Anyone here make banjos????

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sun May 17, 2009 10:34 am

I must confess I do have one banjo track in my CD collection.....its by John Mclaughlin of all people. The track was 'Love and Understanding" and its off his Electric Dreams CD......recorded during his short lived One Truth Band period.

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sun May 17, 2009 7:01 pm

Looks like this guy has heard the banjos coming...

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sun May 17, 2009 7:03 pm

And lookee here....a Tasmanian banjo player

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Sun May 17, 2009 8:44 pm

Geez, I dunno. Taking the piss out of banjo players and now Tasmanians.

Have a listen to some of the playing here. I actually tried to get some Bill Keith to educate you philistines but couldn't find any so you'll have to make do with Larry McNeely.

If you bigots can stand listening to the entire track you'll find some tasty guitar playing toward the end. And some nice Keith style chromatic banjo licks to finish up the song.

Anyone heard of Bela Fleck?

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ozziebluesman · Post by **ozziebluesman** » Sun May 17, 2009 9:05 pm

Had the opportunity to see and hear Bela Fleck and the Flectones at Byron Bat Blues Fest a few years ago. He is a class act and what a player! He also picks guitar like a demond. Touring with Bella was Victor Wootton on bass and man he is inspiration to all bass players.

Harry Manx includes a little banjo in his concerts. Very taisty indeed.

Banjo's the go!

Cheers

Alan

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun May 17, 2009 9:34 pm

Bela Fleck & Victor Wooten have to be two of my favourites on the planet.Heard a track where Bela Fleck & Ricky Skaggs waz a'pluckin them banja's & man they'z a mean pair of pluckers

Now back to taking the piss outta Banjos & Tasmanians

Hey it beats getting picked on about our "sheep" habits

Hippety Hop · Post by **Hippety Hop** » Sun May 17, 2009 10:23 pm

Good one Martin. That Taswegian cracked me up.

Grandpa Jones ought to get a mention...

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Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:19 am

The banjo away from twang.

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Ron Wisdom · Post by **Ron Wisdom** » Mon May 18, 2009 5:22 am

classical and classy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUvbHZmignY

Ron

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon May 18, 2009 5:47 am

And now for sophistimicated- a lectric Banja.

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It ain't all about bluegrass.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:02 am

I saw this bloke at the BMFF, great playing, clever songs,

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Andrew Ford did a long interview with him on the Music Show, he went into some depth on different playing styles.

Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:26 am

Okay, what the hell is the pirate playing?

Hesh1956 · Post by **Hesh1956** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:42 am

the horror.....

In the past several weeks the repair shop that I am helping out at has received a bunch of banjos in for repair..... I can't get away from them...

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:31 am

He he.....THATS how you get a thread moving.

John Steele · Post by **John Steele** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:10 am

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I think you forgot "Stringbean". Buddie had the whole hip-hop look happening way before its time....

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:15 am

John Steele wrote:I think you forgot "Stringbean". Buddie had the whole hip-hop look happening way before its time....

The guy re-enforces the 'crux' of the whole thread really

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:53 am

Mister Straaang Bean...I love it!!!

Taffy Evans · Post by **Taffy Evans** » Thu May 21, 2009 7:23 pm

This is a picture of one of the first instruments I worked on back in the early 1960's. It was a short neck fretless Dixieland banjo but as I needed a long neck 5 stringer I did this conversion. The things we do.

My grandaugter with her tin banjo she built some years ago

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