Author Topic: Banjo anyone? (Read 1182 times)

vstevens · « **on:** March 19, 2020, 05:30:04 PM »

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wC1N7rkKkfg

Never appreciated the banjo until hearing this guy. Recently I’m enamored with Rhiannon giddens ... very different banjo style but full of subtle tones and deep meaning.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2020, 05:45:52 PM »

He's kind of famous..

s1120 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2020, 05:46:08 PM »

Ya, hes pretty amazing! His wife is a heck of a player also.

https://youtu.be/5avMOaEUxRQ

s1120 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2020, 05:51:21 PM »

Another... Really one of the best alive ....

https://youtu.be/CIeQQTyBV18

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2020, 05:51:21 PM »

vstevens · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2020, 06:01:24 PM »

Thanks guys for adding to the thread - the more I hear the more enamored I become. Thinking of taking a break from guitar and learning banjo

oldbike54 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2020, 06:02:44 PM »

Wonderful , thanks

Dusty

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2020, 07:03:13 PM »

Those guys are great! I actually got to hang out behind a local bar with Bela, Future Man and Vicctor LeMont Wooten one night. LOVE bluegrass music, but this is funny!

JJ · « **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2020, 08:48:25 PM »

Here is another famous, talented, "Banjo-Comedian!!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbA9JHkkaAk

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2020, 09:10:38 PM »

If I had to pick my #1 "banjer picker" it would be John Hartford https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+john+hartford+gumtree+canoe&view=detail&mid=01B7B0576B449BF4D6C401B7B0576B449BF4D6C4&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fse

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+john+hartford&view=detail&mid=081642F3B8DB60A5CBD2081642F3B8DB60A5CBD2&FORM=VIRE&fbclid=IwAR0uTlepXUpSRXfc1Lxp3mpQPCHk

Ncdan · « **Reply #9 on:** March 19, 2020, 11:11:28 PM »

Five best in the World https://youtu.be/rrlqQ1_vZVE

s1120 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 20, 2020, 06:50:02 AM »

Quote from: vstevens on March 19, 2020, 06:01:24 PM

Thanks guys for adding to the thread - the more I hear the more enamored I become. Thinking of taking a break from guitar and learning banjo

I normally play guitar..badly.. And I got a banjo from my dad when he passed. Its kinda fun really. A nice change. I naturally tend to finger pick guitar with a "clawhammer'ish" style, so the picking part came fast to me. the rest... well lets just say im no better at it then guitar. Its a fun change though.

rschrum · « **Reply #11 on:** March 20, 2020, 09:45:35 AM »

My favorite. Although that FMB is a classic.

PJPR01 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 20, 2020, 11:05:56 AM »

If you get a chance to visit this place in Arkansas, Ozark Folk center, well worth a visit, one of the nice surprises was some live music. I hopped over here after last year's Cedar Vale rally, and was treated to some wonderful banjo/dulcimer/guitar music. The guy in the picture if I remember correctly was the 2 time Senior Claw hammer Banjo champion...truly amazing music.

stonelover · « **Reply #13 on:** March 20, 2020, 04:29:32 PM »

Quote from: s1120 on March 19, 2020, 05:51:21 PM

Another... Really one of the best alive ....

https://youtu.be/CIeQQTyBV18

Was fortunate to be living in Nashville during the early '60s. Martha White flour sponsored thirty minutes of Flat & Scruggs each weekday. Great pickin' that I remember to this day!

Huzo · « **Reply #14 on:** March 20, 2020, 05:07:00 PM »

Blung blung blung, blung blung blung blung blung ....blung.
Never did see the full Deliverance movie...

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #15 on:** March 22, 2020, 10:14:33 AM »

Cal3 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 22, 2020, 10:48:57 AM »

Ive got this amplified banjo in the closet.....non electric :-)

Anyone need a velocity stack?

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2020, 11:28:59 AM »

^^^^ Just looking at it, I *assume* it's pretty valuable?

Cal3 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2020, 11:44:56 AM »

Hey Chuck,
I dont know what value this would be, my grandfather built about 6 custom banjos in the 70's. This was the most novel one "amplified". But he did a bass and a double neck also.

giusto · « **Reply #19 on:** March 22, 2020, 11:54:08 AM »

Quote from: vstevens on March 19, 2020, 05:30:04 PM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wC1N7rkKkfg

Never appreciated the banjo until hearing this guy. Recently I’m enamored with Rhiannon giddens ... very different banjo style but full of subtle tones and deep meaning.

Great post...perfect music for my day...Thanks!

Whoda thunk a New York City boy would change the way the banjo was played and perceived!! I've seen him many times in varied versions of bands...but with the with the Wooten Bros Victor and Roy and the Flectones always my favorite...They came to Interlaken last summer and their performance was stellar.

jcctx · « **Reply #20 on:** March 22, 2020, 02:29:59 PM »

If not mentioned before~ Roy Clark ; better than just good!!!

jared p · « **Reply #21 on:** March 24, 2020, 11:23:17 PM »

I've been very poorly learning the banjo over the last few years. It is quite fun. Mostly influence from old bluegrass.

berniebee · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2020, 09:53:40 AM »

Sorry, but this had to happen. Banjo jokes. From a mediocre guitar player, no less.

What's the difference between a Banjo and a Moto Guzzi? You can tune a Guzzi.
What's the difference between a banjo and a chain saw? The chain saw has dynamic range.
Between a banjo and an onion? No one cries when you cut up a banjo.

garbln · « **Reply #23 on:** March 25, 2020, 12:29:04 PM »

Quote from: berniebee on March 25, 2020, 09:53:40 AM

Sorry, but this had to happen. Banjo jokes. From a mediocre guitar player, no less.

What's the difference between a Banjo and a Moto Guzzi? You can tune a Guzzi.
What's the difference between a banjo and a chain saw? The chain saw has dynamic range.
Between a banjo and an onion? No one cries when you cut up a banjo.

Or Learning to play a banjo and bagpipes is the same, you only need to learn 3 songs and nobody can tell them apart.

tris · « **Reply #24 on:** March 26, 2020, 05:56:48 AM »

Quote from: JJ on March 19, 2020, 08:48:25 PM

Here is another famous, talented, "Banjo-Comedian!!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbA9JHkkaAk

How about a "Banjo-Comedian!!" from my side of the pond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIXa1crC73c

Two Checks · « **Reply #25 on:** March 26, 2020, 07:31:29 AM »

Steve Martin fits the description of a banjo comedian.

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