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October 2013
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…
Blog old minstrel banjo 1 Like The TankSeptember 2013
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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DAN EMMETT and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy
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…
Blog Ashborn banjo reproduction ordered 1 Like Midland Folk FestivalI came across this digital book today and thought some others here might be interested. You can navigate to the various pages and songs by clicking the arrows by the bar in the center of the…
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