Did you catch David Letterman last night (thurs 11/15) with guest star, Steve Martin? If so, his show clsed with a country jam session. It is a banjo piece, primarily, performed by the Scruggs, I think? What piece is this?
I could swear it is an old banjo tune. I think the title is “Frieght Train”? Maybe a Roy Clark creation?
What I don’t get is the “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” is to banjos what “Lady of Spain” is to accordians, or “Stairway to Heaven” for electric guitars. Even Martin riffs on this cliche in one of his early albums.
So he peforms it more or less straight on Letterman???