Welcome to www.banjobilly.net 

Home of "Banjo" Billy Mathews
Specializing in Old Time Fiddle and Banjo Music

     
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Billy Mathews is known far and wide across this land for his musical skill and old time fiddlin' and pickin' ability.  He has traveled extensively throughout the Midwest for over 30 years.   Kinships have earned him a considerable amount of notoriety and recognition throughout old time, traditional music circles.  Billy has that Ozark up-bow/backbeat style of fiddlin' that is in the Midwest Dance Tradition. more 

Billy still resides in the Ozark Mountains  continuing work on music projects. Billy keeps busy by traveling throughout the country for workshops, concerts and other special events,  playing his  huge repertoire of old time fiddle and banjo tunes.  It'll get your feet a tappin' and your heels a  clickin'!   

 Banjo Music:

Also, true to his name, Banjo Billy plays a variety of banjos as owner of the Phippsburg Banjo Company.

Billy has recently released the Ghost of Banjo Billy,
a collection of Original Minstrel Style Banjo Tunes.



    Rd. Lunceford of The Old Time Herald said that Billy's  Minstrel style banjo playing on the album is ,

                         " what true traditional  banjo  playing has really always been  about.
"  


For other Banjo Recordings visit 
Billy's Store or check out the discography

Fiddle Music:

Billy is on a mission: to record a collection of 500 Traditional Old Time Style Fiddle Tunes he has learned or composed. 

The first 100 are available now to orde
r.
 



    Billy is currently recording the second disc of 100 tunes. 
   He should be up to 200 tunes in a matter of months!

                            Current Tune Count:
164

If you are interested in donating to the project or want to know more, please email:
                       
banjobillynet@gmail.com







Billy's other fiddle recordings include:

                                                                                                     

Children of Foreign Lands                            A Rogue's Buffet                               Barn Dance                                    Old Time Waltz Collection
Fiddle Tunes from Around the World            Original Fiddle Tunes            square and contra dance medleys              Instructions, CDs & Sheet Music


Music Workshops 
Billy is involved in many workshops throughout the year. Search Billy's Schedule for when and where.

Other Recordings:

The Skirtlifters


    Billy is proud to announce the re-release of Fire Alarm and Somewhere in Dixie

         These iconic Skirtlifters Classics haven't been available since folks stopped using tape players!

The Silver Anniversary Edition


                          
                          
In honor of 25 years of playin' tunes!
                Traditional Old Time American dance tunes taken from
                    Billy's 9 different recordings over the past 25 years.

Web Exclusives


          
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       GOOD PRICES FOR GOOD TUNES
   NO FRILLS PACKAGING... JUST THE TUNES!
                         Want to Contact Billy?                              email: banjobillynet.@gmail.com
       
       

This site was last updated 06/29/08 by e.a.weiss