Early on, started with Eric Weissberg in '73 when Dueling hit the pop radio play rotation it hooked me at 12 years old. I got a teacher who introduced me to Earl and his book, I eventually learned all I could from the Deliverance album.. I learned to work out my own by ear and found Vic Jordan- became my favorite player for a long while. Great player. Also Bill Monroe's Love please come home.. Still not sure who recorded it but I worked that one out for a long while in high school. Don Stover, later on Ron Block, and Dennis Caplinger who I got to know personally before he passed a few years ago. I still play his banjo! He's the best player I've ever heard but I say a very tough one to emulate.
Expensive? 40 frozen cats for thrown over the hill at least a couple weeks before the media pointed out that the PETA people had to get rid of a lot of their animals [sorry no reference]. I was running to work and I saw them so I only collected four cat skins used by the Appalachians along with raccoon skins. I made a two octive six string, classical guitar neck banjo with a 🐈 skin just to irritate both ends of music... I don’t leave strings up tense: bridge removed from the skin. An ash ring, wheel wires for roadside, open back could be altered…
Sure could. Part of my goal was to cover up the smooth worn through part, as it's more visible if you don't but for a head without any frosting it would work fine.
Nice work....Pony Express! One of my favs!
Lovely experimentation sir, as always. RIP to that other head! Lol
Man, I love this channel! Keep up the great work!👍
fingernail polish remover will take off the factory frosting... usually lol
Hi Dave, l would like to ask who were your influences when you learned to play the banjo.
Early on, started with Eric Weissberg in '73 when Dueling hit the pop radio play rotation it hooked me at 12 years old. I got a teacher who introduced me to Earl and his book, I eventually learned all I could from the Deliverance album.. I learned to work out my own by ear and found Vic Jordan- became my favorite player for a long while. Great player. Also Bill Monroe's Love please come home.. Still not sure who recorded it but I worked that one out for a long while in high school. Don Stover, later on Ron Block, and Dennis Caplinger who I got to know personally before he passed a few years ago. I still play his banjo! He's the best player I've ever heard but I say a very tough one to emulate.
Expensive? 40 frozen cats for thrown over the hill at least a couple weeks before the media pointed out that the PETA people had to get rid of a lot of their animals [sorry no reference]. I was running to work and I saw them so I only collected four cat skins used by the Appalachians along with raccoon skins. I made a two octive six string, classical guitar neck banjo with a 🐈 skin just to irritate both ends of music... I don’t leave strings up tense: bridge removed from the skin. An ash ring, wheel wires for roadside, open back could be altered…
Could you not spray the inside of the head?
Sure could. Part of my goal was to cover up the smooth worn through part, as it's more visible if you don't but for a head without any frosting it would work fine.