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Title: Banjo anyone?
Post by: vstevens on March 19, 2020, 05:30:04 PM

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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on March 19, 2020, 05:45:52 PM

He's kind of famous..  :grin:

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: s1120 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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: s1120 on March 19, 2020, 05:51:21 PM

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

https://youtu.be/CIeQQTyBV18

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: 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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: oldbike54 on March 19, 2020, 06:02:44 PM

 Wonderful , thanks  :thumb:

 Dusty

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Guzzistajohn 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!
(https://i.ibb.co/yFV35Z4/BANJO.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yFV35Z4)

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: JJ on March 19, 2020, 08:48:25 PM

Here is another famous, talented, "Banjo-Comedian!!"  :wink: :thumb: :cool:

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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Guzzistajohn 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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Ncdan on March 19, 2020, 11:11:28 PM

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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: s1120 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.

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: rschrum on March 20, 2020, 09:45:35 AM

My favorite. Although that FMB is a classic.

(https://i.ibb.co/V3DgKrS/3258089-L-1bb32330.jpg) (https://ibb.co/V3DgKrS)

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: PJPR01 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.


(https://i.ibb.co/chvhQV8/IMG-5224.jpg) (https://ibb.co/chvhQV8)


(https://i.ibb.co/SxFHWpP/IMG-5232.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SxFHWpP)

(https://i.ibb.co/wN4bMbZ/IMG-5233.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wN4bMbZ)

(https://i.ibb.co/T2RnrTd/IMG-5234.jpg) (https://ibb.co/T2RnrTd)

(https://i.ibb.co/1vg5HfF/IMG-5236.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1vg5HfF)

(https://i.ibb.co/6W3wZwF/IMG-5238.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6W3wZwF)

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: stonelover 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!

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Huzo on March 20, 2020, 05:07:00 PM

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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Guzzistajohn on March 22, 2020, 10:14:33 AM

(https://i.ibb.co/RCRQp3W/banjo2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RCRQp3W)

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Cal3 on March 22, 2020, 10:48:57 AM

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


(https://i.ibb.co/Nydbn4R/20130505-111304.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Nydbn4R)



(https://i.ibb.co/42h8Hts/20130505-111551.jpg) (https://ibb.co/42h8Hts)


Anyone need a velocity stack?

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on March 22, 2020, 11:28:59 AM

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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Cal3 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.

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: giusto 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 (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. 

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: jcctx on March 22, 2020, 02:29:59 PM

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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: jared p 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.

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: 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.

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: garbln 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.

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: tris 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!!"  :wink: :thumb: :cool:

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

Title: Re: Banjo anyone?
Post by: Two Checks on March 26, 2020, 07:31:29 AM

Steve Martin fits the description of a banjo comedian.