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Banjophobic - Posted - 09/29/2010: 17:36:39
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Originally posted by minstrelmike
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Originally posted by Banjophobic
...or maybe its just that Earl is being unjustly bashed.
If it is a bash, then it is unjust. OTOH, if it is just a criticism or differing opinion, then you're the one going overboard, not the person who you happen to disagree with. I see the same thing with religions and computer operating systems. Some folks take any question as an assault on their beliefs.
Well, we've moved from 'opinion', to calling Earl a "thief". I think it definately moved it into really bad territory. Freedom of speech is a great thing, until you start this kind of ugliness. Anyway, I know what youre saying here.
Banjophobic - Posted - 09/29/2010: 17:39:00
Thanks for all your input folks- I appeciate your thoughts and time to the thread. Im cool letting it die now. It was really about seeing what others thought about the negativism toward Earl lately and to see if It was just me. 
stanleytone - Posted - 09/29/2010: 18:16:37
10-4 time to move on.Now,about that Reno fella.....................
oettingm - Posted - 09/29/2010: 18:44:34
Thanks for the compliment on the Beagle! By the way, he likes The Dillards best......Doug Dillard anyone?
Banjo Tater - Posted - 09/30/2010: 05:10:45
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Originally posted by stringbreaker
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Originally posted by Banjo Tater
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Originally posted by tbfnyc
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Originally posted by Banjo Tater
Name one banjo player who has the flow and the solid sound of each note that he plays. Name one banjo player who writes tunes like Flint Hill Special, Earls Breakdown, Foggy Mountain Breakdown ect. No one can compare to his music legacy.
Don Reno
Don Reno is a good banjo player but he very sloppy in alot of his playing. I have albums with him playing 'Kansas City Railroad Blues' and he goes up the neck and he flubbs it bad. Really Bad. Earl Is MUCH better.
id like to hear earl even attempt kansas city rr blues. or limehouse blues, or even a fiddle tune with notes don played!
The reason Earl never did those songs is because the record(Columbia) company probably wouldnt let him do those songs or he didnt want to. And he could play those songs. He just chose not too.
banjoez - Posted - 09/30/2010: 09:01:28
Earl never proclaimed himself as the creator of 3 finger style 5 string banjo playing. I've seen it written where he talks about those who proceeded and influenced him. I think it is mentioned in his book. You would have to be one of those nutty history revisionists to claim that he wasn't the most influential and innovative banjo player of all time.
As far as why the poster in question seems to have a beef with Earl and his playing is anyone's guess. Ignorance maybe.
Edited by - banjoez on 10/01/2010 07:50:57
Gymbal31 - Posted - 09/30/2010: 12:00:39
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Originally posted by stringbreaker
earl and belas opinion arent some objective truth in music anymore than the 1000s listening to miley cyrus.
the better you play the more right you are? and all those millions of non banjo playing people that dont care for bluegrass and banjos are wrong, because they dont see things the way you do?
great banjo players dont have a market on truth.
It isn't "greatness", it's all the cumulative years of experience playing the banjo those men and women have, meeting other banjo players on the road and in the studio. It's the thousands upon thousands of lessons they have given. It's sitting backstage at festivals with other bands and talking about who sounds great and what works and what doesn't. It's the countless recordings they own and have listened to, going back as far as recorded sound can go.
Great banjo players don't have the market on the truth.
But neither do mediocre banjo players.
The difference of course is, that I respect the opinion of the great banjo players.
The opinion of alleged banjo players who purposely and anonymously incite an argument, citing only his/her own opinion rather than any true examples, who ignore any argument that he/she can't easily refute, those opinions I don't respect.
JamesTanglewylde - Posted - 09/30/2010: 12:07:53
I always thought that the most important traits of a great musician, aside from musicality, were professionalism, class, and humility. All of which Earl harnesses and exemplifies first and foremost, as I have observed via recordings, videos, interviews, and my personal meetings with him. I do not believe that truly talented individuals should have any reason to bash the artistic work of another without compromising their own integrity. In the world of professionalism, there should only be respect for others and their talents.
Luke
pick1936 - Posted - 09/30/2010: 13:12:41
Earl is Number one, I listen to Foggy Mtn. Banjo more than anything else,, BUT, I have records of Bobby Thompson, who could play Scruggs Style,, Reno Style,, And Thompson Style,, also I have Eddie Adcock,, Butch Robbins,, Vic Jordan,, John Hickman,, Bill Kieth,, Jim Mills,, Bob Black,, Rick Shubb,, raymond Fairchild, and SOOOO Many other great banjo pickers, I would never bash any of these pickers, They are all great, As far as someone mentioned above, some do not like Lester's singing, I do like it,, But I think I have stated before, I often put on (Gotta Do My Time),, and try not to listen to Lesters singing, Just lisyen to all off Earl's Great Breaks,, seems like He used most all off His breaks on That song, ANOTHER Note, I have played Cripple Creek for 35 years, and thought Not bad, Then the other day I played His Cripple Creek and noticed How great His Timing, and Touch was Just Great..
Pick It Earl.
Nechville. In Higginsville.
Lee Kelso.
Edited by - pick1936 on 09/30/2010 13:17:01
dflowers - Posted - 09/30/2010: 13:13:23
This is not a perfect world. There are no perfect people in it. There is singular beauty in all of us.
Crimjo - Posted - 09/30/2010: 16:56:30
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Originally posted by patrick martin
I like anybody that plays the banjo.
I like this post.
Majorbanjo - Posted - 09/30/2010: 19:37:15
I'm lazy and haven't bothered to read this whole thread....because it would probably make me angry....personally anyone speaking negatively of such an innovative player as Earl is part of the shallow gene pool......I'm a HUGE Earl fan.....but I don't consider myself remotely qualified or worthy to even comment on Earl's ability......but Mr Sonny Osborne "in my opinion" is qualified....ask him what he thinks of Earl.....I've heard him give his opinion of Earl.......if you don't think Earl is the the most significant/relevant/incredible banjo influence in "bluegrass" banjo....then please.....go to the umgf.com.....mandolincafe.com........notbluegrassbanjo.com...or some where else... and quit ruining my life......:-)....
Banjo Tater - Posted - 10/01/2010: 04:49:10
Earl Scruggs even said in his book he had other influences in his three finger roll. but he took and he went on and developed it and made it popular. I think thats why they call it "Scruggs-style Banjo"
He is a music inovator for the banjo. He has done so much for the instrument and I think We all owe(scruggs-stlye, clawhammer, and melodic) Earl a debt of gratitude for what he has done. nuff said
mybote - Posted - 10/01/2010: 14:27:05
Two things in life I have found that just are NOT true.
1....Earl Scruggs is overrated as a 5 string player.
2.....I can buy a Deering Goodtime for $199.00. 
stringbreaker - Posted - 10/04/2010: 09:50:16
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Originally posted by Ebanjo
Guys, We just need to quit paying attention to guys like stringbreaker who know it all and have their hind ends up on their shoulders. As I've said before, consider the source and ignore
it.
Eric Ellis
P.S. Earl is a talented and humble man.
know it all?
no but ive poked holes in the legacy of earl by presenting factual evidence he took his arrangements from others. he wasnt a good writer, he was overly repetitious, and he played plenty of mediocre music. no answer was raised to these statements other than i need to post soundfiles, earl is great.
john, you used the word theif. i didnt. the man ripped his arrangements from someone else and the members of this forum act like he created something when he didnt. earl sayed that "nobody was doing it before me". nonsense
stringbreaker - Posted - 10/04/2010: 09:52:07
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Originally posted by minstrelmike
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Originally posted by Banjophobic
...or maybe its just that Earl is being unjustly bashed.
If it is a bash, then it is unjust. OTOH, if it is just a criticism or differing opinion, then you're the one going overboard, not the person who you happen to disagree with. I see the same thing with religions and computer operating systems. Some folks take any question as an assault on their beliefs.
you have it right
stringbreaker - Posted - 10/04/2010: 09:55:02
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Originally posted by Gymbal31
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Originally posted by stringbreaker
earl and belas opinion arent some objective truth in music anymore than the 1000s listening to miley cyrus.
the better you play the more right you are? and all those millions of non banjo playing people that dont care for bluegrass and banjos are wrong, because they dont see things the way you do?
great banjo players dont have a market on truth.
It isn't "greatness", it's all the cumulative years of experience playing the banjo those men and women have, meeting other banjo players on the road and in the studio. It's the thousands upon thousands of lessons they have given. It's sitting backstage at festivals with other bands and talking about who sounds great and what works and what doesn't. It's the countless recordings they own and have listened to, going back as far as recorded sound can go.
Great banjo players don't have the market on the truth.
But neither do mediocre banjo players.
The difference of course is, that I respect the opinion of the great banjo players.
The opinion of alleged banjo players who purposely and anonymously incite an argument, citing only his/her own opinion rather than any true examples, who ignore any argument that he/she can't easily refute, those opinions I don't respect.
all ive done is give examples those that dont agree have presented none
im glad we agree playing ability doesnt make you right
Hammerknocker - Posted - 10/04/2010: 10:17:57
Hadn't really noticed it until you brought it up. Hope that's not the case though. Why would anyone want to bash Earl or his contribution to the culture?
banjoez - Posted - 10/04/2010: 13:09:41
Against my better judgement to even respond to this garbage here is what makes me wonder.........
Directly from sbreaker's BHO blog page about Earl Scruggs:
"he took other peoples arrangements and says, "nobody was doing it before more". hogwash "
Where did you get this quote from Earl and what does it even mean? "nobody was doing it before more"? Please cite your source.
Edited by - banjoez on 10/04/2010 13:17:30
jethrobodine - Posted - 10/04/2010: 13:28:53
Against my better judgment also.
So stringbreaker NEVER plays the same lick twice? And plays his OWN material?
I think he can not play a note on the banjo. Otherwise he would post some sound files as so many have asked him to do.
I would like to know what made him have such a dislike for Mr. Scruggs.
oldplayer - Posted - 10/04/2010: 14:22:21
I hope my last comment was very clear - I was really just kidding, stringbreaker
Banjo Tater - Posted - 10/04/2010: 14:28:14
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Originally posted by jethrobodine
Against my better judgment also.
So stringbreaker NEVER plays the same lick twice? And plays his OWN material?
I think he can not play a note on the banjo. Otherwise he would post some sound files as so many have asked him to do.
I would like to know what made him have such a dislike for Mr. Scruggs.
Sounds to me stringbreaker thinks him self a better composer/writer than Earl Scruggs. And of course Earl Scruggs "stole" arangments. He took songs he knew and heard and played them the way he heard it. J.D. Crowe did it Sonny did it. I wonder what Stringbreaker plays on his banjo
The KIDD - Posted - 10/04/2010: 15:12:38
Lets keeper goin boys! Im sure John doesnt mind
..Whats great about threads like these are not only do they bring out the driveby posters ( hit and run) for future ref. BUT, they also lets us know who lives in Poserville. Im glad the new "LIKE" feature has been added.. Its been very telling.
ambpicker - Posted - 10/04/2010: 15:43:09
I have listened to Earl for 30 years and 1 month. There was a time in my life, I was broke, unemployed, didn't have car, owned 2 pairs of blue jeans, 2 shirts and 1 pair of shoes. But so help me, if I had $8, I'd go to the record store and see if there was a new LP with Earl.
In those days, I never dreamed, I would be invited to visit him at his home.
He took my RB12 out of the case, said something like do you mind if I play? ( Like I'd say, umm well, Mr Scruggs, I'd rather you didn't )
He did not put on any picks, warm up, or so much as clear his throat.
He played Sally Ann, very fast, very clean, smoothe as silk, and with the greatest of ease.
You just had to there, words come up short.
I am sure a number of people here have had a similar story, but here is the impression I had.
As good as I thought he was, he's about a hundred times better.
There have been a number of fabulous players, and I probably have multiple numbers of cassettes, LP's, and CD's of perhaps most of the people who's names are known in the banjo community. If I lived to be 10,000 years old, I would never be as good as any of these.
There are a small handful that, like Earl, I would consider to be genius.
But to me, Earl is still simply, far and away, the best at making a banjo sound good.
Banjophobic - Posted - 10/04/2010: 18:58:42
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john, you used the word theif. i didnt. the man ripped his arrangements from someone else
Well, I thought the thread was dying and..here we go again. In what 'English' speaking part of the united states, does "Ripped off" and "steals" does, not mean the same thing? Doesnt a 'thief', do these things?
Where you are from, what does 'ripped off' mean? Whatever part of the US that is, its full of ignorant folks, if they use the terms, and dont know that it means 'stealing'. You are either ignorant, a troll or an ignorant troll. Which ever you are, its sad to keep exposing it to the whole website and not really all that entertaining,haha.
Edited by - Banjophobic on 10/04/2010 19:17:54
kipperr - Posted - 10/04/2010: 19:07:47
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Well, I thought the thread was dying and..here we go again.
Actually, the thread WAS dying. It had been dead for 3 days. When, suddenly (surprise!) Stringbreaker revived it again.
This is typical of Stringbreaker; any anti-earl thread starts to fade away, he'll come on and comment, just to ressurect it again.
He's done it over and over again. I'm sure he needs the attention, or he wouldn't keep doing it.
Pick1949 - Posted - 10/04/2010: 19:16:11
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Originally posted by Banjophobic
Is it just me, or is there a plethora of Earl bashing lately on this Hangout? Earls not the inventor of all things banjo, but I dont see how trying to diminish his enormous contribution to this genre of music, and banjo in general, serves a necessary need in threads these days. Anyone else feeling this anti-earl vibe? Maybe it just me.....
I dont think it's just you. But, you have to take into mind who is doing the bashing and slashing at times (and usually they dont just do it about Earl, they often look for something to get attention with anyway)... I like The Kidds remark on how crap like this lets you know exactly who lives out in "Poserville".... ha ha.. that hit it on the head!!!!
Ron Stewart - Posted - 10/05/2010: 09:59:39
Ron Stewart Says:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @11:16:09 AM
First off, I don't usually post on these sort of topics, as they are ridiculous and just something to get everyone worked up, but this one has gotten me more than a little worked up! If I were to show this thread to JD, Sonny, and tons of other legendary banjo players, the comments would have to be all bleeped out! Everyone has their right to an opinion and what they like, as that is what makes the world go around, and what keeps music, as well as many things in life continually growing. BUT, and it is a BIG BUT, when you go beyond an opinion to say Earl Scruggs, or anyone else isn't worth a damn, you're treading on thin ice my friend! While you may not like Earl's playing, you maybe should get an eduacation on Earl's playing before going into this stuff. Does Earl say he invented three finger picking, NO! He will tell you about those very players you mentioned, but my friend, he doesn't play like them! Sure that's where he heard it, but he doesn't play the same way. Arrangements? Sure he heard this stuff, and his arrangements are similar, but is that stealing? I have been influenced by many a picker and use their licks, but am I stealing? HELL NO, I am doing something they did because I love it! I say that is paying respect to the one's that influenced you!!! Do me a favor and ask Scott Vestal about Earl's playing, or Bela, or Ron Block, or just about any banjo player on the planet! I have live stuff of Earl where he is playing a lick that Ron Block uses now that was recorded on radio in 1955, and way too many things to list! Every time I have thought Earl didn't use a lick, I get corrected by listening to a live recording and finding it somewhere. Now lets move to tone, timing, taste, and melody. Contrary to what some inexperienced folks would say, melody is f^&*ing hard to play, to make sound great by leaving meaningless notes out. You have to have great tone, timing for sure, and space between notes! Earl was and is a master of this! I am not saying do not stray from the melody, we all do and so did he. Now on to his tunes. I am guessing you are a composer of some sort, and have written many a tune/song with very original chord changes and very distinct melodies, in which no part of YOUR tune, song has any part of another tune! Somehow I doubt it, just by reading these posts, but I would really be glad to hear some of your tunes/songs so I could learn how to write without one chord change being like any other! The reallity of it is this, in the music we play there is what is called a scale in every chord, and that goes with chords too, so mathematically there are only so many combinations that can be done, granted that number is staggering, but I'll bet you it is hard for you or anyone else to find a song that doesn't have a little part of another in it somewhere, especially in bluegrass music! Listen to country music today, they all sound the same but I don't hear you bashing them, or Bill Monroe, who used a lot of other tunes to come up with his own tunes! But, he did it and they were great and that was what he heard. Let me ask you this, when is the last time you sat down and played Foggy Mountain Breakdown JUST LIKE EARL on the December 11th, 1949 version? I am NOT talking notes here, I am talking roll patterns and the whole enchilada. If you want to record it and give us a listen, I am sure it would be really EASY for you to do! Also, maybe Head Over Heals break, Dear Old Dixie, No Mother Or Dad, Doin' My Time, any of those will do! On another note, I don't hear you bashing JD Crowe, and he plays a LOT of Earl, always has and he is one guy I want to hear you walk up to and give him this speach of how Earl isn't all that! Maybe Sonny Osborne too! Hell let's you and I have a face to face about this subject sometime, as I would love to hear your pickin' and see first hand the "Improvements" you have come up with for the banjo world. I am sure you have some wonderful things you do on the banjo, and some wonderful examples of styles of banjo I would like, but saying Earl isn't all that, well that is another story. While I can respect anyone's opinion, I have to say that anyone that says Earl has done nothing but steal, be repititous, boring, etc.....well friend, you have a LOT to learn and probably not nearly enought time left on this Earth to learn it! I welcome your comments and any suggestions you might have for me!
RON STEWART
(Just another boring banjo player from the Scruggs school)
Ron Stewart Says:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @11:24:05 AM
By the way, the players you list as your favorites, Bill Keith, Bela Fleck, Scott Vestal are some of my dear friends and also some of my favorite players as well! Although I didn't hear you say Bill Keith just copied fiddle players in his banjo playing, or Scott Vestal copying some of Bela or vise versa. I guess that is different somehow. And to Bill, Scott and Bela, forgive me for using you all in this post, I love every one of you and you know it!
Ron Stewart Says:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @11:31:14 AM
Do you NOT have any other banjo player playing out of tune? I have heard all of them out of tune, me included! Maybe you should expand your collection of live/studio recordings! Or better yet, teach us your amazing way of never being out of tune on the banjo!
Ron Stewart Says:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @11:55:49 AM
Sorry, I am just reading more of yuour posts. So FMB, Pike County Breakdown, Flint Hill Special, Shuckin' The Corn, has no melody? I'm guessing Dear Old Dixie, Foggy Mountain Chimes, Earl's Breakdown, etc. also have no melody! Can you play those tunes? If so, how can you learn a tune without a melody? Many a banjo player has recorded/played those tunes since Earl first recorded them, how did they learrn them without a melody?
I'll go a step farther! Obviously you are NOT a fan of bluegrass fiddlers, because they all copied things from earlier fiddlers! Have you ever heard of Fiddlin' Arthur Smith? About 90% of the fiddlers we all love were influenced by this man, and copied some of his playing. I saw a little on the fiddle, and I have copied some of his licks, but I guess that makes me insignificant on fiddle as well. Oh, I guess Monroe played melody all of the time, oh wait, his tunes had no melody! I beleive Earl played with Monroe at one time. I guess he stole the break to Summertime Is Past And Gone from one of those players you mentioned, and didn't play the melody! I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky, he sure isn't playing the melody on that one! Molly and Tenbrooks is another he just couldn't find the meoldy to I guess!!! I know you don't care for Bluegrass Breakdown, because it has no melody(see Foggy Mountain Breakdown comment in your post), and it would appear to me you think he stole that break from say, Uncle Dave Macon, Snuffy Jenkins, or someone else he listened to, maybe StringBean! I love String and those guys btw, and I am NOT poking fun at their playing, they were all inovators and excellent musicians we all should thank everyday!!!
I am going to quit reading your posts, because I am getting more p&*$ed off by the minute!
I am sure you will delete my post, but if you're man enough to leave it, I would be very grateful! As for what he did after 1950......60 more years of playing, 60 more years of great recordings for us to listen to, 60 more years of him delivering banjo tunes and breaks and backup that we all love. By the way, not sure you have heard of a banjo tune called "Silver Eagle" he wrote after 1950, along with Earl's Brkdn, Flint Hill Special, Shuckin The Corn, etc. etc.
Ron Stewart - Posted - 10/05/2010: 10:02:13
I posted those last few posts on his blog page and them copied them here. I hardly ever get into this kind of childish S#*t but this is absolutely ridiculous!
Ron
Ron Stewart - Posted - 10/05/2010: 10:26:14
I assume you know Earl and Don Reno did quite a bit of picking together and they both enjoyed each others playing and held each other in high regard. Wait a minute, a couple of your heros play a lot of single string stuff, kind of like Don Reno did on certain things......Why again are they your heros if they are copying anything or any part of someone elses playing?
I am done with this until you are man enough to reply to this, give us a taste of some of your innovative banjo work, and/or want to get together for some banjo talk/lessons for me!
I have a 4 year old son who can tell you who is the best Scruggs style banjo picker of all time.....he says Earl Scruggs!
Kind of makes you wonder how a 4 year old is so smart and a grown man can be so ignorant!
Ron Block, if you're out there reading this, pease chime in, I know you are like me and never stoop to this kind of non-sense, but please chime in!
banjobubba - Posted - 10/05/2010: 11:05:03
You tell him Ron!!
Edited by - banjobubba on 10/05/2010 11:05:46
Ron Stewart - Posted - 10/05/2010: 11:10:08
Here's his response on his blog page:
stringbreaker Says:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @12:46:40 PM
those tunes are a bunch of licks with no melody. he didnt write dear ole dixie either.
you think his composing was bad because he only had a limited set of scale notes to work with so he had to repeat himself. lol. there are plenty of melodies. bluegrass breakdown is same as foggy mt breakdown with one chord changed. how creative! shucking the corn is same ole alternating thumb roll and licks as his other songs.
there is difference in including melodies, licks done before and doing the same boring thing for 60 years and people calling you a legend.
its not about my playing or composing its about earls.
wrightedward Says:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @1:03:15 PM
Ron ,Thanks....And Stringbreaker ,as Ron and others have said you have a right to your Opinion,,this is AMERICA..But String ,,just maybe you should have keep this one to your self...Have to admit you got the response,,good and bad
Ron Stewart Says:
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @1:07:49 PM
Hey, I didn't say he wrote Dear Old Dixe, and if you could read you would see that I didn't say he wrote it! Bluegrass Breakdown is different by more than one chord, and exactly what do you consider NOT the same old boring thing, and by whom? I don't think his composing was bad, I didn't say that, YOU think his composing was bad, again, maybe a reading course in your future would be a good thing!
So, I read on your homepage you are expert/professional, who is it you perform with/have performed with, and what are some of the recordings you have made and with whom?
Do you use an alternating roll, forward roll, backwards roll, etc. in your playing? Do any of your heros?
I cannot simply believe you think Shuckin The Corn, and Flint Hill Special, etc. sound the same. You really should take some music courses or something to fix this misconception! They are not alike, only in the fact that both tunes use some of the same roll patterns here and there, but possibly in different combinations.......wait isn't that what banjo is about, or really any instrument playing a melody? There are going to be repeats of roll patterns. Why am I even waisting my time on this? I play every day professionally for a living, either in the studio or on the road, I do have credentials to back it up, both on recordings and on the road with many, many TOP bands. I look forward to your resume!
Gymbal31 - Posted - 10/05/2010: 11:38:00
Stringsucker, I'm still waiting for your reply. In your blog, you asked for an example of an Earl song with a melody. I gave you one, "American Made - World Played". Two weeks ago. you've posted here and on your blog several times since then, but you still haven't responded. This is another example of you picking and choosing what parts of posts you reply to and ignoring what you have no answer for.
Gymbal31 - Posted - 10/05/2010: 11:39:14
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Originally posted by Gymbal31
Stringsucker, I'm still waiting for your reply. In your blog, you asked for an example of an Earl song with a melody. I gave you one, "American Made - World Played". Two weeks ago. you've posted here and on your blog several times since then, but you still haven't responded. This is another example of you picking and choosing what parts of posts you reply to and ignoring what you have no answer for.
I did have a typo in my above post. I wish I could figure out the whole edit function. Silly me. Just a dumb banjo player.
kris_rasnake - Posted - 10/05/2010: 12:38:26
Don't waste your time Ron. If you really want to prove what you and the rest of us already know to be true record a "Foggy Mountain Banjo Tribute"!! Stringsucker (how funny!!) will hate it and the rest of us would love it!! You're probably one of the only people who could play BOTH the banjo and fiddle breaks the way they were record by the FMB.
Edited by - kris_rasnake on 10/05/2010 12:39:58
Banjophobic - Posted - 10/05/2010: 13:05:52
Give him both barrels Ron-he deserves every one that gets unloaded on him. Hes just a troll and a nincompoop. He'll never post a soundfile because hes a poser.
Edited by - Banjophobic on 10/05/2010 13:06:35
mullie1 - Posted - 10/05/2010: 13:18:07
Boy, the personal insults flying in this thread are about as juvenile as it gets.
steve davis - Posted - 10/05/2010: 13:19:31
Thanks,Ron.
mastertone250 - Posted - 10/05/2010: 13:31:22
YOU GOT BURNT!! BY RON STEWART!!!! Ron, you are and will always be one of my favorite banjo pickers and you sure can explain things great. RON IS DA MAN!!!
The KIDD - Posted - 10/05/2010: 13:32:43
Hey SB , looks like you've got a new arrival for your fair city!(, ya prolly got 2 Wal marts there by now)
Boog - Posted - 10/05/2010: 13:35:25
Well, as someone who doesn't play a lot of bluegrass, I have to say that if it wasn't for Earl ... that is the GREAT Earl Scruggs ... I likely wouldn't be here and I suspect that would apply to many or most of us. I have nothing but the highest respect and gratitude for the man. Also, I've found over the years that it's a very good idea to be hyper-critical of my own playing and totally accepting of others.
... I find Earls playing VERY easy to accept
Banjophobic - Posted - 10/05/2010: 13:37:44
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Originally posted by The KIDD
Hey SB , looks like you've got a new arrival for your fair city!(, ya prolly got 2 Wal marts there by now)
For some reason, I hear the song "We'd like to welcommee yoouuu,to munchkin laaand,to munchkin laaannddd" being played ...
The KIDD - Posted - 10/05/2010: 14:19:23
Munchkin Land?.. a new suburb? I knew Poserville (after the revelation of this thread) was growin leaps and bounds but to have a new suburb..WOW!...SB has more support than I realized.(and they keep comin)Heck, at least He lists his NAME on his PF, Ill give him that.
pickNgrin - Posted - 10/05/2010: 14:20:38
Other overrated so-called geniuses:
Shakespeare: He stole all his ideas from the Bible and the ancient Greeks. Not only that, but all of his plays use the same words over and over, just put together in different ways.
Einstein: All he did was fix up Newton's Laws of motion.
Newton: He applied the same three laws of motion to explain everything. How lazy!
Monet: He painted a bunch of fuzzy pictures using the same colors over and over. Pffft!
Mozart: He just used the I, IV, V chords over and over.
Ok... that was sarcasm, but do you see the point? When the world sees a genius and you see a hack, CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY that you might have missed something.
-matt
Edited by - pickNgrin on 10/05/2010 14:27:56
Banjophobic - Posted - 10/05/2010: 14:21:22
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Originally posted by The KIDD
Munchkin Land?.. a new suburb? I knew Poserville (after the revelation of this thread) was growin leaps and bounds but to have a new suburb..WOW!...SB has more support than I realized.(and they keep comin)Heck, at least He lists his NAME on his PF, Ill give him that.
Yeah, Poserville IS the town. Munchkinland is a suburb....
Gymbal31 - Posted - 10/05/2010: 14:47:34
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Originally posted by pickNgrin
When the world sees a genius and you see a hack, CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY that you might have missed something.
-matt
Excellent summary! Just what I wanted to say but couldn't find the right way to put it. That is it.
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Originally posted by mullie1
Boy, the personal insults flying in this thread are about as juvenile as it gets.
If it weren't for my typos, I'm sure I could get much more juvenile.
From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 10/05/2010: 14:57:29
Mr. Ron Stewart,
Thank you! We have been living with this dribble for quite some time. Just one correction to your poetry: Did you know that according to our source Bill Monroe also played out of tune?
Thank you for taking the time to state the truth and backing it with such great references.
Ken
PS Kipperr what credit cards do you take for troll spray?
dflowers - Posted - 10/05/2010: 14:58:01
As Merle once said, "You're walkin' on the fighting side of me". To insult a person who is considered a part of the "bluegrass family" is just short of insulting a persons mom or dad. In the case of those who have known Earl, it is probably the same. I have not been long on the BG scene, but, some things in life need to left alone. Stringdinker, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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