, and Europe performing on various historical banjos (including gourd banjos), and has explored the African roots of the banjo by working with the Malian musician Cheick Hamala Diabate (recording as Cheick Hamala Diabaté and Bob Carlin) and the elder African-American fiddler Joe Thompson.

Top songs

  1. The Falls of Richmond
  2. Davy Davy
  3. The Spotted Pony / Sullivan's Hollow
  4. Too Young to Marry
  5. Big Scioty
  6. Needlecase
  7. Shady Grove
  8. Farewell Trion
  9. Clinch Mountain Backstep
  10. Boatman
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  1. Icy Mountain
  2. Pretty Little Indian
  3. Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine
  4. Medley: Devil's Dream / Darkey Money Musk / Mrs. McLeod's Reel
  5. Ora Lee
  6. Ninety Degrees
  7. Walk Along John
  8. Geese Honking
  9. Trouble
  10. Far in the Mountain
  11. Indian on a Stump
  12. Big Footed Man in the Sandy Lot
  13. Ain't Gonna Get No Supper Here Tonight
  14. Cherokee Shuffle
  15. Hosses in the Canebreak
  16. Old Sledge
  17. Indian War Whoop
  18. Ten Yards of Calico
  19. Dixie's Land
  20. Medley: The Spotted Pony/Sullivan's Hollow
  21. Paddy on the Turnpike
  22. Cuttin' at the Point
  23. Chinese Breakdown
  24. Black Snake Bit Me on the Toe
  25. Chilly Winds
  26. Pretty Polly Ann
  27. Little Boy, Little Boy
  28. Cider
  29. Medley: Box the Fox/Pays De Haut
  30. Spring Creek Gal
  31. Tempy / Rye Straw
  32. Norweigan Wood/waiting For Nancy
  33. You're Bound to Look Like A Monkey
  34. Box The Fox / Pays De Haut
  35. Banjo Roustabout
  36. Medley: Tempy/Rye Straw
  37. I'm Going Over the Mountain
  38. Fisher's Hornpipe
  39. Cotton Eyed Joe
  40. Little Deuce Coupe
  41. Big John McNeil
  42. The Fun Of Open Discussion
  43. Jenny on the Railroad
  44. Old Bunch Of Keys
  45. Otto Wood, the Bandit
  46. Tishomingo County Blues
  47. Back Step Cindy
  48. I Had But Fifty Cents
  49. When You Ask A Girl to Leave Her Happy Home
  50. Grasshopper Sitting On A Sweet Potatoe Vine
  51. OId Bunch of Keys
  52. Lantern in the Ditch
  53. Step Back Cindy
  54. Hy Patitian
  55. The Merry Girl
  56. Devilish Mary
  57. The Boys From North Carolina
  58. Who's That Knocking At the Door
  59. Richmond Am a Hard Road To Travel
  60. Ben Dewberry's Final Run
  61. The Federal Soldier
  62. Spanish Fandango
  63. Shortenin' Bread
  64. Bull At The Wagon
  65. Roll Over Beetoven
  66. Dry and Dusty
  67. Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains
  68. Martha Campbell
  69. When the Wagon Was New
  70. I Can See Your Aura
  71. God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
  72. Chinquapin
  73. They've All Got a Wife but Me
  74. C-h-i-c-k-e-n
  75. M.I.S.I.P.
  76. Kitty Puss
  77. Died For Love
  78. Greenback Dollar
  79. Doc Chapman's Breakdown
  80. Flying Cloud Cotillion
  81. Mrs. Maxwell
  82. Cheetah
  83. 5.Bonaparte crossing the Rocky mountains
  84. Ships in the cloud/Folding down the sheets
  85. Mr. Spaceman
  86. 12.Ships in the cloud/Folding down the sheets
  87. 8.Flying Cloud Cotillion
  88. Medley: Phil Rice's Excelsior Jig / John Diamond Walk Around
  89. Fiddle Head Reel/Dubuque
  90. 15.Fiddle Head Reel/Dubuque

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