Hi Tim- I'm jumping into this journey sort of blindly. But, I just purchased your Early Banjo book in hopes of starting off on the right foot...or finger. 

The amount of material you have interpreted, played, and recorded is amazing - but you already know that. Over the least several days, I've been listening to your playing and singing Clare De Kitchen, along with violin accompaniment. To my ear, yours is the definitive version of that song - it can't get better than that. The tone, the tune, and the presentation all feel so appropriately and accurately period-correct, that's it's a wonderful part of the experience of the 1850s. Thanks for all that you do for so many folks. We appreciate you!