Tides - Posted - 07/04/2008:  17:31:21

I don't know why I am compelled to post this but I just figured I would. So I just realized for the first time since getting a banjo I have done nothing but play it all day. I have pretty much played for the past 6 hours only taking occasional bathroom and food breaks. I bought this darn thing back in January when I started to learn bluegrass (thats all I knew). I've been working on clawhammer for about a month now and have taken 2 private lessons. The only tunes I've currently got under my belt are barlow knife and cluck old hen but I'm having a ball. Just fooling around and being immersed in the music... I love it. No real substance to this post but I just thought I'd share.

Keep on rockin

Edited by - gottasmilealot on 08/06/2008 14:38:38

ZenDog - Posted - 07/04/2008:  17:43:52

I'm currently working on Old Cluck Hen, the Murphy Method version. It is fun to play, and I'm really working on getting the right rhythm. I'm just starting out too!
Wish me luck!

"There ain''t no Devil, that''s just God when he''s drunk" - Tom Waits

banjotef - Posted - 07/04/2008:  19:53:11

Fer sure, fer sure, and there ain't no cure.....

R.D. Lunceford - Posted - 07/04/2008:  21:06:52

That's great. Love to hear about young people getting into CH.
Keep posting.

R.D. Lunceford- "Missourian in Exile"
Model 1865 Bowlin Fretless Banjo
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"Drink from the Musselfork once, and you''ll
always come back." -Dr. Bondurant Hughes, 1917

chickenstalker - Posted - 07/04/2008:  21:57:26

what is it steve martin said, "Obsession is a great substitute for talent." My ass is bigger than it was a year ago when i started playing, and unless im careful it will be larger in another year...

sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge adn lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known- a.a. milne, winnie the pooh

derwood400 - Posted - 07/06/2008:  04:01:18

Yep, I can relate completely. My wife works every other weekend, and you wouldn't beleive how many times she has come home on a Saturday afternoon and I am still sittin' in the same spot with my banjer on my knee.

bobjo - Posted - 07/08/2008:  12:46:01

What is it with the banjo? I swear that thing makes time just speed by.

b

Gopher,Everett? - Posted - 07/08/2008:  20:44:13

The sound takes you back to a simpler time when things didn't go by so fast. That's why you can play for hours...

"Gopher, Everett?"
"No thank you, Delmar. I''m afraid one-third of a gopher would only arouse my appetite without bedin'' her back down."
--Ulysses Everett McGill, O Brother, Where Art Thou

BRASMAN - Posted - 07/09/2008:  19:50:14

quote:

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Originally posted by bobjo

What is it with the banjo? I swear that thing makes time just speed by.

b

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mojohand - Posted - 07/11/2008:  13:14:55

I myself have fallen victim to the strange and wonderful banjo time warp. Why just yesterday, I was...wait a minute was that 2 days ago? Why do my legs hurt so much? Why am I still in this chair? Why is my hand cramped around the neck of this banjo? Why am I asking you?

Keepin my skillet good and greasy all the time!