Hey all, I'm not from Kentucky, but I'd like to be! I'm about to become the proud owner of a KY made banjo, and I feel like Kentucky is my 'spiritual' home! My fondness for the state started with the purchase of a CD titled the Kentucky Old Time Banjo Collection some 12 or so years ago and I also enjoy sipping on fine (aged) Kentucky Bourbon. I also tune to WMMT out of Whitesburg for Appalachian Mornings just about every chance I can (using my iPhone), and I'm planning a visit over there in October 2014. Thanks and I hope you don't mind my membership of the group.
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 | KANINJACK says:
4/26/2012 7:50:04 PM
Welcome!
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 | Banjojustin says:
4/26/2012 8:47:04 PM
Thank you.
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 | sam fugate says:
4/27/2012 4:19:51 AM
Welcome here neighbor
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 | MiG-19 says:
4/27/2012 4:38:17 AM
Welcome aboard!
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| Banjojustin says:
4/27/2012 4:50:38 AM
Thankyou very much, I do appreciate it.
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 | sam-i-am says:
4/30/2012 3:56:29 PM
Welcome, Justin. I live in Mayfield, KY in the far western part of the state just below Paducah. This state has so many areas that are totally different from each other. No matter where, it is all beautiful. I have always wanted to visit your country.
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| Banjojustin says:
4/30/2012 5:04:39 PM
Hi Sam, thank's for the welcome. Australia is a great place to visit, like the US it has many different landscapes and features and it's well worth a trip down here if you ever get the opportunity. Hopefully it won't be too long before I get to visit Kentucky! 2014 is the plan. I can't wait. I don't know if I'll get over to where you are, I think the bluegrass museum is gonna be about as far west as we're going to get. There's just too much I want to see over there I and can't fit it all in.
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 | Aradobanjo says:
6/9/2012 1:00:13 PM
Welcome,
From a Northern Kentucky banjo picker, born and reared.
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| MiG-19 says:
7/10/2012 2:32:29 PM
Justin, I've had the pleasure of visiting your country several times, and I've always been floored at the hospitality. You will feel very comfortable in Kentucky when you get to visit!
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| Banjojustin says:
7/12/2012 5:59:49 PM
Thanks MiG-19! I'm now planning to visit in March next year and I have a separate blog entry for the schedule.
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 | alishabear97 says:
10/13/2012 9:09:30 PM
Welcome from a southeastern ky native! ky is definitely a great place :)
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| Banjojustin says:
10/14/2012 5:27:17 AM
Thanks for the welcome Alisha! I sure believe KY is a great place. I can't wait to visit. I plan to spend about 4 days in the south east of the state. I'll be hopefully driving from Clay City to Whitesburg via Berea and Corbin with a quick stop at the Cumberland Gap overlook on the way.Then when I finish up, drive from Whitesburg to Ashland via Pikeville. I'm really looking forward to it and I just hope the weather is agreeable!
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 | banjoman56 says:
10/30/2012 5:54:32 AM
You're going to be in my neck of the woods. Cumberland Gap is a beautiful place as is all of KY. If you have time, you should check the Breaks out since you're going to Pikeville. They're called the Grand Canyon of the East and it's beautiful country.
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| Banjojustin says:
10/30/2012 6:30:50 AM
Hey thanks for the information banjoman56. It's more than likely I'll drive through Pikeville at this stage so I'll look into it. Sounds great. The other alternative is to go up through Knott Co., but I don't know which way is better. I was just going to ask some locals whilst I'm staying in Letcher Co. I'm really excited about getting over there as it's really not too far away now. Only about 4 months! I plan to drive up the Pinnacle Road at Middlesboro. I'm guessing there's a good view over the Gap at the top?? I hope the weather is good as I'll only be able to stay for a very short time on my way to Whitesburg. I might even get out my banjo and play a quick rendition of Cumberland Gap AT Cumberland Gap.
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| banjoman56 says:
12/10/2012 4:50:19 PM
Yes, there's a great view from the Pinnacle. If you're lucky, you might get to see a Bald Eagle up there. I saw one the last time I was there.
Good idea about playing Cumberland Gap while you are there. I I knew when you would be there, I might just come over and lead the cheers for you.
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| Banjojustin says:
12/19/2012 7:13:13 PM
Hey thanks Carl, looking out over the Cumberland Gap will be one of the highlights of my trip. Do you live in the area at all? I'm coming through there on Sunday March 10th. As for a time I don't know. I'm making my way down through Irvine, Renfro Valley and Corbin and then heading over to Whitesburg after I've been up to the Pinnacle. I don't think I'll be able to check out the Breaks near Pikeville. I've just been asked to drop into Morehead on my way to Ashland so time is going to be pretty tight on that day. I wish I had double the time to spend over there! There's so much I want to see.
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| banjoman56 says:
12/24/2012 12:45:19 PM
Yeah, I live about 25 miles from Cumberland Gap.
I understand how it is when you're rushed for time. There's just so much fun that can be packed into a day.
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 | erikforgod says:
2/26/2013 4:53:31 AM
Wow...somebody that loves Ole Kentucky as much as I do! I wasnt born in Kentucky, but my mom and 6 or 7 generations of my family were. I spent 3 months out of the year, every year from the time I was little waaayy up into my twenties with my "popaw and granny" who live in western Kentucky. He used to take me foxhunting and coonhunting squirrekl hunting. We used to work in tobacco and also their garden canning veggies for winter. Not to mention they took me to hoe-downs and square/contra dances back in the hills and instilled in me my love for OT and bluegrass. My family hails from Ohio county in Kentucky, the same area where Bill Monroe was from so naturally I greup hearing alot about him growing up. So much so that I learned mandolin and sang tenor in a bluegrass band for several years before diving into OT banjo. I am now more interested in the older folk sounds, but Kentucky to me is "home" and their is no place like it. The hardwood covered hills, knobs, and ridges. The smell of the tobaccer fields, the corn tassling. The sound of the katydids and the whipoorwhils and owls at night while looking up at the moon peaking through the clouds and listening to the crackle of a campfire. How people wave at you as you drive by in your car.....yep that Kentucky....no place like home!!!
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