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Rounder 0044 - Posted - 04/26/2008: 05:21:43
quote:
Originally posted by Mike_Morbeck
Another "Mike M" here. I invite you to check out my bluegrass photography at pbase.com/morbeck. You'll find more than a few banjo pickers there.
DHoffmeyer - Posted - 04/26/2008: 07:20:53
Well, we've got posters all over, and with Mike M covering the west coast, we're set!
Here's Tim Newcomb of Mill Run playing on April 25 in Ladysmith at Mr. Bs Park. EDIT- He's playing a style 3 wreath, which is a 1934 tb-3 conversion with a Huber ring and Frank Neat neck. As Silvio points out, Tim keeps an Intelli tuner on his capo. The banjo sounded great.
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Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 05/11/2008 11:23:50
Retropicker - Posted - 04/26/2008: 11:08:23
[quote]Originally posted by Mike_Morbeck
Another "Mike M" here. I invite you to check out my bluegrass photography at pbase.com/morbeck. You'll find more than a few banjo pickers there.
/quote]
Dang! Those are awsome. Are yo a full time bluegrass festival attendee?
Thanks
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silvioferretti - Posted - 04/27/2008: 03:18:05
Dean, what has Tim Newcomb got on his banjo neck, is that an Intelli tuner clipped to the capo?... Wonderful shot, BTW 
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gDGBD - Posted - 04/28/2008: 07:34:24
Here's an old photo of the Waller-Emerson-Gaudreau-Yates version of the Country Gents from the Culpeper, Virginia bluegrass festival in 1970. Bill Emerson is playing "Flint Hill Special".
gDGBD - Posted - 04/28/2008: 07:51:02
Here are some of J.D. taken at a Bluegrass Album Band concert. I didn't notice until I scanned the photos that J.D.'s strap says "B. J. Rogers". Does this refer to the calfskin head brand or was J.D. playing a borrowed RB-75?
DHoffmeyer - Posted - 04/28/2008: 07:53:48
That's the 75 he borrowed from Bob Rogers, which he now owns.
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Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 04/28/2008 07:54:23
Retropicker - Posted - 04/28/2008: 09:43:01
You got that right, Arthur and I'm not even old yet
LOVE those Bluegress Album pics. Got more? Those guys were in their prime as that band.
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gDGBD - Posted - 05/01/2008: 07:54:32
Here's one of Alan Munde, who's either trying to calm down all of the groupies who are clamoring for him, or who's being robbed at gunpoint...I can't remember which:
Here are some of Alan and the Country Gazette from 1973:
Edited by - gDGBD on 05/01/2008 12:14:34
gDGBD - Posted - 05/01/2008: 07:57:42
Bob Black with Buck White:
Lamar Grier with Peter Rowan, Richard Greene, and Buck White:
KLandreth - Posted - 05/01/2008: 08:59:35
My foggy memory tells me that this was an original flathead pot that Alan played before he converted to using (and endorsing) Stellings. Anyone have a clearer memory of the details of his "pre-stelling" banjo? I know he sold it in about 1975...who has it now? ....KL
UPDATE: Alan emailed to remind me that this banjo had a conversion pot that Gary Price assembled, it was not an original flathead....obviously my foggy aging neurons timed out again....dang. He also mentioned that this is the banjo he used on the Country Gazette Don't Give Up Your Day Job and the Live albums.
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Originally posted by gDGBD
Edited by - KLandreth on 05/01/2008 11:01:16
silvioferretti - Posted - 05/01/2008: 12:11:55
Ken... You don't know how bad it feels to be FORCED by your back to switch to the immoral two-shoulder strap wearing... I feel like I'm in good company after all (JD, Sonny, Earl...) but it still feels kind of awkward having to do those contortions to wear the strap instead of just slipping it up the right shoulder. And taking the banjo off is even worse!... Dang...
"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)
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MikeMphoto - Posted - 05/04/2008: 19:46:08
Throw my vote in for the one shoulder strap config. also. The first wooden thing with strings that I played was classical guitar and you just sat there. No strap, no dancing either. They I started playing the Mexican son jorocho instruments and those are traditionally played standing with the strap over one shoulder. Now I prefer that to over the neck with everything. Cameras too.
Pictures. I got a few more. Dr. Ralph Stanley was in town for the weekend and I covered his performance for the California Bluegrass Association. It was an honor to meet him and we had a nice talk. Here's a couple of pics.
That face looks familiar.
Hold 'em back, that instrument is out of control!
It's almost like a big wooden banjo. James Shelton sure knows his way around a steel string guitar.
Mike Melnyk
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teddy schug - Posted - 05/05/2008: 03:57:57
Here's two of the best Curtis McPeak and Charlie Cushman showing off their litter mate Mastertone Flatheads. 
KLandreth - Posted - 05/06/2008: 05:31:14
OK...morning quiz...who can name this budding bluegrass banjo player? (Hint: The photo was taken at the Galax Fiddlers Convention in 1966.) 
gDGBD - Posted - 05/06/2008: 17:33:25
Master fiddler Bobby Hicks, playing banjo for Ricky Skaggs, 1981:
Jack Hicks, with Ed Ferris and Bill Harrell, 1973:
fgodbey - Posted - 05/12/2008: 14:19:46
quote:
Originally posted by RONLD
This is my #1 favorite thread on this site,thanks to everyone who posted these great photo's.You folks are awesome!!!!!!!
Edited by - fgodbey on 05/12/2008 14:21:54
DIV - Posted - 05/12/2008: 15:23:02
Nice pic of our friend Dean.
What's the story on that 4???
Dan Varadi
DIV - Posted - 05/12/2008: 21:55:16
quote:
Originally posted by flatthead
Looks familiar......quote:
Originally posted by DIV
Nice pic of our friend Dean.
What's the story on that 4???
Dan Varadi
thkidd - Posted - 05/15/2008: 07:38:59
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The little festival was out in the Abbeville SC area. Jim was there playing with one of the bands he picks with, Northern Border. Here is a link to a video that I took there. Please excuse the shaky camera work, I didn't have my tripod with me and my wife asked me for the car keys right in the middle of this tune, so I had to retrieve them and shoot at the same time. Jim really does a fine job on this one.
I didn't get a chance to shoot any stills, I kinda got roped into being the sound guy at this event, and no, those aren't my monitors, and they aren't on either, not with that large condenser mic they were using.
youtube.com/watch?v=NBrUpZjkADA
Mark
canecreek.net
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Dang, that was some good singing and picking (liked the part where the bass player quit so he could swat at the bug
). Thanks for posting this.
Darrell
"Measure your wealth not by the things you have but by the things for which you would not take money."
DHoffmeyer - Posted - 05/15/2008: 19:17:50
Well, we're in for a real treat here.
Silvio Ferretti has kindly loaned many photos from his personal archive for this thread; it was like a treasure box from Italy! I just acquired a home scanner today, and here is the first of several from the wayback machine... Tony Trischka at the Toulouse (France) Bluegrass Festival - 1984
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Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 05/15/2008 19:22:50
DHoffmeyer - Posted - 05/15/2008: 19:35:09
Another from the Ferretti Collection
Art Rosenbaum
Cortona, Italy- 1982
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