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barry - Posted - 03/14/2008: 07:56:39
What a week Monday I was working at banjo.com and who walks in. Yes the MAN can you guess who. Barry
banjo-fireman - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:13:12
When I hear the MAN on the BHO, I can only guess Earl??
I could guess others, but that's be my first guess.
Edited by - banjo-fireman on 03/14/2008 08:13:54
flatthead - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:21:13
Greg Earnest?
thereallyniceman - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:26:22
Osama?
Ian in the UK
Shouldn't I be practising?
TMarshall1 - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:28:54
Obama???
It's a gDGBD (Gosh Darn Good Banjo Day)!
Tony
Proud Member of
The Gibson Chapter
"...if ya got time to breathe, ya got time for music..."
Briscoe Darling - Apr.29,1963
barry - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:29:35
Greg was in on Wed. but on Mon. Earl did stop by. Shawn next time you stop in you get free strings. Barry
banjo-fireman - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:34:04
Hurray!! So did he trade in his banjo for a new fancier model? 
CoolSpring - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:43:35
That's cool!
barry - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:47:30
Very COOL.
8thpol - Posted - 03/14/2008: 08:52:04
I would have asked him to pick on for me.....that's neat he walked in
dixie kiwi - Posted - 03/14/2008: 09:17:32
no way...earl in kennesaw??? dang
i know you organized his world record FMB tribute at the Ted a while back; does he drop by often?
i grew up there in the 70-80's. is Wildman still around??
Frebazak - Posted - 03/14/2008: 09:36:40
I can see Barry busy about the store and look up to see "The Man". Do a double take? Triple take?
Robes
Live life to the fullest. You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece. Laugh some every day, keep growing, keep dreaming, keep following your heart. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein.
BJ Saalfeld - Posted - 03/14/2008: 09:49:31
That is so cool! Good for you Barry!
BJ
Keep on Picking!
mike gregory - Posted - 03/14/2008: 09:50:12
The Man from Snowy River?
The Man who knew too much?
The Man with one red shoe?
The Man Churian candidate?
The Man who shot Liberty Valance?
The Man from U.N.C.L.E?
The Man Dolin player in Ray Steven's band?
I was getting a lot of guesses in, and somebody had to go post the right answer.
NOW what am I gonna do for the rest of the day?
=):{ )
Mike Gregory, Banjo Maker Infraordinaire
When I say my instruments are as good as anything Gibson or Martin ever made,
I mean MEL Gibson and DEAN Martin!
My banjos can be seen on my own website
http://littlebanjos.lunare.net
Mumble Peg - Posted - 03/14/2008: 10:18:08
>>What a week. Monday I was working at banjo.com and who walks in. Yes the MAN can you >>guess who. Barry
Eliot Spitzer?
Chesapeake - Posted - 03/14/2008: 10:38:18
Barry - Hope you got a pic!
mike gregory - Posted - 03/14/2008: 11:48:51
Too cool to calculate.
If that ain't a Magic Moment, then I stop believing in magic!
BigWoolyBanjo - Posted - 03/14/2008: 12:18:11
That's awesome Barry & John.
Thanks for sharing the pics!
-Jeff
chrome - Posted - 03/14/2008: 12:22:03
Details Details, Did he buy anything?
'07 Gibson Granada SS
chissakid - Posted - 03/14/2008: 12:55:37
I'm pretty sure that Gibson provides him with whatever he needs, so it was just a visit. He stayed about 20 minutes and talked with us. He's really easy-going.
Harper Harris happened to stop by that morning. He works at the museum in Kennesaw that houses the train that was stolen by a bunch of daring Yankees during the Civil War. It's called the "Great Locomotive Chase". (http://ngeorgia.com/history/raiders.html). Harper also works here at the store part time. I was watching a feature called "Secret Missions" on the History Channel this past Saturday night, and saw Harper interviewed several times about that raid. Anyway, when Harper stopped by that morning, Barry told him "Earl's in the back of the store." Since Barry's a practical joker, Harper replied, "Sure, he's back there talking with Abraham Lincoln, right?" Harper got a nice surprise.
Later, Harper asked Earl if he enjoyed working with Buddy Ebsen during the filming of The Beverly Hillbillies, and he said everyone on the set was great to work with.
Earl signed a photo for me back in 2003, after a concert where he performed with son Gary and several others at the Atlanta Tabernacle. Louise Scruggs was there, surveying the crowd. That photo is now framed and on display above a bookcase that features his revised book, Earl Scruggs and the 5-String banjo. It's a shrine of sorts. He seemed amused by it.
Many thanks to recording artist Elizabeth "Lizzy" Long for stopping by with the great banjo legend. http://www.lizzylong.com/
We also have her CD: Lewis, Scruggs and Long:
http://www.banjo.com/Shopping/shopexd.asp?id=1493
Good pickin',
John Drummond
ambpicker - Posted - 03/14/2008: 13:12:33
DANG!
grayghost - Posted - 03/14/2008: 15:40:18
what a treat!! to actually meet one of the cornerstones of Bluegrass, and the High Priest of 5 string- man, oh man.
i'd a been like Wayne of Wayne's World on SNL-
"I'm not worthy, i'm not worthy!"
you lucky dogs!!!
banjomon - Posted - 03/14/2008: 16:16:22
Well dang it! I was gonna stop in about that time but didn't. Shoot fire!!!
No...seriously.....that is really cool!!! 
raypicks5 - Posted - 03/14/2008: 18:21:30
Awesome. Did he buy anything and if he did, what?
Ray
Picking "challenged" since 1972
barry - Posted - 03/15/2008: 08:11:42
He just stopped by to say Hi. We are still talking about it , to look up and see Earl walk in the door at banjo.com what a trill. Barry
tbarney - Posted - 03/16/2008: 22:12:35
I'm new here. I'm taking lessons from Duck Adkins at the store, and was in the middle of my lesson when Lizzy Long opened the door and walked in on us. Duck and I both look up kinda like "We're in a lesson here, why are you interrupting?" but then he recognized her right away. She said, "We were just passing through and I knew you'd want us to stop by." She stepped out of the way and there was the man himself!
So I've had 2-1/2 banjo lessons at this point and can barely work my way through Cripple Creek and I get to shake the Great One's hand. (Maybe something rubbed off? We can hope.) I was too stupefied to ask for an autograph or whip out my camera phone, so all I have is the memory. But what a memory.
Somebody up there is telling me to stick with it and learn this thing, I think!
SJL - Posted - 03/16/2008: 22:18:06
tbarney,
Wow, if that's not a sign, nothing is!!
Welcome to the Hangout.
"If the woman is alive at the end of the song, it ain't Bluegrass".
2007 Hatfield Walnut Custom
1976 (?) Aria Pro Tree of Life
alprice - Posted - 03/17/2008: 10:43:21
Glad to hear that Banjo.com didn't sustain any damage from last weekend's storm. Congrats on meeting Earl -- again. :)
Lack so many of us, that's on my Bucket List.
Al
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Flathead75 - Posted - 03/17/2008: 11:15:40
I just found out he showed up in Etowah, Tennessee last Saturday at the Cousin Jake festival. Jake Tullock left Flatt and Scruggs and worked as the police dispatcher until he retired or died one. Earl played a few and tore it up from what I heard. I had intended on going but got sick Friday and didn't remember the festival until Sunday....wouldn't you know the man himself showed up and played! Darn,Darn,Darn!
Keith
HarleyQ - Posted - 03/17/2008: 22:00:41
quote:
Originally posted by Flathead75
I just found out he showed up in Etowah, Tennessee last Saturday at the Cousin Jake festival. Jake Tullock left Flatt and Scruggs and worked as the police dispatcher until he retired or died one. Earl played a few and tore it up from what I heard. I had intended on going but got sick Friday and didn't remember the festival until Sunday....wouldn't you know the man himself showed up and played! Darn,Darn,Darn!
Keith
Yeah, I'm about 30 min's from there and didn't go either
, would have walked if I had known he was going too be there.
He did a few numbers with Lizzy.
Hoyt
dmiller - Posted - 03/18/2008: 08:16:05
quote:
Originally posted by tbarney
I'm new here. I'm taking lessons from Duck Adkins at the store, and was in the middle of my lesson when Lizzy Long opened the door and walked in on us. Duck and I both look up kinda like "We're in a lesson here, why are you interrupting?" but then he recognized her right away. She said, "We were just passing through and I knew you'd want us to stop by." She stepped out of the way and there was the man himself!
So I've had 2-1/2 banjo lessons at this point and can barely work my way through Cripple Creek and I get to shake the Great One's hand. (Maybe something rubbed off? We can hope.) I was too stupefied to ask for an autograph or whip out my camera phone, so all I have is the memory. But what a memory.
Somebody up there is telling me to stick with it and learn this thing, I think!
Heh heh heh!!!
(Did you get some pointers from him while he was there??) 
Welcome to the Hangout tbarney, and all I can say is ---
WOW!! What an experience, eh?
Tundraman - Posted - 03/18/2008: 20:20:16
that would be pretty sweet. im gonna try to see him at Stagecoach this year.
