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lonesome valley
not covering any new ground, just trying out a mic I bought in the hope of improving my recording.… Matthew Borczon May 7 51 views
saint James infirmary
A new oil can guitar I made a week ago. This video has over 1000 views on fb. Not really sure why i… Matthew Borczon Mar 13 80 views
breakfast blues
just a fun song I wrote in about three minutes this morning after eating a cold piece of fried chic… Matthew Borczon Apr 30, 2022 104 views
go tell aunt Rhody
my 2-string banjo out on a hiking trail here in Erie Pa. Just wanted to hear it in the open air Matthew Borczon Apr 13, 2022 112 views
working on the railway
just an old song on my 2-string banjo Matthew Borczon Apr 5, 2022 108 views
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cotton mill girls, I posted it after seeing a post asking about toothpick frets. This has them and… Matthew Borczon Apr 2, 2022 124 views
BANJO BUILD-OFF
I intended this to be tuned a full octave below standard open G banjo tuning but it sounds better i… JD Oct 24, 2020 47 views
Banjo Build-Off SWAMP WITCH GUITAR
banjo buildoff... YUP , I popped an aged skin tambourine in a double wide SW body , and used a doll… the anonymous pick Sep 28, 2020 95 views
Shady Grove
I am releasing a new cd on bandcamp soon. This is the first track. It is all on my gas can banjo! M… Matthew Borczon Jul 9, 2020 27 views
Dark Hollow trad; A D Eker 2020
a Trad; Lyric by Clarence "Tom"Ashley trying to claw me true his sawmill style not on the 5 but the… A.D.EKER Jul 9, 2020 43 views
16 tons
me playing a dulcimer fretted gas can banjo I made right after I got home from deployment in May Matthew Borczon Jul 7, 2020 31 views
4-String Christmas cookietin guitar
This guitar is homemade. It’s a 4- string scale length is 25.60. Tuned F,C,F,A for this song bottom… Troy Eckstein Jul 5, 2020 33 views
you are my sunshine
another 2 string banjo song. Almost have enough songs to put out a cd. Hopefully soon. Matthew Borczon Mar 21, 2020 28 views
warfare is raging for Uncle John
a couple people said they wanted to see me play my 2 string banjo. Here it is. This is just through… Matthew Borczon Mar 19, 2020 77 views
hangman
another song on my 2 string banjo. Almost done with the new cd of these. Will be available on bandc… Matthew Borczon Mar 16, 2020 27 views
poor robin
just another song on my two string banjo. Not much to do here as a shut in so I am singing a lot Matthew Borczon Mar 14, 2020 48 views
sitting on top of the world
another one off on my 2 stringed cookie tin banjo. Matthew Borczon Mar 12, 2020 32 views
handsome molly
another public domain song on my 2 string cookie tin banjo. Just recorded about a dozen songs the o… Matthew Borczon Mar 10, 2020 34 views
deep blue sea
this is from a soon to be released collection of public domain songs. I will put it out on bandcamp… Matthew Borczon Mar 8, 2020 43 views
lonesome valley 2020
just the mic in the computer and free audacity program for the mix. Plus some free plug ins. Playin… Matthew Borczon Mar 8, 2020 18 views
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