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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I grew up on a family farm in rural north Alabama. At holidays the city cousins and aunts and uncles would all visit and our grandmother would take her extra quilts, blankets, and pillows to make us kids a little pallet on the floor for sleeping. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In January 2006 there was an explosion in the mine at Sago, West Virginia. Thirteen men were trapped deep in the mine and 12 succomed to toxic gasses before they could be rescued. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #sago #wv #westvirginia

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Spancilhill is in County Clare, Ireland, near Ennis. Michael Considine (1850 -1873) was born in Spancilhill, migrated to the US in 1870, and died at age 23. He wrote this song as a poem for his hometown and later it was set to music. #irishballads #irishmusic #spancilhill

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Mule Skinner Blues, written by Jimmie Rodgers as Blue Yodel No. 8. My father used to sing this song for us when we were kids and we just loved it! Dad would make funny faces when he yodeled and my sister and I would always get the giggles. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic #muleskinner

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"I've Endured" is a favorite song by Ola Belle Reed, who was a singer-songwriter-banjoist from Ashe County North Carolina. One of Appalachia's best. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Devilish Mary is a good old song about courting and marital bliss. The age-old question is who is entitled to "wear the britches" and who is not so entitled. Unfortunately the couple in this song got in a hurry and did not settle that. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic #pamelajomusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here we are on or about Rocky Top, Tennessee! So, of course I must sing this song. And I love this song. These mountains are so incredibly beautiful. I am happy to be here. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic #rockytop

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey y'all! I got to play an original song at the Kentucky Music Hall Of Fame Museum in Mt. Vernon Kentucky!! Wow! This is a beautiful place full of rich music history. If you're ever in this area you must stop by here. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Poor Little Turtle Dove. Open C tuning: gCGCE. We ere in Eminence KY at the Central Kentucky Celtic Festival with Celtic Conundrum. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am in Kentucky! So I must of course sing Shady Grove! Not in Harlan County, but close enough. Played here in Am, sawmill tuning aEADE. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In Kentucky! And Pumpkin Pie is back! Or so reads the sign here at the Frisch's Big Boy in the Kentucky Capitol City of Frankfort! How fun is that! #clawhammerbanjo #singersongwriter #pumpkinpie #pumpkinseason

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On a road trip through both Georgia and Tennessee and I gotta play Columbus Stockade Blues! Will be in Eminence, KY this weekend with Celtic Conundrum at the Central KY Celtic Festival. Next weekend at the Dandridge TN Scots-Irish Festival. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Road Trip!! Playing some tunes along the way. Here in south Georgia, destination Cleveland Tennessee today and on to Eminence Kentucky tomorrow. "Barlow Knife" in D, banjo tuning aDADE. This one is by request and it is among my favorite tunes to play. #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #oldtimemusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The cicadas sang along with me on this one. I believe they like the banjo! "I'll Twine Mid The Ringlets," was published in 1860. Lyrics by Maud Irving and music by J. P. Webster. Sometimes played as a tune and called "The Wildwood Flower." #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I wrote this song years ago for my grandmother, Mary Clyde Walker Hatley. She was born in 1902 and she and my grandfather helped raise us kids on the little family farm in rural north Alabama. Mama Hatley had the most beautiful crystal clear blue eyes. #singersongwriter #folkmusic #appalachianmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Waterbound" is an old fiddle tune usually played in the key of A. Here it is with lyrics played in the key of C with banjo in open C tuning (gCGCE). Still too rainy here in Florida to play outside...and also mosquitos, dengue fever, and love bugs! #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Little Sadie" is a tragic Appalachian murder ballad. Played here in Am sawmill tuning (aEADE). #clawhammer #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #murderballads #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"I'll Fly Away," a staple in the old-time singings at the Baptist church where I grew up in Alabama. My Dad was choir director and he and mom would sing this song together. Y'all let me know if you have any song requests! #clawhammerbanjo #clawhammer #deeringbanjos #appalachianmusic #gospelmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Julianne Johnson and Angeline The Baker, played here on the Deering Vega Longneck with no capo in double A tuning (eAEAB). I love the low resonate tones on this banjo. #clawhammer #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #oldtimemusic #deeringbanjos

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Raleigh and Spenser. I love this song on my Deering Vega Longneck banjo. It has such a deep resonate sound with the matte black head, even when it's capoed up to fret 7 here! #clawhammer #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #deeringbanjos #longneck

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Cindy" is a song our grandmother used to sing to my sister and me when we were little girls growing up on the farm in Alabama. As a kid I took the lyrics literally and thought they were so silly. #clawhammer #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Working On A New Railroad. Well it was too rainy here to play outside. This'll have to do. #clawhammer #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic #banjomusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My Horses Ain't Hungry...this is an old floating verse ballad with many different versions. I love it in double C tuning on banjo. #clawhammer #clawhammerbanjo #appalachianmusic #folkmusic

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Anhinga in a cypress tree overlooking her pond

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Soldiers Joy. This is a version of the tune I learned from Mary Z Cox who is a great banjoist in Tallahassee FL. Banjo tuning is double D: aDADE.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

When I was a little kid growing up on the farm in Alabama my grandmother would take my sister and me to the chicken lot to feed the chickens and gather their eggs. Here's a song for the chickens!

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

...and here's another little song for the moon!

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Florida Moon is a beautiful song written by Charley Groth, a great Florida musician and singer-songwriter who toured the world for many years with his music. I sang a chorus of this song for the beautiful full moon and recent lunar eclipse.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Not in the mountains anymore...back in the Florida swamps! North Carolina you were lovely.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

...and a little more pickin' and singin' on the mountain.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Somewhere on a mountain in North Carolina on a beautiful sunny day. Got to do a little pickin' and singin'.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's eclipse season y'all! There is a solar eclipse today, August 12 2026, and there will be a lunar eclipse on August 27-28. So I wrote this little song just for eclipse season...

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Here are some nice mushrooms

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Mo chroí le hocht mbliana is fiche

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Tá rósanna dearga. Tá violets gorma. Is cailín deas mé. Is mise Irma.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Éirí gréine i mBearna, Contae na Gaillimhe ar maidin

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Tá an ghaelach lán álainn anocht.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

My friends recently removed a large tree from their yard. Now all these mushrooms are growing where the tree was. I think the mushrooms miss their tree.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Mushrooms in my friends' yard where a tree was recently removed. I think the mushrooms miss their tree.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Earlier thus year I had a sweet potato in the kitchen that was sprouting legs. I cut pieces from it and stuck them in the ground. Now we are enjoying a harvest of adorable tasty lil' taters!

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Carta an lae,and tríú lá de mhí na Samhna: Peitse na bPeinteacail. Airgead nua, oideachas, foghlaim

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Is é inniu an Domhnach an dara lá de mhí na Samhna. Carta an lae: naoi slat. Airdeallach, iontaofacht, athléimneacht.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

An chead lá de mhí na Samhna. Carta an lae: An t-aon peinteacail. Post nua, airgead, deis. Lean an cosán trid an áirse.

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Carta an lae: an trí de chupain. Áthas, ceiliúradh, cairdeas, comrádaiocht. Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh!

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Pamela Jo @pamelajomusic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This should go on your next album

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