I was hoping that was THE Granada in Sonny's picture. Good to see him with a banjo in his hands. And Sonny, if I could play banjo like you, I'd give you my camera!

Dana Cupp, left- Jim Mills, right

Earl Scruggs- 2005 Nikon D2H 80-200 2.8

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 01/30/2006 23:22:03

This is fun. Thanks for posting. Please, don't stop.

B)
O--'-::
I got it made in the shade - if the tree don't fall.
Stelling Whitestar

Forgive the size of this one. I'm not sure how to resize. This is Julie Elkins and John Lowell of Kane's River at Blueberry Bluegrass Festival.



By the way, if you have never witnessed the infamous "stick-finger" style of banjo picking from Julie, you are missing a definate treat.

Edited by - Darcy on 01/30/2006 13:58:50

quote:

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Originally posted by DHoffmeyer

And Sonny, if I could play banjo like you, I'd give you my camera!

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Man I'm enjoying these pictures. Thanks for sharing everyone. Here's one more from my collection.

Terry Baucom (with Doyle Lawson). Edmonton Folk Festival.

Dana Cupp on the Opry March 6, 2004 - Dana said he busted that head a short time later. Gee, who's that peekin' in over on the right there?

Nikon D2H 80-200 1/80 sec @ f2.8 Tungst. WB

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 05/15/2007 20:54:48

Hey Dean,
Great shot! Dana's playing a set of Sonny's Ugly D's on his Gibson. I've got a set on order, but Greg Rich is gonna purtify them for me first. These photos are awesome!



Stan Robins

I've really enjoyed the pictures posted here. Cia is great, but I really like the one of Alison (my favorite so far) that Darcy posted. She is lookin' mighty fine. mm, mm, MMMM. Terry Baucom is also lookin' sharp with Doyle Lawson.

Shane


"I pick with the (kids most every) night, so I live a simple life..."

Great thread. I would like to see one of Haley.

Maybe you could put one of Tony Pass.

Greg Rich would also be good to post with his banjo.

Nancy

Edited by - Nancy on 01/31/2006 13:12:19

Left to right: Jack Hicks, Vic Jordan, Don Reno, and Ralph Stanley

Edited by - gDGBD on 10/02/2008 08:37:54

Sorry about the small size of the last photos -- that was my first attempt at posting photographs. These were scanned from old 35mm prints. Any suggestions on how to enlarge them without loss of picture quality would be appreciated.

does anyone know how to add a picture on this thing?

I've got some old photos of JD playing with the late Keith Whitley at a club here in town--how do I get them from photo onto here?

Dave Jack

It is really not that hard, heck I can even do it! I lifted this from another thread:

1) Your pic must reside some where on the web here's a site that will host your pics for free:

photobucket.com/

2) To post pic on here activate img tags from tool bar (insert image)

3) Go to your pic and right click it

4) Left click on PROPERTIES

5) Left click and drag to highlight ADDRESS [URL]

6) When highlighted right click and COPY

7) Left click OK

8) Paste between the img tags img paste here img

9) Click preview to check before posting

10) If it doesn't show in the preview, you have done something wrong, back up and try again!



Mark

canecreek.net

Doug Dillard, Smoky Mt. Banjo Academy 2004


(L-R, with banjos) Larry McNeely, Bill Keith, Doug Dillard, Butch Robins


Sam Farris
tranjo.com -- home of the Tranjo™ travel banjo
Pack It and Pick It!

Here's a larger version (hopefully):

I am just now checking out this thread. Thanks to all for posting these!

To Dean Hoffmeyer I will say this: In my opinion many of your pics (notably Jim Mills) have crossed the line between photography and art. They not only capture the visual subject in a beautiful and poetic manner, but a whole range of human feeling too. I checked out your website... Wow! I am speechless. You are a gifted artist.

-matt

yep, dean is pretty much the man......

This is wes vanderpool at poppy mt.




and here is chief # 97 with the ugly tuners at mountain top penn.

Great Pix!!!!!!!!! I used the on of Earl for my Desk Top Back ground!

An it harm none..do what thou will.

Alvin played "Banjo Special" from the recent Stelling CD in Charlottesville on Saturday Feb. 4, 2006. Although Alvin retired a couple years ago, you can still hear that he spent a lot of time around Don Reno. And that old Stelling Staghorn (with a new Pass rim) he plays is a hoss.

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 04/20/2007 10:35:14

Jason Davis is a really nice local fellow who can pick the tar out of a banjo! He toured for 9 months with Kenny & Amanda Smith, 6 months with BlueRidge, now with Grasstowne. He's sitting in the back of his pickup where we met up in Colonial Heights, VA. This is his 2003 Lancaster which he used on Michelle Nixon's latest CD, as well as two cuts on Huber's "Cuppa 'Jo" recording. A marvelous Huber!



Nikon D2x 17-35 2.8 Daylight WB
edit to update his band affiliation

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 04/20/2007 10:37:06

Another goodun' Dean. Jason has some big shoes to fill in my opinion. I sure enjoyed Huber's picking with Kenny and Amanda, that man sure can pull tone from a banjo!


Mark

canecreek.net