Tut Taylor Archive Reel #173B 'American Banjo' - side A Banjo, Mandolin, & Guitar Trio Studio Sessions Unknown Date or Location 1/15/1980 Source: The reel is a 1/4 inch 15 ips stereo recording. It was played on a Technics 1500 and digitized using a Lavry AD122-96MKIII. The resulting signal was captured using Samplitude as the recording software as a 24 bit 96 kHz wave file. 1. John Hardy 2. Cluck Old Hen 3. Cripple Creek 4. When Johnny Comes Marching Home 5. Shortnin' Bread 6. Pretty Polly 7. The Girl I Left Behind 8. Bill Bailey Tut Taylor Archive Reel #173B is labeled 'American Banjo' and features studio-quality recordings of a banjo, mandolin, and guitar trio. I am unable to identify the performers, but the banjo player is exceptional and his playing is spotlighted. Further recordings from this session are found on Tut Taylor Archive Reel #178. --Mitchell Wittenberg