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Pretty Polly
Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:00 A GMT-05
A couple weeks ago Nick dropped by to see how I was doing on my drop thumb. We had a great time and went over to my father-in-laws to pick a bit.Nick decided to show us a great version of Pretty Polly. Here it is.
Nick: Multi-Instrumentalist
Sunday, 27 April 2008 12:59 P GMT-05
Last week Rod's family invited me to a new jamming venue out in the boondocks. It was south of Norwalk way out in the country close to Fitchville. I programmed my TomTom and took off. If I hadn't had a GPS device I wou
June Apple
Sunday, 6 April 2008 10:17 P GMT-05
My friend Nick came over today to teach me his favorite song on the banjo, June Apple. It's a great song and I hope to have it down in a few weeks.
Shoveling Snow and Dreams of Spring
Saturday, 22 March 2008 11:59 P GMT-05
I shoveled snow for a couple hours today and dreamed of sitting on the porch on a nice warm day playing the banjo. Spring will come. In the meantime I found a picture my daughter took last year that pretty much sums up my daydream.
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NeverEnding Winter and Dreams of a New Banjo
Saturday, 22 March 2008 2:11 P GMT-05
Winter has been dragging on and on. The onset of Spring seems far on the horizon. I've decided to spend the day before Easter relaxing and catching up on all the little things I've been avoiding.Meanwhile I've been dreaming of
Negative Banjo Perceptions in Society
Wednesday, 12 December 2007 10:34 A GMT-05
One of the things I talk to with my fellow banjo players is the perceptions of banjo players in our society. I talk about people like Grandpa Jones, Stringbean and Hee Haw as being negative. Then I point out that the movie Deliverance put
The Writing on the Wall (or Guitar or Banjo)
Friday, 30 November 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Back in the late seventies I fell in love with folk music. Since it was well past the Folk Scare of the Sixties I was able to quietly acquire the entire catalog of people like Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and Dave Van Ronk. After I devoured all
Jam in Lafayette
Friday, 11 May 2007 11:26 P GMT-05
All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out.- Mark Twain in Vienna Tonight my father-in-law and I went down to Lafayette for a bluegrass jam. Lafayette is a little south of Lafayette.
Woodsy's
Monday, 7 May 2007 9:58 P GMT-05
I'm on vacation this week and have 1001 things to do. My goal is to get most of them done this week so my remaining six weeks of vacation will be pure relaxation.I'm really working on my banjo playing now that I have a real banjo teache
My new banjo teacher
Monday, 30 April 2007 11:06 A GMT-05
I've been trying to learn clawhammer banjo on my own and was coming along slowly but well. A couple weeks ago some on a website called The Banjo Hangout put up a post that they were giving lessons in North East Ohio. I popped him an
Old Time Music in Homerville
Saturday, 28 April 2007 11:16 P GMT-05
Last night my father-in-law and I went to the Homerville Community Center for some old-time jamming.
Banjo on the Beach
Tuesday, 3 April 2007 10:00 P GMT-05
What a beautiful day! There was no way I could take my lunch inside so I took my banjo down to Lakewood Beach Park in Sheffield Lake. As usual I was by myself so I ate a quick sandwich, pulled out the banjo and worked on a new song for me
Mary Z. Cox cds
Tuesday, 23 May 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
I few weeks ago I got two cds of Mary Z. Cox. They are both instrumental clawhammer cds and I've been listening to them a great deal.
Steve Martin
Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
I've always enjoyed the comedy and movies of Steve Martin. I was aware that he played the banjo but it never matter much to me until my current obsession.
Steve Martin on the Banjo
Thursday, 1 January 1998 11:59 P GMT-05
BanjoBy Steve Martin I wanted everyone in listening distance to understand that this was something very special, indeed.The four-string banjo has four strings. The five-string banjo has five. The five-string banjo has a truncated string running
