TheChief - Posted - 01/30/2006:  02:57:06

Dean...Man, I congratulate you on some absolutely great work with a camera. I am in awe...for sure.

The Nashcamp 05 picture is with my 1934 Granada...

Bill Evans is playing a new Mahogany engraved Chief...I'm wondering what Ned is playing...doesn't that look just like a Gibson...Granada? I thought he played Huber.

Please keep this thread going...The picture of Jimmy Mills has a great feel...man, if I could do things like that with a camera, that's all I would ever want to do....that and play the piano.

Carry on...

Sonny Osborne
1-30-06

Sonny Osborne
chiefbanjo@comcast.net


The Chief Banjo:
sonnyosborne.com

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 01/30/2006:  12:21:31

I was hoping that was THE Granada in Sonny's picture. Good to see him with a banjo in his hands. And Sonny, if I could play banjo like you, I'd give you my camera!

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 01/30/2006:  12:24:07

Dana Cupp, left- Jim Mills, right

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 01/30/2006:  12:28:13

Earl Scruggs- 2005 Nikon D2H 80-200 2.8

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 01/30/2006 23:22:03

Banjo_Billy - Posted - 01/30/2006:  12:46:39

This is fun. Thanks for posting. Please, don't stop.

B)
O--'-::
I got it made in the shade - if the tree don't fall.
Stelling Whitestar

Darcy - Posted - 01/30/2006:  12:55:45

Forgive the size of this one. I'm not sure how to resize. This is Julie Elkins and John Lowell of Kane's River at Blueberry Bluegrass Festival.



By the way, if you have never witnessed the infamous "stick-finger" style of banjo picking from Julie, you are missing a definate treat.

Edited by - Darcy on 01/30/2006 13:58:50

Rounder 0044 - Posted - 01/30/2006:  15:20:49

quote:

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Originally posted by DHoffmeyer

And Sonny, if I could play banjo like you, I'd give you my camera!

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Darcy - Posted - 01/30/2006:  18:35:27

Man I'm enjoying these pictures. Thanks for sharing everyone. Here's one more from my collection.

Terry Baucom (with Doyle Lawson). Edmonton Folk Festival.

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 01/30/2006:  23:36:30

Dana Cupp on the Opry March 6, 2004 - Dana said he busted that head a short time later. Gee, who's that peekin' in over on the right there?

Nikon D2H 80-200 1/80 sec @ f2.8 Tungst. WB

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 05/15/2007 20:54:48

Banjo Stan - Posted - 01/31/2006:  06:52:02

Hey Dean,
Great shot! Dana's playing a set of Sonny's Ugly D's on his Gibson. I've got a set on order, but Greg Rich is gonna purtify them for me first. These photos are awesome!



Stan Robins

banjoboyone - Posted - 01/31/2006:  08:02:13

I've really enjoyed the pictures posted here. Cia is great, but I really like the one of Alison (my favorite so far) that Darcy posted. She is lookin' mighty fine. mm, mm, MMMM. Terry Baucom is also lookin' sharp with Doyle Lawson.

Shane


"I pick with the (kids most every) night, so I live a simple life..."

Nancy - Posted - 01/31/2006:  08:55:07

Great thread. I would like to see one of Haley.

Maybe you could put one of Tony Pass.

Greg Rich would also be good to post with his banjo.

Nancy

Edited by - Nancy on 01/31/2006 13:12:19

gDGBD - Posted - 02/01/2006:  23:32:23

Left to right: Jack Hicks, Vic Jordan, Don Reno, and Ralph Stanley

Edited by - gDGBD on 10/02/2008 08:37:54

gDGBD - Posted - 02/01/2006:  23:38:50

Sorry about the small size of the last photos -- that was my first attempt at posting photographs. These were scanned from old 35mm prints. Any suggestions on how to enlarge them without loss of picture quality would be appreciated.

wes_vanderpool - Posted - 02/02/2006:  00:47:51

does anyone know how to add a picture on this thing?

lazyarcher - Posted - 02/02/2006:  05:38:06

I've got some old photos of JD playing with the late Keith Whitley at a club here in town--how do I get them from photo onto here?

Dave Jack

Rounder 0044 - Posted - 02/02/2006:  07:40:36

It is really not that hard, heck I can even do it! I lifted this from another thread:

1) Your pic must reside some where on the web here's a site that will host your pics for free:

photobucket.com/

2) To post pic on here activate img tags from tool bar (insert image)

3) Go to your pic and right click it

4) Left click on PROPERTIES

5) Left click and drag to highlight ADDRESS [URL]

6) When highlighted right click and COPY

7) Left click OK

8) Paste between the img tags img paste here img

9) Click preview to check before posting

10) If it doesn't show in the preview, you have done something wrong, back up and try again!



Mark

canecreek.net

sdfarris - Posted - 02/02/2006:  07:45:59

Doug Dillard, Smoky Mt. Banjo Academy 2004


(L-R, with banjos) Larry McNeely, Bill Keith, Doug Dillard, Butch Robins


Sam Farris
tranjo.com -- home of the Tranjo™ travel banjo
Pack It and Pick It!

gDGBD - Posted - 02/02/2006:  09:22:30

Here's a larger version (hopefully):

pickNgrin - Posted - 02/02/2006:  10:54:35

I am just now checking out this thread. Thanks to all for posting these!

To Dean Hoffmeyer I will say this: In my opinion many of your pics (notably Jim Mills) have crossed the line between photography and art. They not only capture the visual subject in a beautiful and poetic manner, but a whole range of human feeling too. I checked out your website... Wow! I am speechless. You are a gifted artist.

-matt

borderbull - Posted - 02/02/2006:  12:20:07

yep, dean is pretty much the man......

wes_vanderpool - Posted - 02/02/2006:  17:00:37

This is wes vanderpool at poppy mt.




and here is chief # 97 with the ugly tuners at mountain top penn.

arby3969 - Posted - 02/05/2006:  11:17:18

Great Pix!!!!!!!!! I used the on of Earl for my Desk Top Back ground!

An it harm none..do what thou will.

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 02/06/2006:  17:25:51

Alvin played "Banjo Special" from the recent Stelling CD in Charlottesville on Saturday Feb. 4, 2006. Although Alvin retired a couple years ago, you can still hear that he spent a lot of time around Don Reno. And that old Stelling Staghorn (with a new Pass rim) he plays is a hoss.

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 04/20/2007 10:35:14

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 02/10/2006:  01:20:58

Jason Davis is a really nice local fellow who can pick the tar out of a banjo! He toured for 9 months with Kenny & Amanda Smith, 6 months with BlueRidge, now with Grasstowne. He's sitting in the back of his pickup where we met up in Colonial Heights, VA. This is his 2003 Lancaster which he used on Michelle Nixon's latest CD, as well as two cuts on Huber's "Cuppa 'Jo" recording. A marvelous Huber!



Nikon D2x 17-35 2.8 Daylight WB
edit to update his band affiliation

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 04/20/2007 10:37:06

Rounder 0044 - Posted - 02/10/2006:  10:24:46

Another goodun' Dean. Jason has some big shoes to fill in my opinion. I sure enjoyed Huber's picking with Kenny and Amanda, that man sure can pull tone from a banjo!


Mark

canecreek.net

dale v - Posted - 02/10/2006:  15:01:35

quote:

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Originally posted by DHoffmeyer

I was hoping that was THE Granada in Sonny's picture. Good to see him with a banjo in his hands. And Sonny, if I could play banjo like you, I'd give you my camera!

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plunka5 - Posted - 02/10/2006:  21:02:29

Here's a pic of the banjo player from Acoustic Syndicate...Bryan McMurray. He was playing a reunion gig with former bandmates at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC (11-27-05)



pic of Bryan with Steve (Big Daddy) McMurray and Marty Lewis (SONS of Ralph)....



my hand is out of tune...hold on just a second!

Retropicker - Posted - 02/10/2006:  22:27:54

quote:

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Originally posted by DHoffmeyer

Alvin played "Banjo Special" from the recent Stelling CD in Charlottesville on Saturday Feb. 4, 2006. Although Alvin retired a couple years ago, you can still hear that he spent a lot of time around Don Reno. And that old Stelling Staghorn (with a new Pass rim) he plays is a hoss.

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dpeacock1 - Posted - 02/11/2006:  09:43:32

ditto Dean's comment!!!

Doug

Rounder 0044 - Posted - 02/11/2006:  14:35:11

Here are my pics of Brian Leaver, banjo picker with the Wildwood Valley Boys. They put on a great show last night at Rudy's in Anderson SC. I had never seen Brian pick before, he is very good and blended well with the group. He was playing an Arthur Hatfield Buckcreek. The lighting was REAL bad, but you do the best you can! Shot in RAW at 3200 ISO resized and resampled for display here.




Brian's right hand position.

Mark

canecreek.net

pick it - Posted - 02/11/2006:  15:42:43

hey Wes the one photo of you at Poppy Mt with Tim Gilliam looking over your sholder you filled in for me that day.I was unable to make that one I never did get to say thanks, thanks.
Tim Maynard.

bmf-picker - Posted - 02/12/2006:  15:31:15

How do you guys insert a picture in your post like that??

-Jason

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 02/12/2006:  15:36:40

2 keys to remember- get your picture on an internet server, then post the web location with the img html tags in front and back:


A lot of people use photobucket.com to host their own images. Any photo that is about 7-10 inches wide at 72 dpi is a good size, and I try to compress my files to about 60 kb or less. For concerns about color fidelity, select sRGB color space for web display.

On an unrelated note, a bout with the flu has kept me away from the J.D. Crowe show here in VA, so I won't be able to post those pics here today.

Edited by - DHoffmeyer on 02/12/2006 16:06:56

bmf-picker - Posted - 02/12/2006:  16:06:44

Thanks Dean!

BanjoBil - Posted - 02/12/2006:  20:39:26

Open Road with Little Roy Lewis




Bill

thkidd - Posted - 02/14/2006:  13:35:25

Ron Stewart and J.D. Crowe. Ron isn't blurry because I'm such a bad photographer, it's just how fast he's moving (wanna buy some swamp land?):


"Measure your wealth not by the things you have, but by the things for which you would not take money."

Edited by - thkidd on 02/23/2006 12:06:33

TL - Posted - 02/15/2006:  09:01:00

Great to see Alvin Breeden!

skilletlicker - Posted - 02/15/2006:  23:38:57

I got some cruddy low quality pics that I took a few years ago.


Tom Adams



Earl and Rob



Jom Mills w/ Joe Mullins, Tom Adams and Jerry Douglas in the background



Sonny and J.D. pickin banjos while Earl just picks his nose




A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo

Edited by - skilletlicker on 02/15/2006 23:40:53

GerhardP - Posted - 02/16/2006:  04:52:02

Wish I had a 1924 prewar nose to pick.

Gerhard

Rounder 0044 - Posted - 02/16/2006:  07:04:11

quote:

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Originally posted by skilletlicker

I got some cruddy low quality pics that I took a few years ago.

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Banjo Stan - Posted - 02/16/2006:  07:55:16

Wow!
Where were those photos taken?
What an All Star lineup!



Stan Robins

skilletlicker - Posted - 02/16/2006:  11:23:01

Were you there Stan? We were at the workshop that day and had 2nd or 3rd row seats for that wonderful performance. I have some more pics from that night that I may post tonight. They are of the same quality. I had an old Sony Mavica back then that saved to floppy discs. Rounder I agree that Joe is an underated picker. I used to love listening to him and Moon Mullins when I lived in Dayton.




A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo

thkidd - Posted - 02/17/2006:  16:17:31

After seeing that last picture of Earl, I think I going to start telling people, "Yeah, I can pick like Earl".

"Measure your wealth not by the things you have, but by the things for which you would not take money."

mahogchief01 - Posted - 02/18/2006:  21:33:49

o.k. can someone please tell me how to put a pic on here? I have a few to share.

Mick

Jason Skinner - Posted - 02/19/2006:  20:52:32

quote:

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Originally posted by DHoffmeyer

Now retired Alvin Breeden frets a song for Zack Deming, his replacement in VA Cutups during a Christmas party at the Stelling shop. That's Jeff Huss of Huss and Dalton at far left.


Nikon D2H 17-35 2.8

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kris_rasnake - Posted - 03/07/2006:  19:31:22

I just though this was a really good thread and wanted to get it back on the first page.

Kris Rasnake

jtbksc - Posted - 04/20/2006:  02:50:56

The Amazing Mary Z. Cox, 2003 Suwannee Banjo Camp

Sony DSC-F707

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 04/30/2006:  01:26:00

A picture of this picker is WAY overdue. Kenny Ingram has the touch and the tone. It was a pleasure to meet him.



Dean