Brooklynbanjoboy - Posted - 09/10/2013:  13:55:07

Played on my Cloverlick banjo by Jeff Kramer.

Thanks for looking, and listening.
Play hard,
Lew

Bill Rogers - Posted - 09/10/2013:  15:09:16

Nicely played, Lew.  Very pleasant.  I can definitely hear the Dwight Diller influence in your right hand.  Good-sounding banjo, too.  I await more from you.

JanetB - Posted - 09/10/2013:  17:07:43

A definite favorite, nicely played!

dornan - Posted - 09/10/2013:  19:51:34

A favorite Tune.Congratulations!You played that really well.

Brooklynbanjoboy - Posted - 09/11/2013:  07:49:46

Thanks for those kind remarks. 

As I said in a blog yesterday, two days ago I posted a Youtube video of me playing Lee Hammons’ Calloway on an A scale banjo. 

I learned the tune in the early 1990s from Dwight Diller, and was prompted to revisit this great tune when I saw an 8 September 2013 video posted on Youtube of Dwight doing the tune:

youtube.com/watch?v=A1sn3U26bzI

I sent an email to Dwight with the link to my video of me doing the tune on the A scale.

Late Monday night I got an email from Dwight.  He had seen the video, and told me that it’s time to go back to the woodshed for some remedial banjo work. 

“I think I can really help you now. Probably a couple of days is what is needed.”   So, he’s planning a trip to Staunton.  I’ve been trying to get him here for a while, hoping to set up some local concerts and maybe a workshop or two, repeating what we used to do when I lived in northern VA.

Anyway, it’s nice to be reminded that in this music one is always a student.

Take care.  Play hard,

Lew

Bill - Posted - 09/11/2013:  09:04:28

Very well done.



I really enjoy playing this tune because one gets into a "zoned out" state when playing it. Coincidentally, I posted my own effort in the videos section yesterday, then was pleasantly surprised to run across your post here this morning. Great minds? Or deranged minds working together? ;-)

Our approaches are quite different -- mine emphasizes rippling notes and yours accentuates the beat.  Beat is good.  I think yours is better than mine. Hats off.

Edited by - Bill on 09/11/2013 09:10:24

Brooklynbanjoboy - Posted - 09/11/2013:  09:13:00

Hi Bill.  I hadn't noticed your addition to the video library -- I'm just learning that dimension of the BHO experience.  Nicely played.  And you're right, it is one of those tunes that a player can quickly zone out on.  Nice comfortable groove emerges and I find myself playing it over and over again.  Hounds don't seem to mind, though they do like faster dancing music.  Thanks for the nice word.  I liked your work, too.

I believe you may have attended a workshop or a house concert at my old place in northern Virginia some while ago.  I think we met somewhere.

Play hard,

Lew