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Playing Since: 1976
Experience Level: Expert/Professional
Richie Dotson has made 17 recent additions to Banjo Hangout 
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[Teaching] [Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: Luthier, Teacher, Webmaster
Gender: Male
Age: 44
My Instruments:
1989 Dotson Wreath #3
1929 Gibson Style 4 Mahogany TB conversion with Hearts and Flowers inlay and a Steve Huber HR-30 Tone Ring
2007 Richie Dotson RB-3 copy (Dotson name in Headstock) with a Huber tone ring and a “Special” but secret wood rim. You wouldn’t believe this thing. I laugh when I think of how simple it was to make the change I did and what a great range this banjo has. Rosewood fingerboard on a mahogany and the tone is dry, hollow and has loads of personality ... better volume than any of the other banjos in my arsenal.
2008 Style 3 (leaves and bows) with Huber Tone Ring, old wood rim and a Tim James neck. This banjo is a true Frankenstein, but holy cow, this is at the top of the food chain for the sound I want. Jason and Doug, thank you for this happy, happy banjo accident! This one won't be going anywhere.
8 Japanese imports
1924 Washburn with a retro 5-String neck. Not a powerhouse, but really nice tone. Different from a pre-war Gibson’s slightly complex overtones and typically dry timbre, but spookily close, and I associate that with the octogenarian wood rim.
5 or 6 P.O.J. banjos or parts enough to supply an impaired orchestra of hillbilly pigmies.
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Flatt and Scruggs
The Osborne Brothers
New Grass Revival
The Bluegrass Album Band
Nashville Bluegrass Band
Bill Evans
Bill Keith
Ron Block
Bobby Thompson
Mike Snider
doug dillard
Ronnie Barnes (my local hero)
The Stanley Brothers
Doyal Lawson and Quicksilver with Terry Baucom or Scott Vestal or Jim Mills ...well, I guess Mr Lawson hasn't had a bad banjo player, now has he?
Anyone else who didn't stop at only 4 chords and one first generation band style.
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Created 8/31/2003
Last Visit 2/8/2012
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 @3:58:43 PM
Bill Evans and Richie Dotson all-day Bluegrass Banjo Workshop
Saturday, February 11th, 2012 - 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Victorian Station - 36 N Mallory St. Hampton VA 23663 (757) 723-5663
Check out the website for all the details: http://www.acousticbox.com/Workshop/Workshop.htm
Don’t miss the opportunity to study with both of these masterful instructors
The Workshop is only $100.00 per person!
Subjects to be covered will be, but are not necessarily restricted to: Scruggs/Crowe Right Hand Essentials, Up and Down the Neck Backup, Slow Song Lead and Backup, Melodic and Single String Introduction, Music Theory and Capo Use, Surviving a Bluegrass Jam Session, Playing in C, D and F and Getting to know your fingerboard with plenty of question and answer time!
Click Here to Download the Flyer
Click Here to download the Registration Form
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR VIDEO CAMERA OR OTHER RECORDING DEVICE
Seating will be limited to 25 people - so early registration is recommended!
Recent Forum Posts
G to C Bluegrass Banjo Lick for John Hardy and other songs (4 days ago)
Great Televised PBS Documentary on Jim Mills (4 days ago)
Bill Evans and Richie Dotson Workshop in Hampton, VA Feb. 11 (42 days ago)
Jim Mills’ new website is up and running! (94 days ago)
AcousticBox.com will be down for a couple of days (139 days ago)
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