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Dan's newest! Traveling Home

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Traveling Home This is Dan's latest. A mostly instrumental album featuring clawhammer banjo and Appalachian fiddle played by Dan and introducing The Lovely Miss Jennifer playing banjo on several tracks. There is guitar accompaniment for many of the cuts on this album provided by Newfoundland's Rik Barron. 2 songs.
Produced by Bob Carlin

Tunes: Red Haired Boy; Leaving Home; John Brown's Dream; Dry & Dusty; Camp Chase/Jenny Git Around; Texas Gals; John Lover's Gone; Texas; Milwaukee Blues; Kentucky John Henry; Lost Indian; Boatman; Durang's Hornpipe; Monkey on a Dogcart; Whistling Rufus; Sandy Boys; Arkansas Traveler/Mississippi Sawyer/Rock the Cradle Joe; Banjo Tramp

BARENAKED BANJOS An all instrumental solo banjo CD by Dan Levenson played on 4 different banjos. No other instruments, no vocals.

Tunes: Katy Hill ,Logan County, Little Billie Wilson' Dr. Dr., Texas Gals, Forked Deer, Staten Island, Liza Poor Gal, Johnny Don't Get Drunk, Rocky Pallet, Needlecase, Old Bell Cow, Fortune, Old Molly Hare/Rag Time Annie, Soldiers' Joy, Billy in the Low Ground, Joke on the Puppy (Wry Straw), Breaking Up Christmas, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Hangman's Reel, Duck River, Flying Indian, June Apple, Wild Horses at Stony Point

Light Of The Moon - (Buzzard 2001 - CD) - This is mostly solo recording of old favorites as well some newer pieces. Fiddle tunes to folk songs are what you will find in this recording. Dan is joined on a few songs with other musicians including Annie Trimble of the Boiled Buzzards, and his son Jonathan Levenson.

Tunes: June Apple; Cindy; Rushing the Pepper; Climbing the Golden Stairs; All God's Critters; Jaybird/Moses Hoe the Corn; Old Rip; The Fox; Rockin' Jenny; Soppin' the Gravy; Willow Waltz; Darlin' Corey; Buffalo Gals; Yellow Rose of Texas; Shelvin' Rock/Old Mother Flanagan; Snake River Reel; Hard Traveling; John Stenson's #2; Roseville Fair; Front Porch Waltz

Instrumentation: Solo banjo, solo fiddle, guitar, vocals, also includes some hammer dulcimer on 2 cuts.

Early Bird Special - (Buzzard 1004 CD ) Dan plays with The Boiled Buzzards Old Time Stringband. - This all digital recording features the fine banjo playing and singing of Dan Levenson combined with the driving fiddle of Mark Tamsula. They are backed up by Ruth "Thunder Woman" Kass on upright bass and Annie Trimble on guitar and vocal. The tunes here are mostly newer tunes in the old style.

Tunes: Smith's Reel; Beasties in the Sugar; Wooden Nickel; Brandywine/Three Forks of Reedy; The Engineers Don't Wave From the Train Anymore; Black Widow Romp; Young Guns & Miners; Boys Them Buzzards Are Flying; Lulu Loves Them Young; Bitter Creek; Lost Everything; Nixon's Farewell; Teabag Blues; Sadie at the Back Door/Waiting for Nancy; You Can't Get There From Here; Snake River Reel; Grey Haired Dancing Girl; Cliff's Waltz.

Instrumentation: Mostly instrumental (vocals on 2 cuts) banjo, fiddle, guitar, and acoustic bass.

Eat At Joe's - (Buzzard 1003 CD) with Boiled Buzzards. This, our third recording, features the fine banjo playing of Dan Levenson combined Ruth Kass on upright bass and Annie Trimble on guitar and fiddler Chris Wig. There are many traditional favorites here and a few newer ones too.

Tunes: Patty on the Turnpike; John Brown's March/Waiting for the Federals; Snake River Reel; Hollow Poplar; Spotted Pony; Dinah/Wake Up Susan; Black Widow Romp; Katy Hill; Nixon's Farewell; Shady Grove; Spring in the Valley; Cuffy; The Year of Jubilo/Yellow Rose of Texas; Jimmy in the Swamp; Nixon's Farewell (w/double fiddles); Julianne Johnson; Tombigbee Waltz.

Instrumentation: All instrumental music played on banjo, fiddle, guitar, and acoustic bass.

Fine Dining - (Marimac 9043 CD) with Boiled Buzzards. Dan - Banjo, Dave Rice - harmonica, Ruth Kass - bass, introduces Annie Trimble on guitar.

Tunes: Shuffle About; Little Dutch Girl; John Brown's Dream; Liza Jane; Goodbye Miss Liza; Booth Shot Lincoln; Briarpicker Brown; Monkey on a Dogcart; Fortune; Shenandoah Falls; Three Ponies; Jaybird; Forked Deer/Doctor Doctor; Leaving Home; Rock the Cradle Joe; Old Mother Flanigan; Santa Claus; Too Young to Marry; Roscoe; Stambaugh Waltz.

Instrumentation: Mostly instrumental (vocals on 2 cuts) banjo, harmonica, guitar, and acoustic bass.

New Frontier - (Blue rose 1001 CD/cs) Dan Levenson is joined here by Kim Murley for a recording that features a unique blend of American traditional tunes with some Chinese pieces. If you like fiddle, banjo and dulcimer music and crave something fresh, you'll love this one.

Tunes: Kitchen Girl/Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman; Weaving Girl; Lullaby; Pachinko; Liza Poor Gal/Traveling Down the Road; Dance of the Yao People; Red Haired Boy; Duke of Kent's Waltz; Thunder on a Dry Day; Horse Race; Flying Indian; Dragon Boat; Mackinac Bats; Rosy Cloud Follows the Moon; Song of the Frontier; Cherry Blossom Waltz.

Instrumentation: All instrumentals w/Dan Levenson on Banjo, Fiddle and Guitar and Kim Murley on Hammered Dulcimer and Yang Qin (Chinese Hammered Dulcimer)

A Reason to Dance - (RT Audio 2002 CD) Dan joins Rick Thum and friends for this all instrumental stringband album featuring Rick's fine hammer dulcimer playing. Dan and Rick are joined by an all star band for this super-jam session recording of stringband favorites.

Tunes: Forked Deer; Sally Ann; Black Widow Romp; Spotted Pony; Front Porch Waltz; Angelina Baker; Snake River Reel; John Stenson's #2; Elzick's Farewell; Rock the Cradle Joe/Waiting for Nancy; Morning's Waltz; Cherokee Shuffle; June Apple; Seneca Square Dance; Nail That Catfish to a Tree; Sadie at the Back Door.

Instrumentation: All instrumental music with clawhammer banjo, hammer dulcimer, fiddle, guitar and bass

ALSO AVAILABLE WITH RICK THUM AND FRIENDS FRONT PORCH WALTZ - (RT Audio 2003 CD)

Salt and Grease (Buzzard 1001 CD) is The Boiled Buzzards' first album. It includes the fine banjo playing of Dan Levenson combined with the harmonica styles of Dave Rice with up by Ruth Kass - Bass, Joe Collins-guitar.

Tunes: Julianne Johnson; 3 Thin Dimes; Durang's Hornpipe; Milwaukee Blues; Muddy Roads; Log Chain/Railroading Across the Rocky Mountains (Marmaduke's Hornpipe); Billy in the Lowgrounds; Yellow Barber; Little Billy Wilson; Sandy Boys; Southtown; Rochester Schottische; Kansas City Reel; June Apple; Bull at the Wagon; Sally Ann Johnson; Nail That Catfish to a Tree; Icy Mountain; Benton's Dream;
Sadie's Waltz.

Instrumentation: Mostly instrumental (vocals on 2 cuts) banjo, harmonica, guitar, and acoustic bass.

This album is now available at CD Baby as a digital download.