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 Jim"Willard" Spencer - Great Lakes Banjo

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Tonecaster

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Posted - 10/29/2009 :  13:59:27  View Tonecaster's Photo Albums  Reply with Quote

I took a banjo lesson with Jim in 1975. Great player. I should have taken more lessons but going to Ann Arbor on Saturday afternoons during football season was hard.

Here he is with the RFD boys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BesgutXishU



Edited by - Tonecaster on 10/29/2009 14:01:49

OalbretsPlayers Union Member

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Posted - 10/29/2009 :  15:34:37  View Oalbrets's Blog  Reply with Quote


Great pickin and great song.

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frailinPlayers Union Member

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Posted - 10/29/2009 :  15:38:00  View frailin's MP3 Archive  View frailin's Classified Ads  View frailin's Photo Albums  View frailin's Blog    Reply with Quote


DANG! That Great Lakes banjer sounds FABULOUS!!

"Gospel. The most powerful music in this world and the next."



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rb4playerPlayers Union Member

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Posted - 10/29/2009 :  16:04:44  View rb4player's MP3 Archive  View rb4player's Classified Ads  View rb4player's Photo Albums    Reply with Quote


I spent way too much time at the "Pretzel Bell" watching the RFD Boys ~1978-81, considering I was a poor college student. Willard's picking was magical. His break on "Billy in the Low Ground" makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end every time I hear it.

Jim

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SJL

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Posted - 10/29/2009 :  18:06:15  View SJL's MP3 Archive  View SJL's Photo Albums  View SJL's Blog    Reply with Quote


Very nice, thanks for sharing.

"If the woman is alive at the end of the song, it ain't Bluegrass".

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Tonecaster

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Posted - 10/29/2009 :  19:05:36  View Tonecaster's Photo Albums  Reply with Quote


The "Pretzel Bell" was a great place and I went there many times. Not many bands can say they've been around 40 years. When I took my lesson I did a melodic version of "Dixie Hoedown" using hammer-ons and pull-offs in a Scruggs style. Jim explained to me what melodic style was and got me a few books to work with. Gosh, I wish I would have taken more lessons. Hard to believe that's 34 years ago. Just think, I could have been good by now!

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