WineLand Banjo Band A California Non-Profit Corporation
Music from Northern California Wine Country
Tri-Valley Television "Banjo Night" (youtube, click here) Bay Area Newspaper Video Slide-Show (youtube, click here) Newspaper Article on the WineLand Banjo Band (pdf click here) Carvery Restaurant Customer's Napkin Note (jpg click here)
Who We Are Videos & Sound Clips PhotosGo to Jim Bottorff's Banjo Page (click here) Go to bottom of this page (click here) (click on photo to enlarge) Who We Are
The WineLand Banjo Band was started in Livermore, California in 2007 by Jim Bottorff. The band members are from many locations in Northern California, including the Livermore Valley, Sonoma Valley, Gold Country, Shenandoah Valley, and San Jose areas. Some of the members drive long distances just to attend our get togethers in Livermore. Instruments include 4-string and 5-string banjos, bass guitar, washboards, and various percussion devices.
We play and sing nostalgic songs of yesterday, including Gay Nineties songs, popular Hit Parade songs, and Novelty tunes. Seniors are delighted to hear familiar sing-a-long tunes. Younger people are excited because this style of music is novel to them. How often do you hear lots of banjos happily strumming together? Enthusiastic toe-tapping and singing characterize our audiences.
Many of the songs we play can be heard and played along with on "Jim Bottorff's Banjo Page" website at http://www.jbott.com.
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Videos and Sound Clips (click below on the song name to listen) Aba Daba Honeymoon (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2013, Randi Shore vocal Ain't Misbehavin' (youtube) Poppy Ridge Golf Course 2015, Clay Wilson vocal All I Do Is dream Of You (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2015, Randi Shore and John Green vocals Amador City Banjo Festival 2014 (youtube) "Abilene" and "Cherokee Maiden" American Patrol (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2012, John Green vocal April Showers (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2012, John & Randi vocal Ashokan Farewell (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2008, John Green vocal Autumn Leaves (youtube) Shore Residence 2010, John Green banjo solo Bay Area News Slide Show (youtube) From 9/25/12 Newspaper Article Best Things In Life Are Free, The (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2017, Randi Shore vocal Bill Bailey (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2007 Solos by: Dick Vlach, Jeff Green, Dick Martin, Jim Bottorff, John Green, Linda Green, Dick Wasley Bill Bailey (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2007 Solos by: Dick Vlach, Jeff Green, Dick Martin, Jim Bottorff, John Green, Linda Green, Dick Wasley Birth Of The Blues (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2017, John Green vocal Blue Moon (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2007, John Green vocal Blue Skies (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2008 Breezin' Along With The Breeze (youtube) Poppy Ridge Golf Course "Banjos On The Patio" Bye Bye Blackbird (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2007, John Green vocal Cabaret (Come Have A Cabernet) (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2009, Randi Shore vocal Cabaret Medley (youtube) "Cabaret", "Walking My Baby Back Home", "Twilight Time", "Moonlight On The Colorado" Banjo-Rama 2009 Carolina In The Morning (youtube) Carvery Restaurant 2011 Chattanooga Choo-Choo (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2013, Randi Shore vocal Cherokee Maiden (youtube) Summer Jazz Banjo Festival 2009, John Green vocal Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (youtube) Summer Jazz Banjo Festival 2011, Randi Shore vocal China Town / China Boy (youtube) Carvery Restaurant 2011 Columbus Stockade Blues (youtube) Heritage Estates Senior Center 2009, Randi Shore vocal Down South (youtube) Summer Jazz Banjo Festival 2010 El Condor Pasa (youtube) Sacramento Banjo-Rama 2012 El Cumbanchero / Lady Of Spain (youtube) Sacramento Banjo-Rama 2010 Everybody Loves Somebody (youtube) Sacramento Banjo-Rama 2016, Clay Wilson vocal Exactly Like You (youtube) Poppy Ridge Golf Course 2015, Linda Green vocal Happy Feet (youtube) Summer Jazz Banjo Festival 2010 Heartaches (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2015 Hello My Baby (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2007, Dick Vlach vocal Hello My Baby (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2007, Dick Vlach vocal Video includes other songs Honey Pie (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2017, Jeff Green Hoop-Dee-Doo (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2009, Bill O'Neal vocal Hot Time In The Old Town (youtube) Sacramento Banjo-Rama 2012 I Can't Stop Loving You (youtube) Sacramento Banjo-Rama 2016, John Green vocal I Found A Million Dollar Baby (youtube) Summer Jazz Banjo Festival 2011 I Love A Banjo (youtube) Sacramento Banjo-Rama 2010 I Love The Banjo (youtube) Summer Jazz Banjo Festival 2010 I'm Beginning To See The Light (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2017, Randi Shore vocal I'm Gonna Sit Right Down... (youtube) Poppy Ridge Golf Course "Music On The Ridge" 2015 Indiana (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2015, Randi Shore vocal LimeHouse Blues (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2015 Little Rock Getaway (mp3) Summer Jazz Banjo Festival 2011 Love Letters In The Sand (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2015, John Green vocal Love Nest (youtube) GLIB 2008 Mame (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2013, Randi Shore vocal Me And My Shadow (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2007 Medley of 2 Crazy Songs (youtube) "You're Driving Me Crazy" and "Crazy Rhythm" Banjo-Rama 2014 Medley of 2 Rain Songs (youtube) "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "September In The Rain" Banjo-Rama 2014 Medley of 3 Songs (youtube) "Abba Dabba Honeymoon", "Who's Sorry Now?", "Mame" Banjo-Rama 2013 Medley of 3 Train Songs (youtube) "Abilene", "Freight Train", "Wheels" Banjo-Rama 2014 Medley of 4 Songs (youtube) "Blue Moon", "Hello My Baby", "Me And My Shadow", "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" Banjo-Rama 2007 Medley of 4 Songs (youtube) "King Chanticleer", "If I Had My Way", "Blue Skies", "California Here I Come" Banjo-Rama 2008 Medley Sing-Along No. 1 (youtube) "Cabaret", "Walking My Baby Back Home", "Twilight Time", "Moonlight On The Colorado" Banjo-Rama 2009 Medley Sing-Along No. 2 (youtube) "Mary Lou", "Far Away Places", "Beyond The Reef" Banjo-Rama 2011 and 2012 Medley Sing-Along No. 3 (youtube) "By The Beautiful Sea", "Kentucky Babe", "Sweet Gypsy Rose" Jazz Banjo Festival 2011 Moonlight On The Colorado (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2009, John and Randi Mr. Sandman (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2007 Mr. Wonderful (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2015, Randi Shore vocal My Baby Just Cares For Me (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2016, Jeff Green vocal My Melancholy Baby (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2014, John Green Notre Dame Victory March (youtube) Sacramento Banjo-Rama 2011 The Object Of My Affection (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2010, John Green vocal Old Grey Bonnet (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2007 Only You (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2017, John Green On The Sunny Side Of The Street (mp3) Banjo-Rama 2017, John Green vocal Penthouse Serenade (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2015, Randi Shore vocal Red Sails In The Sunset (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2010. Randi Shore vocal Red Wing (youtube) Carvery Restaurant 2011 Rose Of Washington Square (youtube) Summer Jazz Banjo Festival 2010 San Francisco (youtube) Banjo-Rama 2013, Randi Shore vocal
