I believe several members of this group have participated and I know at least one member who did not participate who owns a banjo a very famous banjo scholar...
There isn't much here because the early fall for me and a lot of folks I know find this the picking season, out there playing those strings or listening, not...
... of ... Yes, there is a neglect of the fact that many great acoustic bluesmen played piano. Lonnie Johnson recorded on the piano. My main man, Sam Lighting...
... I don't know about neglect. Lead Belly was a fine 'fast western' style proto-boogie piano player, like Robert Shaw and Pigmeat Jarrett. It just wasn't his...
Hi Folks, I was so delighted to find my way to this group!!! I've been studying and playing bluegrass banjo for about 4 years. Although I'm studying 3 finger...
Hello, Jason! This is Sule Greg Wilson, a long-time member here. So, tell us....what got you started on banjo? And, speaking of three-finger styles, have you...
Greetings, I am curious to know if traditional drumming is used with Akonting, if so, does anyone have any samples,or links to samples? I would love to hear...
Hi Folks, I'm a gourd banjo player myself, and have been following this group for a couple weeks now. I love getting the emails, they're very informative! I...
I attended David's workshop two years ago. He does a good job describing it below but it is easy to find things to add. Number one is that you will end up...
Yes there is a lot of traditional drummings in Jola that is used in akonting music. But it is also important to know that the music of the Jola akonting is...
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Hi Folks, thought that you'd be interested in this if you hadn't seen/heard it already. Rounder re-released last month "Ain't Gonna Rain No More: Blues and...
Paul reports that one "Guitar Slim" is on the new CD. : Which guitar slim is this? It is obviously not the great master who ruled New Orleans in the 1950s,...
Though this sounds like a great recording, the title "Pre-Blues" and similar compilations entitled "Before the Blues" tends to be misleading. Certainly, all of...
Hi Tony, the liner notes mention that this Guitar Slim ("AKA James Stephenson") was from Greensboro, NC and that he was born in South Carolina about 60 years...
I think you are thinking here of Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (not Davis, unless I'm just not up-to-date on all the "Slims" out there) from NO, and you're right,...
Oops, just found this request for introduction, sorry-- I haven't any credentials for being on this list! except intense love of banjo music and all trad...
Here is what Tom Paley has to report about his US tour. I will try and make it to several of these. -Kerry ... From: Tom Paley To: "Fiddle Players' Discussion...
... Davis, unless I'm just ... right, he was a fiery ... on this CD-- is ... (1989?)--good ... organ... ... Thanks Sheila. I continually make that mistake. I...
I agree with Andy. The nickname is not so strange (and at least Eddie Jones was quite slim)and common. If there are two or three slims none of them pretended...
No it went bad as cheap tapes do years ago and was replaced by the CD. It appeared off brand and I remember buying it not in a record store, but on the street...
In 1954 after His big Hit "The Thinks We Used to Do" hit, Specialty Records organized a big national tour for Eddie Jones/Guitar Slim. However, during the...
Jeez-oh Pete! The only time I saw Tom Paley was in Two Rivers, Wisconsin a year ago, on the night Katrina made landfall. After the show, my wife and I went...
... The film was very interesting besides Slim--who only played piano--it featured Roy Acuff, Bluesman Hammie Nixon, Snuffy Jenkins, and other veterans of the...
I am devoting myself to Rufus Kasey today. I have been listening to his Blackeyed Daisy for the past hour, LOL. at work. Does anyone know anything about...
Some of you might want to check out a new review of the Carolina Chocolate Drops CD - Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind The review is by Richard Marcus The full review...
