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"I think everyone has their own way of doing this.  Before I get into how I visualize…"

Silas Tackitt replied Jun 22, 2012 to How did you learn your "fret" positions?

 8 Jun 22, 2012
Reply by Bell Banjos

"Paging Brian Welch.  Paging Brian Welch : http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics…"

Silas Tackitt replied Jun 6, 2012 to Howe's New American Banjo School

 2 Jun 6, 2012
Reply by Silas Tackitt

"Minstrel is the original rap music.  Think about it.  White guys portraying an exagg…"

Silas Tackitt replied May 23, 2012 to No Commercial Potential?

 44 May 25, 2012
Reply by Nicholas A Bechtel

"It's something I remember from the green handbook of the 1960's : only a tenderfoot…"

Silas Tackitt replied May 17, 2012 to Inquiry Re Historical Gear and accessories

 16 May 21, 2012
Reply by Dan'l

"I come from the campaigner school of banjo playing and believe that less is more.  T…"

Silas Tackitt replied May 17, 2012 to Inquiry Re Historical Gear and accessories

 16 May 21, 2012
Reply by Dan'l

"For wooden pegs, use a combination of violin rosin and chalk.  Run your pegs through…"

Silas Tackitt replied May 16, 2012 to Inquiry Re Historical Gear and accessories

 16 May 21, 2012
Reply by Dan'l

"I'm sure you'd want to trade a pair of trousers for a frock, but you're not going to…"

Silas Tackitt replied May 8, 2012 to Attire

 8 May 9, 2012
Reply by Matthew Mickletz

"At Savannah Landing, we steamboaters were treated to a CW melody played by Wayne Jer…"

Silas Tackitt replied Apr 9, 2012 to Researched music.

 8 Apr 9, 2012
Reply by Silas Tackitt

"The Camptown Shakers version of Bluetail Fly puts to shame all other modern recordin…"

Silas Tackitt replied Jan 10, 2012 to Jim Crack Corn

 31 Jan 12, 2012
Reply by Paul Draper

"Copper to plate the hull, or in this case, replate the hull. Candy and gates sounds…"

Silas Tackitt replied Dec 18, 2011 to More questions on 19th C verse analysis

 3 Dec 20, 2011
Reply by Dan'l

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