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• Banjo turns up in ASR box art

  
  tssz|news — Authority: 137
  Placeholder art, or something more?So you may remember the little news story from a few months ago concerning a certain document leak between Sony and Sega, where both companies discussed their plans for their future. In the document was a little bit of a tease – Sega prodding Sony about the fact they could ...
  6 hours ago

• Polly Put The Kettle On

  
  Tangier Sound — Authority: 143
  Werner from Kiel, Germany writes Hi Patrick, here is another one. I needed three weeks to fumble through this.
  15 hours ago

• Banjo As Flotation Device

  
  The J-Walk Blog — Authority: 156
  An old trading card features a life-saving banjo. "When not taken immoderately, there will be an entire absence of Nervous Prostration." Comments | Posted in Banjo
  17 hours ago

• Banjo Minnows Doing Well

  
  The J-Walk Blog — Authority: 156
  During times of recession, people tend to spend more money on fishing lures: Banjo Minnow Sales up 120% in 12 Month Period . DM Products, Inc.which has the exclusive marketing rights to the Banjo Minnow Fishing Lure System, announced today that Banjo Minnow sales for the 12 months ending September 30, 2009 ...
  2 days ago

• Wooden Norwegian

  
  Tangier Sound — Authority: 143
  Yannis writes: Hello Pats, warm Thanksgiving wishes to you and yours for the holiday weekend coming at you from Crete. Here’s an offering of Scandinavian timber from Liverpool’s fab Four for use in the fireplace area with friends and family. If little Pat needs more time digesting that doorstop of a ...
  2 days ago

• Frank Cahill

  
  chicagostudioclub.net — Authority: 417
  Frank Cahill, Ollie O’Shea and John Rice on stage at the GREEN MILL on Thanksgiving Eve 2009!       Technorati Tags: Frank Cahill , banjo , live music , swing music , Green Mill , photos of Frank Cahill , Ollie O’Shea , Chicago Studio Club , country western music , country , western , photo of Ollie ...
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• Froggy Went ‘A Courtin’

  
  Tangier Sound — Authority: 143
  Arthur in Washington writes: A most Joyous Thanksgiving to you folks! I couldn’t get down the road to see my family this year because of the demands of my work. They raised a glass I sang them this song. Not a good technical rendition but valuable one day for it’s historic importance. Take care and God Bless!
  3 days ago

• Return of the Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger

  
  Tangier Sound — Authority: 143
  The Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger is back with LSD Made A Wreck Of Me .
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• Marissa’s Thanksgiving Banjocast

  
  Tangier Sound — Authority: 143
  Marissa has posted a Thanksgiving banjo podcast! http://gwenna.podbean.com/2009/11/26/thanksgiving-banjocast/ In other news, Marissa sent us a note with exciting news about an upcoming performance. Marissa writes: I have a gig next week at our local tavern Pete’s in Bronxville, NY 1820 Park Place. . I went ...
  3 days ago

• Jayme Stone wins Canadian Folk Music award

  
  The Bluegrass Blog — Authority: 505
  Jayme Stone picked up another trophy last Saturday (11/21) at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Ottawa to add to his two previous Juno Awards. Not bad for a banjo player. He won for World Group of the Year for Africa To Appalachia , his ongoing collaboration with Malian kora player Mansa Sissoko. Both a studio ...
  3 days ago

• Allen Shelton remembered

  
  The Bluegrass Blog — Authority: 505
  Richard Thompson contributes this brief overview of a seminal bluegrass artist. Raymond Allen Shelton RIP: July 2, 1936 – November 21, 2009 As already reported , banjo stylist Allen Shelton passed away on 21 November while in the Centennial Medical Center, Nashville. He was 73. Initially he had been ...
  4 days ago

• Recycled Shipping Crate

  
  The J-Walk Blog — Authority: 156
  Mark Ralston converts old 4-string tenor banjos into short-scale 5-string banjos. He ships them in wooden crates, like this : Someone bought one of Marks banjos for his kid, and put the crates to good use. Comments | Posted in Banjo
  5 days ago

• Oh Mary

  
  Tangier Sound — Authority: 143
  John in Chicago writes: Hey Patrick, Here’s a tutorial on the D7 hammer on and playing up the neck using the song Oh Mary Don’t You Weep. I really love playing this song, and bet others will too! Perhaps your Daily Frail patrons might like to take a look. Hope all is well!
  5 days ago

• Highwoods String Band reissued

  
  The Bluegrass Blog — Authority: 505
  Rounder Records has recently re-released a classic album from 1973, Fire On The Mountain by Highwoods String Band. This LP, and the band that recorded it, had a powerful impact on the early ’70s old time scene, helping to transform it from a somber, preservationist mindset to a raucous, joyful celebration of the ...
  5 days ago

• WE’RE THANKFUL FOR TERRY WALDO (Nov. 2009)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 131
  Terry Waldo was a protege of Eubie Blake and continues to be a stomping pianist, an intriguing composer, singer, and bandleader.  Here are details of Terry’s upcoming gigs: welcome alternatives to holiday shopping!   Banjo Jim’s 700 E. 9th St. & Ave. C (212) 777-0869 http://www.banjojims.com/ Terry ...
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• TEA WITH THE CARDS (Nov. 16, 2009)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 131
  As I’ve written, the downtown haunt Banjo Jim’s (Avenue C and 9th Street) in New York City offers the possibility for ecstatic musical experiences when the Cangelosi Cards take the floor.  Literally, it is the floor, since there is no demarcation between the audience, the dancers, and the band . . . which is ...
  6 days ago

• Daily Frail with Father Keith

  
  Tangier Sound — Authority: 143
  Father Kieth in the UK writes: Hello Patrick. I don’t know if this will be good enough but I put together a daily frail based on a common Bluegrass G lick. I know it’s not quite the same as you would play it 3 finger style but it sounds similar to my untrained ear. I don’t have any tab writing software so I ...
  6 days ago

• Gibson bluegrass not affected by Fish & Wildlife raids

  
  The Bluegrass Blog — Authority: 505
  Last week, much of the music world was abuzz about the news that Gibson Guitar’s solid body electric guitar plant, and their corporate headquarters in Nashville, were visited by agents from the US Fish & Wildlife Service last Tuesday (11/17). A search warrant was served and agents spent several hours on site, ...
  6 days ago

• Others like St. James Infirmary?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 650
  My band does a great cover of St. James Infirmary Blues. What else should we do thats in the same vein? Heres a bozillion .mp3s of St. James so you can get a feel for it. It looks like its been categorized under pre-war blues. It sounds great - we do it as a three-piece... guitar, banjo, fiddle with three-part ...
  6 days ago

• Weekly Workshop 11/23/09

  
  Tangier Sound — Authority: 143
  Freight Train, rock the C chord, banjo straps, Patrick’s next books and other stuff from Crisfield.
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