Not Sure What Route to Go! (Beginner Question)
Hello everyone! Im sure this is asked all the time, but I would like some responses. I've been playing acoustic guitar for about 13 years now. I'm 32. I've been in a country duo...
View ArticleTwister
Twister He stepped out Of his little house And looked to the west And thought Wow it really is Like the weather channel said Or even God Or the hand of fate The way it looked The dark cloud Coming...
View Articlethe new vintage banjos
the old Pre-wars like Earls old Granada , Dons #3 was about 20 years old when Don and Red Lester & Earl was making those good recording,the first reissues are coming of age now, they are build as...
View ArticleMississippi Bump Diddy
It's all about the rhythm. R.L. Burnside: Poor Boy A Long Way From Home (1978) - YouTube
View ArticleIts probably a wall hanger... but what is it?
http://www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/photos2.asp?id=59058&photoID=128975&albumid=0 http://www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/photos2.asp?id=59058&photoID=128976&albumid=0...
View ArticleCold Frosty Morning - OT (revisited)
Here is another version of Cold Frosty Morning. Again on my Bart Reiter Bacophone Plus, but this time modified with a Jeff Menzies goatskin head and a Presto tailpiece. Not a world of difference from...
View ArticleBluegrass in New Jersey
I live in north Jersey and go to college in south Jersey, and I am absolutely in love with the banjo and bluegrass/old time music. However, I am starting to think that I may be just about the only one...
View ArticleWhat's the fastest song you've heard recorded?
I was sifting thru iTunes tonight, and I came across Dailey and Vincent's "Sweet Carrie." I thought, man this is blazing fast! I'd like to be able to play this fast! What other songs have you...
View ArticleWhat is WRONG with people?
OK, parents and baby sitters, the little girl wets her pajamas. You you scold her? Do you punish her? Do you put the jammies in the dryer? Do you put them in the dryer without first washing them ? Do...
View ArticleBanjo Orchestras
I am amazed that these were as popular as they were and disappointed that they have fallen by the wayside. Anyone with some experience in one or hearing one do comment. Also some links would be...
View ArticleZooey Deschanel banjo player?
There was an Apple iPhone commercial on TV tonight. Zooey Deschanel was talking to "Siri" the voice recognition software that finds restaurants, etc. Then the camera pulled back and there, as part of...
View ArticleHow to get to D tuning from open G?
Hi - I understand how to capo up two frets to get A tuning from open G... but I can't completely understand why we need to do what we need to do to get to D tuning. I want to understand not just how...
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Stompin Dave Allen
I spent Sunday evening in the deep south at the Dorchester Arts Centre, where Stompin Dave and Dave Saunders delivered an exhilarating set of Country Blues. Dave plays reso, acoustic and slide...
View ArticleKaty Kline
Just posted a version of Katy Kline to my music homepage. At a slower tempo than I would usually play it to try and eliminate my usual recording flubs....
View ArticleSpace Shuttle Discovery takes off one last time from the Cape
I was in college at Southeast Missouri State University when the first shuttle launched. I was an engineering student and we had a big screen TV in class watching the launch. Then I moved to Florida...
View ArticleLyric request: Be kind to a man while he's down
Hello Boys, Greetings from a cold but sunny People's Republic of Northumbria. I wish to find the lyrics for the song ' Be kind to a man while he's down' ...... in order to perform it at our local folk...
View ArticleClip on tuners causing yellowing of peghead finish
This is something that I recently discovered and thought I would share it with the hangout community..... Over the years I have built quite a few necks for several members on the hangout as well as...
View ArticleGibson sticker with zip code?
Anyone seen a Kalamazoo rim sticker with a zip code? I have been looking at what is possibly a RB-800 in a local music store. The banjo has 3-piece neck with Gibson stamped offset tuners. Fret board...
View ArticleSelf-ejecting buttons
On another thread, http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/233903 it was asked why nobody ever thought of using these as part of a resonator mounting system....
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