bobby dale - Posted - 09/30/2025:  08:59:27

I am not the most active member but have been using the website as a resource since I started playing banjo a couple years ago. I was recently looking for some info on tunes in "old G" or fCFCD and discovered that old wood chuck of Rocket Science Banjo used to play in that tuning a lot. In reading through old threads I saw that banjo_brad had taken over the website after OWC passed away. Well as it so happens Banjo Brad is also ready to retire from hosting the website and will be participating less on the forum. He asked me to share this with you all.

As someone who has benefitted greatly from those who came before me being willing to share their knowledge I want to say thank you to all of you and specifically to oldwoodchuck and banjo brad. It would be a shame for these resources to disappear perhaps there's a way for them to live on if there was permission from the owners or their estates. Even a Google drive that members could share could be useful. 

Anyway, I'll leave you with Mr. Bradbury's message



Hi, Bobby, I'm sorry but the Tabonanza that was for sale stopped being available when OWC passed on. Since he no longer needed money, that option disappeared. Some other member of this site, might have a copy they are w9illing to share, but since I am winding down my internet useage (too old and the medium is becoming more and more complicated for my 80+ year old mind to grasp (along with caring for my wife, who is in the medium to last stages of Alzheimers) I am no longer attempting to care for either his on-line site (which I inherited when he passed(, or mine, and I am slowly getting around to closing them.



I would suggest that if you want any of the information available by download that you grab them now. I will, of course, attempt to make this information available before I actually get around to it, but I believe that I may have already closed the OWC site as well as Prickly Pear Music, but I'm not sure yet.



Play nice, and be sure to share your love of OT music, as I have attempted to do.



(you would do me a huge favor is you were to share this post on the banjo hangout.



Fred (Brad) Bradbury, aka "Banjo Brad."

A Drum On A Stick - Posted - 09/30/2025:  10:54:03

Oh, this is partially my fault. I agreed to take over hosting of RSB from Fred, but never got around to putting it up.



I see the previous iteration is now offline. I'll prioritize getting it back up as it was soon.



I've got a collection of 600+ files from him. I'll have to look through and see what's what.

Edited by - A Drum On A Stick on 09/30/2025 10:57:59

bobby dale - Posted - 10/29/2025:  06:39:48

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Originally posted by A Drum On A Stick

Oh, this is partially my fault. I agreed to take over hosting of RSB from Fred, but never got around to putting it up.



I see the previous iteration is now offline. I'll prioritize getting it back up as it was soon.



I've got a collection of 600+ files from him. I'll have to look through and see what's what.

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Do you happen to have the tabonanza that was mentioned?