Overall Comments

I picked this up at JDMC while having my frets dressed. I have been pleasantly surprised at how accessable the tabs are. I have seen intermediate banjo books with tabs that were not this easy to follow. Some of the tabs are very comprehensive. Sally Goodin has the backup to all fiddle breaks and, of course, the banjo break. All that is not included is the banjo backup for the guitar break. The book includes solos and selected backups to all of the songs from two great albums: THE OLD HOME PLACE and FLASHBACK.
The tabs are so accessable, I believe, because J.D. plays with such taste. Picking the tabs are easy, getting the note seperation and drive that J.D. always brings to the table is the difficult part. Difficult, but I can't think of better material to work on note seperation, taste, timing and subtlty in picking. I cannot recommend this Accutab publication enough, and it is great for picking along with the songs on the two CDs. John Lawless, Bill Evans and J.D. himself did wonderful work on lining out these tabs and proofing them

Overall Rating

10