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I'm not sure why I did this, but it felt good to be playing this old pot again. I understand that this is usually not in G tuning--but this is where I've always played it.

Worked this out based on versions by Steve Srubas & Donald Zepp. I was supposed to be in A, but didn't have a capo handy. This is turning into one of my favorite tunes, particularly on instruments other than my gold tone.

I listened to a version of "Who'll rock the cradle" by John McCutcheon which reminded me of this song, so I worked it out on my tackhead. I'm in the equivalent of Open G, but tuned down a ways. Shawnee Town is one of the early euro-american settlements in Illinois, located in the south-east area along the Ohio River. It was partially located there at a ferry crossing, but also was a source of salt from saline wells.

Number 22 in Fleshers book. A stately tune, I think.

What can I say--great tune. I learned it a long time ago from many sources, perhaps mostly from "Fennigs All-Star Band".

First effort at the Twirl Dance, a tune that was brought up in the BanjoHangout Sound Off, in http://www.banjohangout.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=59717 I may not keep this around, just a test right now.

It's been a couple of months since I learned this tune, and it is still one of my favorites. I thought I'd put up a version of how it sounds now.

I believe that I learned this from a New Lost City Ramblers recording, at least it was John Cohen.

Just a nice tune. I should have been capoed up to D.