A post I've been hanging onto; a bit off-topic, personal, and possibly without any point. I am an unlikely banjoist. I got a very cheap banjo when I was 14 years old but didn't find a teacher. I took a couple lessons from uninspired twenty-somethings but didn't get much from them. Fortunately, this didn't stop … Continue reading The Unlikely Banjoist
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Romany Rai
Romano Rai (Romany Rye) (Traditional, English) I'm a Romano Rai, just an old didikai, I build all my temples beneath the blue sky, I live in a tent and I don't pay no rent, and that's why they call me the Romano Rai. Didi-a-didi-a-didi-di-kai, chavves, Tika-dika-tika-a-lai Your Daddus tryin' to sell a mush a kushto … Continue reading Romany Rai
Banjo redo
Last winter I had an important epiphany about myself as a musician. I am under nor delusion that I will ever be more than a closet or campfire player. For me, for now, that's going to have to be good enough. Although I love the fiddle more than any other instrument, I went back to … Continue reading Banjo redo
Landfill Harmonic Pt II
This is inspirational on so many levels for me. I hope others enjoy it too. http://youtu.be/sJxxdQox7n0
Garbage and Poverty Converted to Real Beauty
http://youtu.be/UJrSUHK9Luw Extreme poverty in Paraguay has not stopped a community from creating beautiful music there.
So Sam Sai
Or, everybody loves a banjo: Made from a halved coconut and ivory. Pretty sweet. Click the image for the reference.
Porch Music
A foreshadowing of an early retirement...
So Long Earl
Thanks to spending so much time with my grandparents as a young child, Earl Scruggs has been a musical influence on me since before I can remember. I loves seeing him and Lester Flatt on the Beverly Hillbillies and in my early teens, I wanted to learn to play like him. I bought a very … Continue reading So Long Earl
Preindustrial Craftsmanship 