noamberg - Posted - 11/23/2021:  03:30:43

I got me a new banjo and I'm debating over the name. It's down to Ola Belle or Matokie. Both Ola Belle Reed and Matokie Slaughter were badass banjo pickers with badass names. Can't find much info on Matokie, but I heard Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer talk about Ola Belle in an interview and it sounds like she was a really awesome human being, apart from her great playing. Kinda torn. What's your vote?

KatB - Posted - 11/23/2021:  04:11:02

Both. Then if she’s not behaving you can call her by her full name :)

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bill t - Posted - 11/23/2021:  04:38:52

Since you've got two names you like, you probably just need to get one more banjo.

R Buck - Posted - 11/23/2021:  05:23:37

I have a badass banjo we call Black Bart.

MusicManMike - Posted - 11/23/2021:  05:46:01

I think Bill nailed it. If you’re torn on two names, sounds like you need another banjo 

Edited by - MusicManMike on 11/23/2021 05:47:16

woodchips - Posted - 11/23/2021:  06:13:36

Combine parts of both names and make a new one. Belletokie or something like that.

beegee - Posted - 11/23/2021:  06:19:29

Why name a banjo?

Alvin Conder - Posted - 11/23/2021:  06:37:49

The only banjo I ever named was my first “real” banjo that I have had for decades. I always called it my “Dads” banjo.

Many banjos have come and gone through my hands, but I still have that one for obvious reasons.

I personally like Ola Belle.

R Buck - Posted - 11/23/2021:  08:40:39

I knew Ola Belle (Reed). She was a pistol!

mrphysics55 - Posted - 11/23/2021:  09:00:11

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As a boy I would help my Grandfather raise a few pigs. One evening we were leading on the fence, watching them eat. Pappy turned to me, looked me in the eyes and said, "Don't give 'em names."

banjoman3 - Posted - 11/23/2021:  09:04:34

Lol awesome names.

andantino - Posted - 11/23/2021:  09:04:37

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As a boy I would help my Grandfather raise a few pigs. One evening we were leading on the fence, watching them eat. Pappy turned to me, looked me in the eyes and said, "Don't give 'em names."

 

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You suppose he's gonna eat his banjo?

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mrphysics55 - Posted - 11/23/2021:  11:21:05

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m06 - Posted - 11/23/2021:  14:42:21

Plunky McPlunkface would probably be the British vote.

csrat - Posted - 11/23/2021:  17:52:29

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Plunky McPlunkface would probably be the British vote.

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SinJin McPlunkface?

noamberg - Posted - 11/23/2021:  18:01:12

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Since you've got two names you like, you probably just need to get one more banjo.

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If you wanna send me one, sure! 

noamberg - Posted - 11/23/2021:  18:07:14

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Why name a banjo?

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As a boy I would help my Grandfather raise a few pigs. One evening we were leading on the fence, watching them eat. Pappy turned to me, looked me in the eyes and said, "Don't give 'em names."

 

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Hey, a man gets hungry sometimes and times are hard...

Besides, I get the feeling that most people would derive more entertainment from watching me eat my banjo than from listening to me play it ;)

m06 - Posted - 11/24/2021:  00:39:32

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Plunky McPlunkface would probably be the British vote.

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What you get when you poll the British public to name something...

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36225652

Our inner four-year old gets the better of us. 

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m06 - Posted - 11/24/2021:  00:47:39

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Why name a banjo?

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As a boy I would help my Grandfather raise a few pigs. One evening we were leading on the fence, watching them eat. Pappy turned to me, looked me in the eyes and said, "Don't give 'em names."

 

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Hey, a man gets hungry sometimes and times are hard...

Besides, I get the feeling that most people would derive more entertainment from watching me eat my banjo than from listening to me play it ;)

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I can't help noticing your name is an anagram of 'Bang More'. Put 'Mr' or 'Mrs' in front and Bob's your uncle (or Auntie).

Well, we did give you fair warning not to ask us Brits... 

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csrat - Posted - 11/24/2021:  03:59:21

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Plunky McPlunkface would probably be the British vote.

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SinJin McPlunkface?

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What you get when you poll the British public to name something...

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36225652

Our inner four-year old gets the better of us. 

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HA! Too Funny!

Can't help but love the Brits!

Bufo Bill - Posted - 11/25/2021:  12:14:43

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If you call it an RB-1 people think you're talking about a 1980's pocket calculator.

noamberg - Posted - 11/26/2021:  13:57:25

I was just reading the credits for the new Alison Krauss / Robert Plant record and there's an Ola Belle song on there. I think the universe is trying to tell me something.