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www.nativeandfine.com
Playing Since: 1970
Experience Level: Expert/Professional
bevans has made 98 additions to Banjo Hangout 
Interests:
[Teaching] [Helping]
Occupation: professional musician
Gender: Male
Age: 53
My Instruments:
1933 TB flathead Gibson Granada, converted to a five-string with a Frank Neat neck; the new Kel Kroyden Bill Evans signature model banjo; a Gold Tone cello banjo; a 1967 Rickenbacker Bantar; a 2009 Allan Beardsell electric banjo; a 1908 Cole Eclipse, a 1908 Whyte Ladie #7, two Jim Hartel minstrel replicas, a George Wunderlich minstrel replica, a Bart Reiter Whyte Ladie replica. Hey, they're all related to my job!
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
The Beatles, The Osborne Brothers, Earl Scruggs, Jim Hall, Bob Dylan, Tony Trischka, The Weepies, Alan Munde, Charlie Haden, J. S. Bach, Ornette Coleman and many, many others! Currently listening to Sonic Youth, Bob Dylan, The Bee Eaters, Chris Pandolfi and, always, Earl Scruggs!
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Visible to: Public
Created 1/31/2004
Last Visit 2/8/2010
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Size: 906kb, uploaded 12/16/2006 3:11:23 PM
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Here's my arrangement of the French Renaissance carol that was featured in Banjo Newsletter a number of years ago. The most challenging aspect of an arrangement like this on the banjo is trying to keep two voices - the top melody and the bottom bass - clear and present at the same time. Easy for classical guitarists, hard for banjo players! Merry Christmas everyone!!
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Size: 5,954kb, uploaded 10/29/2006 2:33:59 PM
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This tune is from my CD "Bill Evans Plays Banjo" and features Rob Ickes on dobro, John Reischman on mandolin, Jim Nunally on guitar, Greg Spatz on fiddle and Missy Raines on bass. I was thinking of Sammy Shelor's great playing when I started working on this tune, so I named it after his Virginia hometown of Meadows of Dan. After the release of my CD, I discovered that the great clawgrass player Mark Johnson had also written a tune and given it the same title. The first part of the tune is in the key of A but the second part modulates to F and features a good deal of single string work - the toughest thing for me to do on the banjo!
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Size: 8,336kb, uploaded 10/31/2006 12:09:02 AM
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Here's a live version of the title tune from my first CD for Rounder. This was recorded at the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, California on November 3, 2003. Band members are Jim Hurst on guitar, Ron Stewart on fiddle, Roland White on mandolin, Missy Raines on bass and yours truly on banjo. This version is a bit slower than the Rounder CD version and makes for an interesting comparison. The banjo is in Dm tuning on this tune - a D F A D. I hope you enjoy!
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Size: 947kb, uploaded 5/23/2007 1:10:22 AM
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Here's one of the 196 tracks from "Parking Lot Picker's Songbook: Banjo Edition," a brand new book from Mel Bay Publications, co-written with Dix Bruce. In this book, we feature over 225 bluegrass, old-time and gospel favorites. Each melody of each song is presented in conventional music notation and banjo tablature, with chord progressions and complete lyrics. The really great thing about this set is that two CDs accompany the book - you can hear Dix and I perform a verse and chorus of every tune. I use backup techniques that I teach on the AcuTab "Power Pickin'" DVD series. Here's a sample of what these tracks sound like. You can find out more about the book by visiting nativeandfine.com and clicking on the "Store" link. Thanks for your continued support!
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