banjojason88 - Posted - 07/29/2008:  08:24:17

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I don't think that this is JD's prewar. The last time I talked to him the truss rod cover did not have his name on it.

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Edited by - banjojason88 on 07/29/2008 08:24:57

robbif - Posted - 07/29/2008:  09:24:01

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Here are some pictures from Fincastle (Roanoke) 1966. I was lucky enough to have a Polaroid camera and a marker!







There are more pics in this collection at frobbi.org/slides/fincastle/index.html

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Edited by - robbif on 01/23/2011 05:45:04

wildboar - Posted - 07/29/2008:  14:53:44

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Here are some of my banjo-related shots:

Richard Bailey (Steeldrivers 2008)


Brandon Kamer (Schultz Creek 2008)




Graham Sharpe (Steep Canyon Rangers 2008)


Chris Hill (James King Band 2008)


Sammy Shelor (Lonesome River Band 2008)




Mike Sumner (Randy Kohrs 2008)

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Edited by - wildboar on 08/03/2008 14:09:31

Retropicker - Posted - 07/29/2008:  15:00:20

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Nice pics! What is that Sonny's holding. Looks like a TT peghead but it's not.

____Keep the hay in Bluegrass__________________________

skevincampbell - Posted - 07/29/2008:  15:19:04

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Hey Retro, would that be the old Vega signature model he played for a while?

Kevin

2004 Hatfield Custom Walnut/ Gold

Zeek - Posted - 07/29/2008:  18:17:07

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Sorry... guess we all don't know who we're looking at... how about some captions??

(well.... other than Sammy, of course :) )

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Zeek
RK-R80 #88

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Zeek on Banjo
BlueGrassFire

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Edited by - Zeek on 07/29/2008 19:34:53

shalsey - Posted - 07/29/2008:  19:27:24

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wildboar,

Get picture of Chris Hill in your set. I saw him play with the James King band at Mineral a couple of weeks ago. That guy can flat out mash. I don't think I've ever heard anyone drive a banjer like him. And at the end of their last set they got into some "Ruby" and James King egged him on to get up on the mic and he was a dead ringer for Bobby Osborne's singing. And he's a real nice guy to boot....talked to him for a while after their set.

Stephen in Richmond
1981 Gold Star GF-100HF
2004 Gibson RB-75 J.D. Crowe

robbif - Posted - 07/29/2008:  19:51:13

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Oh, Great Oz,

Thank you. I'm awed and honored!

(had to fix my typical typo)

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Edited by - robbif on 07/30/2008 05:47:59

wildboar - Posted - 07/30/2008:  06:51:41

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Stephen, Thanks... Chris was playing with James King this past weekend in Ohio. As always, I would have loved for him to get more up-front playing time... but, then again, I say that with EVERY act I see. I may be instrumentally biased ;-)

DHutchens - Posted - 07/30/2008:  12:55:49

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Nice pics! What is that Sonny's holding. Looks like a TT peghead but it's not.

Thats a Vega, But it has what was then a Pro II fingerboard and a Vox peghead. The Sonny Osborne Model had a modified double cut style peghead and some inlays only used on his model. That is a "Rare' Vega. Could have been a prototype or just something they put together for him to try out as they were getting the details on what the Sonny Osborne Model would be.

Doug

Bigbadbucksnort - Posted - 07/30/2008:  14:31:41

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I'm glad you noted that that was Sonny in your pic, Dean. Otherwise I would have thought you had snapped a photo of one of the archenemies of mankind. ;)

Tobias


nowhereradio.com/ergobanjo/singles

Cogito Ergo Banjo.

DHutchens - Posted - 08/01/2008:  07:32:57

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Got this from Sonny yesterday as I inquired about the Vega pictured.

Doug...That is a one of a kind. The banjo that recorded "Roll Muddy River."
It was Vega...between Pro ll and S.O. model.
It was gold plated, Vox peghead, S.O. modified model inlays..Ebony fingerboard, Whyte Lady type tonering..etc. Pretty good banjo for the time.

I hope you're doing well...Me? I'm as well as could be expected.

s

robbif - Posted - 08/01/2008:  14:07:10

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Here's Bob Isenhour, Elkin, NC, ca 1966.
Bob's brother Tom can probably tell you about the banjo and neck. He was there that night.
I played guitar with Bob at Clemson.



Sorry about the image quality. It was scanned from a Polaroid.

jdluke - Posted - 08/02/2008:  00:48:02

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mike Rowe

Hi jdluke,

What do you have written on the head of your Prucha?

Mike

1983 Deering Deluxe
--What''s time to a hog?--

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Hi Mike;

PICK IT SOLID ! Alison Brown ;-)

Luca bononiagrass.it myspace.com/bononiagrass cdbaby.com/cd/bononia

Mike Rowe - Posted - 08/02/2008:  16:13:04

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That's great! Thanks for the reply.
Mike

1983 Deering Deluxe
--What''s time to a hog?--

CurtissWhite - Posted - 08/03/2008:  19:33:27

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Did I see a hearing aid in the photo of J D Crowe?

Earl''s the man!
Frailin''s 999th friend!

carteru93 - Posted - 08/03/2008:  19:34:32

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It's a monitor, see the wire going down from it?

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Pick till yer fingers bleed!!

Gold Star GF-200/Hatfield

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 08/05/2008:  23:19:59

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Another Chris Hill with his Deering (but check the tone ring- I don't think that's standard).




deanhoffmeyer.com
nationalfingerpicks.com

bobdenver1961 - Posted - 08/15/2008:  17:42:50

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Here is Evie Ladin from the Stairwell Sisters at Rockygrass. She was in the Banjo Newsletter a couple of months ago.


Kind of interesting picture of the inside of her banjo.


Bob

"Earl if you are going to pick, pick something that has a tune to it" ...

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Edited by - bobdenver1961 on 08/15/2008 17:45:17

carteru93 - Posted - 08/26/2008:  11:55:50

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Guys don't let this thread die please, It's summer, festival season, I'm sure you guys have lots of pics not posted yet. I would hate to not be able to see anymore of these great pics.

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Blaylock Bear Tracks maple

Forrest - Posted - 08/26/2008:  11:58:41

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Hey Dean...

I think the new Deering Golden Wreaths have an unplated tone ring, so this one *may* possibly be stock. Of course, he could have changed it out for most anything, but if the plating is the key indicator, then it could possibly be stock. Deering went with their "Deering '06" unplated ring, different neck profile and ivoroid binding in the model Chris Hill is playing.

janetdavismusic.com/deering_go...eath.html

Back on topic... Great photos everyone! Thanks for sharing.

"Run, Forrest, Run!"

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Edited by - Forrest on 08/26/2008 19:54:57

Retropicker - Posted - 08/26/2008:  12:06:25

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This thread will never die

____Keep the hay in Bluegrass__________________________

carteru93 - Posted - 08/26/2008:  14:46:54

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Originally posted by Forrest

Hey Dean...

I think the new Deering Golden Wreaths have an unplated tone ring, so this one *may* possibly be stock. Of course, he could have changed it out for most anything, but if the plating is the key indicator, then it could possibly be stock. Deering went with their "Deering '06" unplated ring, different neck profile and ivoroid binding in the model Chris Hill is playing.

janetdavismusic.com/deer..._wreath.html

Back on topic... Great photos everyone! Thanks for sharing.

"Run, Forrest, Run!"

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The ring in the pic doesn't look unplated, I'm pretty sure it's gold plated, I have an unplated ring and it's not shiny at all it's matte and has a slightly green tint.

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Blaylock Bear Tracks maple

Forrest - Posted - 08/26/2008:  20:04:28

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I've personally seen 2 of the more recent Golden Wreaths and both had the unplated rings. Both looked just like the one in the photo above. Deering uses an interesting buffing process on these rings and they appear to be almost a bronze color - again, just like the one in the photo. Plus, if you read the description in the link in my earlier post, it supports what I'm saying.

Here is a photo of a 2007: elderly.com/images/vintage/70U...etail.jpg

and





"Run, Forrest, Run!"

shalsey - Posted - 08/26/2008:  21:01:09

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Forrest, You are right. I spoke with Chris for a while after his James King set at Mineral back in July. It is a stock, unplated Derring ring. And that banjo flats honks. I've never been all that impressed by the Deering banjos I've been around but this one got my attention for sure. I'm sure the picker had something to do with it as well. I haven't heard many pickers drive a banjo like Chris. He was pretty funny when I talked setup with him. He said that he just fiddles with the head tension until it sounds right and that weekend I believe the quote he used was "It sounds purty keen right now..." I thought that was a funny way to describe a banjo. Translated....I think that means "it'll peel paint right now..."

Stephen in Richmond
2004 Gibson RB-75 J.D. Crowe

Forrest - Posted - 08/27/2008:  07:20:42

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Thanks Stephen! Chris is a fantastic player and I'm looking forward to seeing him play at the Denton Farm Park Festival in September.

"Run, Forrest, Run!"

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 08/27/2008:  11:03:20

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Not a banjo picture in the bunch, but here's my work this week...

virginiapolitics.mytimesdispat...y/photos/



deanhoffmeyer.com
nationalfingerpicks.com

fgodbey - Posted - 08/27/2008:  12:55:23

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Dean-- are you AT the convention? Are you wearing your BHO T-shirt? Be sure and let everyone there know that today is Crowe's birthday.
--FG

KLandreth - Posted - 08/27/2008:  13:38:01

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Originally posted by fgodbey

Be sure and let everyone there know that today is Crowe's birthday.

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Yeah...how about asking Bill Clinton to wish JD Happy Birthday in his speech tonight...that would top the table blessing incident!

carteru93 - Posted - 08/27/2008:  14:18:36

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Yup there are 2 threads on it, happy b-day again JD!

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Blaylock Bear Tracks maple

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 08/27/2008:  16:46:28

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I took quite a few photos at Gettysburg last week, since for the first time in several years I was
able to stay all four days, and I saw at least part of every set. I'll try to post some as I go through
them all in the next couple days.

To start things off, here are Sammy Shelor and Sam Bush during an All-Star Jam at the workshop tent:









(The girl playing fiddle is Kate Lee, a 15-year-old classically trained violinist from upstate New York
who is working on becoming a bluegrass fiddler and singer, and who played a set on the main stage
Saturday morning.)

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Edited by - EggerRidgeBoy on 08/29/2008 14:31:02

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 08/27/2008:  16:51:46

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Scott Vestal, at the All-Star Jam and onstage with Sam Bush.

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Edited by - EggerRidgeBoy on 08/27/2008 16:58:04

Siempre - Posted - 08/29/2008:  13:44:21

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This was my first time at The Osborne Brothers Bluegrass Festival in Hyden, Kentucky. It won't be my last. This was how the old festivals used to be -- relatively small but with a first rate line-up, nice people, local vendors with good food, and perhaps the best sound I've ever heard. Dean Osborne has obviously worked very hard to make this festival one of the very best.

Here are a few of the banjo players, starting with Dana Cupp with Bobby Osborne hidden behind. Dana is playing his pre-war RB-4.

Siempre - Posted - 08/29/2008:  13:50:00

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Also from The Osborne Brothers festival in Hyden, here's Aaron "Boo" McDaris of the Grascals. Boy, was his pickin' "on" that day!

Siempre - Posted - 08/29/2008:  13:59:04

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Although perhaps not known first as a banjo player, here's the legendary multi-instrumentalist Curtis Burch noodlin' on one of Arthur Hatfield's excellent banjos. Brought back memories of the early Newgrass Revival days.

Scott

Retropicker - Posted - 08/29/2008:  14:31:53

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Cool pics. What's Sammy Schellor? 6'6" or so. He's a big dude.

Great pic of Curtis Burch. I suspect he can pick a 5 string pretty good.

Thanks for the Kate Lee infi. I was wondering who she was. It got me thinking that there's some good young talent coming online in the BG field. There's some interesting years coming up I'm figuring.

I'd like to have seen and heard the Sam Bush Scott Vestal duet there.


____Keep the hay in Bluegrass__________________________

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Edited by - Retropicker on 08/29/2008 14:35:36

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 08/29/2008:  17:29:20

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Probably the biggest venue the Yonder Mountain String Band has played- the DNC convention at Invesco Field in Denver on Aug. 28, 2008 -here's Dave Johnston on stage with his Gibson.




deanhoffmeyer.com
nationalfingerpicks.com

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 08/29/2008:  17:44:15

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Great photo, as always.

Not quite as big a venue, but there was a flag, and Ben Eldridge did his best to
color coordinate with it last Sunday at Gettysburg:

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Edited by - EggerRidgeBoy on 08/29/2008 18:09:27

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 08/29/2008:  18:08:48

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Originally posted by Retropicker

Cool pics. What's Sammy Schellor? 6'6" or so. He's a big dude.

Great pic of Curtis Burch. I suspect he can pick a 5 string pretty good.

Thanks for the Kate Lee infi. I was wondering who she was. It got me thinking that there's some good young talent coming online in the BG field. There's some interesting years coming up I'm figuring.

I'd like to have seen and heard the Sam Bush Scott Vestal duet there.

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I'm not sure how tall Sammy is, but he certainly makes everyone around him look short.

Kate Lee did a "meet and greet" type workshop, where she talked about the challenges
of switching from classical to bluegrass. Not surprisingly, the hardest part is getting comfortable
with improvising breaks - she said her tendency is to want to go home, spend a week working
up the "perfect" break, then come back and play it. But she is trying. She said she was "really
nervous" during the jam, but that it was amazing to get to play with Sam Bush - she thanked
everyone she could think of several times for giving her the opportunity to do that. She actually
got interested in bluegrass through her singing, since she doesn't have much of an opportunity
to use her voice in her classical music activities. During her set on the main stage the emphasis
was more on her singing than her fiddling.

I loved the Sam Bush/Scott Vestal stuff - I had never seen Scott live before, and it was a
bonus to get to hear some neat fiddle/banjo music from him and Sam.

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Edited by - EggerRidgeBoy on 08/29/2008 18:12:01

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 08/30/2008:  13:06:31

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Graham Sharp (Steep Canyon Rangers) at Gettysburg.

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Edited by - EggerRidgeBoy on 08/30/2008 16:16:29

MikeMphoto - Posted - 08/31/2008:  12:09:51

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Hi again banjo folks. It's been awhile, but I have a few more banjo pics you might like to take a look at. How about a little quiz today. Can anyone explain what is happening in this photo? Does it have anything to do with losing a tooth?


Here's the Del Williams Band at the Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley CA last June. I want that bumper sticker!


My friend and neighbor, Bill Evans with a new toy.


Keith Little on Vern's stage at Grass Valley


How about some replies to the mystery banjo event in photo 1.

Mike Melnyk
mikemelnyk.com

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Bigbadbucksnort - Posted - 08/31/2008:  13:55:51

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Originally posted by MikeMphoto

Hi again banjo folks. It's been awhile, but I have a few more banjo pics you might like to take a look at. How about a little quiz today. Can anyone explain what is happening in this photo? Does it have anything to do with losing a tooth?

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Hey, Mike. I'm guessing: she lost a tooth (which we can see missing in her smile), but because the banjo-tooth fairy couldn't fit the banjo under her pillow, he put it under a table for her to find? In either case, she seems pretty happy to have gotten her hands on that banjo.

Tobias

Tobias

Cogito Ergo Banjo

TR Dockery - Posted - 09/02/2008:  12:55:11

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I almost posted this picture under another thread on Banjo Construction re: "Boston vs. the Bluegrass Wonder?" Then I thought the better of it would be to post it here. I took this picture of a pretty talented anonymous busker in Boston (say that 10 times fast =) on a family getaway (we were the ones on a getaway; I don't know if the busker was or not):



I submit to you that THIS is THE Boston Bluegrass Wonder!

Regards,
Randy in Germantown, TN

"Always wear the white belt."
Paul Hawthorne, Banjo Sen-Sei

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Edited by - TR Dockery on 09/02/2008 13:06:38

lrbsammyswannabe - Posted - 09/04/2008:  10:49:55

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This is my 1st. attempt at inserting a picture on a thread .
It is a picture of Bill Cox , he is fantastic !

i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr...e1745.jpg


oh well , didn't quite work the way I wanted it to . What is the secret to getting the image to display directly on the thread ???

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Edited by - lrbsammyswannabe on 09/04/2008 10:52:14

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 09/04/2008:  11:09:24

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Originally posted by lrbsammyswannabe

This is my 1st. attempt at inserting a picture on a thread .
It is a picture of Bill Cox , he is fantastic !

i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr...e1745.jpg


oh well , didn't quite work the way I wanted it to . What is the secret to getting the image to display directly on the thread ???

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It looks like after generating the HTML and IMG code, you selected the
"IMG clickable thumbnails for message boards - recommended" code. To put the
image directly into the post, you need to select, cut, and paste the "IMG images
for message boards" code.

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Edited by - EggerRidgeBoy on 09/04/2008 11:14:58

lrbsammyswannabe - Posted - 09/04/2008:  14:40:44

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thanks egger !

robbif - Posted - 09/08/2008:  18:47:28

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Dillard & the Expedition, Fremont, Las Vegas 1970

Doug Dillard


Billy Ray Lathum, Doug Dillard

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ChipL - Posted - 09/09/2008:  18:27:07

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Banjo Bobby

Just because he lives in the city doesn’t mean this urban musician can’t play a little country. Sitting on the side of Oregon Avenue, Banjo Bobby plucks some twangy tunes on his banjo and breathes new life into old-world jams on his harmonica. Dallying the sunny days away with folky notes, the resident — now retired — has gained his own audience, as people wave and affectionately honk their horns as they pass by. S. Phila Review


philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/9641/news

Poke Chipe''

jack64 - Posted - 09/10/2008:  06:01:30

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Here is my modest contribution to the most interesting BHO thread: super fine picker Martin Stehlik (featured in BNL, 357 Jul. 2003) during his wedding party, September 6th.
I've been lucky enough to be there in Holesov (Czech Republic) with my family: a great party, plenty with wonderful musicians!



Jack ''64
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