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October 2013
Beat up old Boucher ( replica )
This one's up for grabs.
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Beat up old Boucher ( replica )
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2 worlds
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2 worlds
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The hard truths about Picayune Butler
I have been doing a heck of a lot of work on the Picayune Butler issue for the presentation I will give in November at the Banjo Gathering, once known as the banjo collectors gathering, in Knoxvill…
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The hard truths about Picayune Butler
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Requesting support for a banjo exhibit featu…
Dear Ning Members,
As many of you know, Bob WInans, Pete Ross, and I are preparing a banjo exhibit for the Baltimore Museum of Industry, set to open in February 2014.
Here is an update of where thin…
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Requesting support for a banjo exhibit featu…
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old minstrel banjo
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The Tank
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Gourd Cello Banjo from scratch e
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Gourd Cello Banjo from scratch e
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Kerr's Merry Melodies
I am going to do a study in Kerr's. This is fiddle music, and a great resource for Early Banjo. I don't know how far or how long, but I'll post videos and tab as I go. They will all be very "banjo fr…
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Kerr's Merry Melodies
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Miss Lucy Long
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Miss Lucy Long
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The Waterloo Hornpipe
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The Waterloo Hornpipe
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Gourd Fiddles!
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Gourd Fiddles!
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April and Banjo
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April and Banjo
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With the generous help of Eric Prust, in Sequim, WA, and a beautiful tailpiece from Joel Hooks, the old minstrel banjo is playable! Wonderful, deep sound! Playing it with nylgut strings tuned down…
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Hobson's Jig and Briggs' Corn Shucking Jig
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Hobson's Jig and Briggs' Corn Shucking Jig
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Fort McHenry Quickstep
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Fort McHenry Quickstep
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The Trials of an Early Banjo Enthusiast
The mention of Harpers Ferry in a recent post brings to mind a little incident that I would like to relate here as an example of the trials and tribulations sometimes endured by the modern day “Early…
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The Trials of an Early Banjo Enthusiast
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Michigan Festival of Gourds
Next weekend. (see the events on the side) Come and jam at my booth. All banjo players and fiddlers and bones players and tambourinists welcome.
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Michigan Festival of Gourds
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Jenny Get Your Hoecake Done
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Jenny Get Your Hoecake Done
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"Aymerican Gothic"... huh?
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"Aymerican Gothic"... huh?
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August 2013
SuperTone SilverBell
Just installed my first banjo Goat Skin head on Sear Super tone banjo rim fitted with a Terry Bell Banjo neck... Very beautiful Cherry check to match the Super Tone rim.... and them fiddle tuners...…
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SuperTone SilverBell
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Ashborn banjo reproduction ordered
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Midland Folk Festival
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I'm anxiously awaiting a late-fall delivery of an Ashborn banjo reproduction banjo I ordered last week from Mike Wesley (jmwesleyguitars@gmail.com) of Roxboro, NC. I visited his home and shop and…
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