John Henry ~ Clawhammer Banjo

John Henry was a legendary American railroad spike driver. Pretty much every blues and folk singer that I’ve ever listened to has a version of John Henry. This is my banjo version and I get my lyrics from Lead Belly, Furry Lewis and Ed Lewis.

[@ADUAquascaping]

Clawhammer, that nail!

[@clawhammerchris]

😁Clawhammer gonna be the death of me.

[@curtleiker4436]

Bomb digity!!

[@clawhammerchris]

Thank you, Curt!

[@folkenbluzer]

I clicked on this quick! I like hearing the different interpretations and yours draws from a few and you got a new version now! Right on Chris!!!

[@clawhammerchris]

Thanks, Al! Were there any lines that you hadn’t heard before?

[@folkenbluzer]

@clawhammerchris yep. I don't remember much h of leadbellys version and I love me some furry Lewis but never heard his version.. Rock Island line seemed like a Leadbelly line ad there were some others. I was really into the big bill broonzy versions. He had so many different lines he used in different live versions that I pulled my favorite of his and made a 4 verse version out of em.

[@DanDDirges]

Nice job with this classic Chris! I like the talking lines mixed in between the verses! Enjoyed listening!

[@clawhammerchris]

Thank you very much, Dan! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@curtleiker4436]

Bomb Diggity! What's Buckethead machine gun tab praxas

[@clawhammerchris]

Why do you ask that? I guess guitar tab for Machine Gun by Buckethead, but I don’t know about Praxas.

[@curtleiker4436]

@@clawhammerchris
I'm sorry dam auto correct
Watch buckethead machine gun tab . He's a beast on the guitar

[@clawhammerchris]

I know, he’s the bomb diggity!

[@clawhammerchris]

Ohhh. Praxis. Yes yes. 👍