pick it - Posted - 04/12/2013:  18:01:27

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Originally posted by 250gibson

 

Earls Granada was once Don Reno's granada.

Monroe's mandolin and Maybelle's guitar are on display at Country Music Hall of Fame

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and Don Renos banjo once  belong to Haze Hall

BC - Posted - 04/13/2013:  03:26:43

Morbid?

That is absoutely absurd! There has been literlly hundreds if not thousands of posts, comments, articles etc. about this banjo for decades now. Are we to assume that since he has passed it is now in bad taste to continue to discuss it? Actually I don't recall any disrespectfull remarks ever posted about his banjo including this particular topic. After all its only the most talked about banjo of all time. The awesome sounds that this banjo produced is the envy of all traditional pickers, not to mention manufactures who have tried to imitate it.

However, the overall general agreement is that the remarkable sounds of this particular banjo were more the result of the talents of the man that played it rather the banjo itself. The two ( Banjo & Earl) are permanetly joined together in music history. To my thinking any discussions regarding the remarkable sound of this instrument is directly related to and respectfull of the man that played it.

It is only natural that all "WE ALL" wonder and have our own opinons of what will or should happen to this instrument and no doubt will express some of them here? I don't consider that morbid. Many of us have deticated a lifetime of devotion to Earl and that banjo and that sound. Whatever the family decides it will no doubt not please everyone. But we should respect their decision regardless. They shared that banjo and Earl with us all their lives, let them seek clousure and Earls musical legancy as they see fit.

pick it - Posted - 04/13/2013:  17:29:34

Guys don't be too hard on Steven obviously he has much respect for Earl as we all do,probably just a bad choice of words before giving much thought.you know the way this forum is set up you can edit or delete after time.

jackenbanjo - Posted - 04/16/2013:  15:47:31

Some random thoughts:
- Randy should keep and cherish it unless he feels it should be donated to a museum
- A special album should be recorded with the top 10 or 12 players doing a song on Earl's banjo - similar to the Tone Poets CD that was done with the vintage Martin and Loar mandolin years ago.
- Randy or another family member or friend should play a tune on stage with it every year on Earl's birthday as a special tribute.
- Someone (Randy?)should write a song about it similar to Vince Gill's song about his Martin or John Denver's "This Old Guitar"