thefonzsgirl - Posted - 01/22/2011:  16:53:23

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That's not a Yates Ron is playing.

Steve

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Good eye Steve!! It's a flathead he plays on occasion during a show.

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 01/22/2011:  18:58:32

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When I started this 'our pictures" thing 5 years ago this week, I never expected 195,000 views later we'd still be adding to it; what a great collection of posts! But this thread is about the PICTURES, so here are some recent works off 4x5 film. I should be clear that a lot of these are just tests before I kick off my first big 4x5 project. First some camera details - 1953 Speed Graphic with a 1943 Aero Ektar lens:


This is Gene Knight his RB-3 Wreath, The Willie Bivens


A Granada in good hands


A gold RB-75 and its owner


Ken Landreth and an RB-75

Some info on the camera: flickr.com/photos/21631924@N06/5255389891/

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Stevespickn - Posted - 01/22/2011:  19:12:40

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see in the picture above, Zack Carter is pickin on of thove Nice old Imperial Banjo's Great.



Nechville. In Higginsville
Lee kelso

That's a Yates he's picking, not an Imperial.

Steve

Steven M - Posted - 01/23/2011:  06:28:00

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josh can hit note for note any Crowe song and then take it a step further. Im not kidding this guy is fantastic

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Post some links to his music as the stuff on Youtube obviously doesn't do him justice.

Emiel - Posted - 01/23/2011:  07:11:43

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Originally posted by DHoffmeyer

When I started this 'our pictures" thing 5 years ago this week, I never expected 195,000 views later we'd still be adding to it; what a great collection of posts! But this thread is about the PICTURES, so here are some recent works off 4x5 film. I should be clear that a lot of these are just tests before I kick off my first big 4x5 project. First some camera details - 1953 Speed Graphic with a 1943 Aero Ektar lens:


This is Gene Knight his RB-3 Wreath, The Willie Bivens


A Granada in good hands


A gold RB-75 and its owner


Ken Landreth and an RB-75

Some info on the camera: flickr.com/photos/21631924@N06/5255389891/

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Wonderful pictures, Dean. Those Arista films (actually Fomapan from the Czech Republic) is one one my favorite b&w films.

jfb - Posted - 01/23/2011:  07:17:32

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Nice photos of Gene and Ken, as well as the Chief and Jim..good folks

BanjoDiva - Posted - 01/23/2011:  08:03:40

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That's not a Granada Sonny is holding, it's a.....

(kidding Steve, kidding!! )

davepicks5 - Posted - 01/23/2011:  12:07:48

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Dean

Now I see what you were up to.......Absoultely stunning, the way they (owners and banjos) should be photographed.......

Congratulations and everyone should thank you for capturing the moment.

THANK YOU from me....

David

Mitch Finley - Posted - 01/23/2011:  12:21:12

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Originally posted by DHoffmeyer

When I started this 'our pictures" thing 5 years ago this week, I never expected 195,000 views later we'd still be adding to it; what a great collection of posts! But this thread is about the PICTURES, so here are some recent works off 4x5 film. I should be clear that a lot of these are just tests before I kick off my first big 4x5 project. First some camera details - 1953 Speed Graphic with a 1943 Aero Ektar lens:


This is Gene Knight his RB-3 Wreath, The Willie Bivens


A Granada in good hands

Gosh does this bring back memories. Back in the early '60s, summers I worked in a small photographer's portrait studio, and he had a 4x5 Speed Graphic that I used whenever I wanted to...don't know how old it was, but it easily could have been as old as yours...about 1967 the studio burned to the ground, so I imagine the Speed Graphic went with it...

Mitch


A gold RB-75 and its owner


Ken Landreth and an RB-75

Some info on the camera: flickr.com/photos/21631924@N06/5255389891/

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Wonderful pictures, Dean. Those Arista films (actually Fomapan from the Czech Republic) is one one my favorite b&w films.

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Rounder 0044 - Posted - 01/23/2011:  14:01:36

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Yes, I too thank Dean for starting this thread, it has made me want to take the Canon to all of the festivals that I attend. That 4x5 sure has a narrow depth of field Dean!

Mark

canecreek.net

RyanLongPhotography - Posted - 02/07/2011:  12:41:00

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Jazz banjo master Ryan Cavanaugh. This guy was a pleasure to work with and very funny on this shoot for his new record, "Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land." ryancavanaughnomansland.com

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plunka5 - Posted - 02/07/2011:  17:16:39

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Thanks Dean, and All who have contributed to this most valuable thread!

Arthur Hatfield - Posted - 02/07/2011:  17:25:36

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Mike I second your post and my favorite topic ever but I can't contribute to it I'm not a good photographer or am I smart enough to put a picture on the hangout.

TR Dockery - Posted - 02/07/2011:  17:32:23

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Mike I second your post and my favorite topic ever but I can't contribute to it I'm not a good photographer or am I smart enough to put a picture on the hangout.

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If you ever want to post any pictures, Arthur, send'em to me and I will be glad to do it.

Happy trails,
Randy in Germantown, TN

jbalch - Posted - 02/24/2011:  05:58:01

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Buddy Blackmon posted this on facebook. Judy Thompson snapped it on a very nice sunday afternoon in 2004.

In the photo: Me, Buddy Spicher, Bobby Thompson, Buddy Blackmon

Ronnie - Posted - 02/24/2011:  07:14:48

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Wish I could have been there that day, John!!

jbalch - Posted - 02/24/2011:  15:16:45

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Ronnie: It was an incredible honor to be invited. Great memories!

JB

Ronnie - Posted - 02/24/2011:  15:29:56

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I have yet to meet Blackmon. Maybe someday!

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 02/24/2011:  15:52:23

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Originally posted by jbalch

Buddy Blackmon posted this on facebook. Judy Thompson snapped it on a very nice sunday afternoon in 2004.

In the photo: Me, Buddy Spicher, Bobby Thompson, Buddy Blackmon

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Wow! What a bunch of talent!

robbif - Posted - 02/25/2011:  16:51:27

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Dean,

I can't thank you enough for this topic and your stunning photos.

I'm honored to have been a (very) amateur contributor!

Fred

ChuckS - Posted - 02/26/2011:  10:47:27

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At last year's Clearwater Fest, my GF and I were at one of the small tents for a group sing. This old dude carrying a beat up banjo walked up, sat next to me and started singing. The group brought him to the center of the circle and he joined a young guy playing banjo and singing along.

It was pretty cool singing along with one of my heros. I think Pete Seeger had more fun than anybody else there, too!




(cheesy cell phone pics- better than nothing)

Emiel - Posted - 02/26/2011:  12:18:34

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Like you said... Wonderful pictures...

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 02/26/2011:  13:36:32

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I have often disagreed with Pete Seeger's politics but have always loved his passion, sincerity, and integrity. A great picture: the smile on his face tells it all. It may have been from a cell phone but it is great. Thanks for posting.
Ken

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robbif - Posted - 02/26/2011:  14:19:11

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I was lucky enough to see Pete in a little tent in 2008 at the local historical society's strawberry festival.
He was really working the crowd! Here's the video eastfishkillhistoricalsociety....er-l.html

Like his politics or not, since we live in the area, there's a major intersection where pro- and anti- war groups peacefully stand on diagonal corners. And there, on a cold winter day, will be Pete with his guitar!

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 02/26/2011:  17:12:18

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Originally posted by robbif

I was lucky enough to see Pete in a little tent in 2008 at the local historical society's strawberry festival.
He was really working the crowd! Here's the video eastfishkillhistoricalsociety....er-l.html

Like his politics or not, since we live in the area, there's a major intersection where pro- and anti- war groups peacefully stand on diagonal corners. And there, on a cold winter day, will be Pete with his guitar!

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Fred,
Thanks so much for posting his show. 89 years young and still tapping the toe! You could tell how much he wanted to throw back the head and hit the high notes like he used to. The voice may not be there but the enthusiasm is heart warming. It made me think back to Pete Seeger in my life: first when Folk Music was the mainstream and he was one of the main men, his group the Weavers,maybe the precursor to Peter, Paul & Mary, his banjo book - didn't he demonstrate a lot of ways to use the instrument and didn't he make some of us feel dumb because we couldn't look at his tab and just play FMB, finally his Rainbow shows with Ralph and Carter and with Johnny and June Cash that are now out on dvd.

I just felt an enormous respect for watching one so true to himself on that show.

Thanks again for posting this.
Ken

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 05/02/2011:  16:15:08

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Another photo from the road.  Here's Lloyd Douglas filling in with Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper in Winchester, Va. on May 1, 2011

Lloyd Douglas

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 05/02/2011:  17:44:01

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 Can't let this thread get archived!

Yesterday I went out to the Apple Blossom Bluegrass Festival in Winchester, Virginia, primarily to see the Lynn Morris Band reunion.  As I'm sure many if not most of you know, Lynn one of the leading female singers in bluegrass during the 1990s, winning IBMA's Female Vocalist of the Year award three times in that decade.  She was also an excellent clawhammer banjo player, and was the first woman to win the Winfield Banjo Championship. With of her husband Marshall Wilborn on bass and such luminaries as Tom Adams, Ron Stewart, Jesse Brock, David McLaughlin, and Stuart Duncan on the other instruments, her band was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed groups from its founding in 1988 to its disbanding in 2003.  It was in that year that Lynn suffered a devastating stroke after undergoing routine knee surgery, leaving her with an inability to speak and impaired right side muscle control, meaning should could neither sing nor play banjo and guitar. After years of therapy she has made a great deal of progress and has regained much of her ability.  Aside from a brief appearance at the 2006 SPGMA convention, where she accepted Grand Masters Gold Award, yesterday's show as, to my knowledge, the first time she had performed in public since her stroke.  Accompanying her were four former members of the band - Tom Adams on guitar, Ron Stewart on banjo, Jesse Brock on mandolin, and of course Marshall Wilborn on bass. 

Lynn and Marshall had made it clear that this was a one-time special occasion, not the beginning of Lynn's return to professional music.  As much progress as she has made over the past several years, it is also clear that she has not recovered fully from the effects of the stroke, and - by her own admission - probably never will.  Despite all that, she and the band put on a great show, and it was wonderful to see Lynn back on stage. The highlight for me was hearing her sing "Mama's Hand", which she dedicated to the song's author and her "dear friend" Hazel Dickens, who of course died just ten days ago.  Throughout the set, there was a palpable sense of love, good will, and encouragement from the crowd, which gave her at least three standing ovations.

Below are a some photos of Lynn and the band.  I'll post a few of the other festival acts later tonight.

 

 

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EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 05/02/2011:  17:57:34

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Some more photos of the Apple Blossom Festival.

Ron Stewart, with the Boxcars

 

Jason Davis, with Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice

 

Lloyd Douglas, with Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper

 Until yesterday I was not familiar with Lloyd Douglas.  He has evidently has filled in with Flamekeeper several times before - indeed, there is a photo of him with the band from February 2007 on page 14 of this thread.   I really enjoyed his playing.   

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DHoffmeyer - Posted - 05/02/2011:  18:01:20

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Nicely said EggerRidgeBoy.  

And Lloyd Douglas may be one of the best banjo players most people have never heard of!

Technically, there are two banjo players in this photo.  See Tom back there?

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Lynn Morris

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 05/02/2011:  22:50:36

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Nicely said EggerRidgeBoy.  

And Lloyd Douglas may be one of the best banjo players most people have never heard of!

Technically, there are two banjo players in this photo.  See Tom back there?

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 Thank you, Dean.  I appreciated your report on the BluegrassBlog.

 

I just realized that the first sentence of my post - about not letting this thread get archived - is a bit unnecessary, since instead of a two-and-a-half-month gap between it and the previous post, there is only a ninety minute gap.  Due to various technical difficulties it took me a long time to get the photos into my post, and by the time I did you had posted your photo of Lloyd.  (Obviously that's a minor point, but everything is relative - it's all I can do to refrain from asking the moderators to lift the 15-minute revision rule and let me fix the three glaring typos in my post.  That's what happens when you come from a family of English teachers, writers, and editors.) 

We must have been standing at about the same location while photographing Flamekeeper's performance.  I was sitting over on the middle of the right side, but for about three songs in every set I would head over to the left corner in front of the stage to get a better photo angle, trying while doing so to keep out of the way of the real photographers, who were often also in that spot.  I didn't realize you were one of them. Sorry I missed the opportunity to introduce myself at some point during the day.

 

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EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 05/02/2011:  23:17:23

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Technically, there are two banjo players in this photo.  See Tom back there?

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Yes, and I do miss hearing him on the banjo.  But I am glad he was able to switch roles, and is still out there creating such great music.  It did strike me during the show that the band featured two artists whose careers had been sidetracked, to one degree or another, by neurological problems.

When you add Ron Stewart to the mix, I guess the band had three banjo players on stage.  Actually four at one point, when Bill Emerson made his guest appearance for one song. Some of them were just playing the wrong instruments...

Kurt Kemp - Posted - 05/03/2011:  03:47:05

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Lloyd Douglas lives in Alpena Michigan and played with Jessie McReynolds for a long time. I have known him for years and him and I started picking almost at the same time. He's alot younger than I am and I remember him lugging that old RB250 around when he was 4 feet tall. I have a picture of him and I playing at the Salt River festival in 1983 or so. I'll try to find it.

 

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Nicely said EggerRidgeBoy.  

And Lloyd Douglas may be one of the best banjo players most people have never heard of!

Technically, there are two banjo players in this photo.  See Tom back there?

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dmiller - Posted - 06/27/2011:  19:26:02

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BUMP!!!!  I don't have anything new to add.

But - - - I didn't think this thread belonged back on page 22 either.  

 

(edited to add - - - perhaps someone else has a "new pic or two?)  

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Tonecaster - Posted - 06/27/2011:  19:33:09

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The great Jim "Willard" Spencer of the RFD Boys and his Great Lakes banjo.

Emiel - Posted - 07/28/2011:  12:50:09

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New Orleans Festival, Innsbruck, Austria, July 2011. STB Dixie Train marching band. Father and daughter playing the tenor banjo. Left banjo: Emperador, wood rim, no tonering visible. Right banjo: Saga, aluminum rim with integral flathead tonering.

Technical summary of the photograph. Camera: Zorki 3. Lens: Jupiter-8, 50 mm. Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ASA. Semi-stand development in Adonal (Rodinal) 1 + 100.

robbif - Posted - 07/29/2011:  19:22:23

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Don't remember if I already posted this one...Winnie Winston at Union Grove 1988...

 

And this one of China & Edna Poplin, also from Union Grove 1968...

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 09/16/2011:  05:01:38

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Here are some pictures of some of my favoite banjo players as they played at Bean Blossom in June of 2011. Sorry my picture

taking is not good but I hope some will enjoy.

Ken

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 09/16/2011:  05:05:01

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Can anyone tell me how I can post my pictures so they are larger as robbif did?

I hope to be able to contribute to this thread more often.

Thanks,

Ken

DeanT - Posted - 09/16/2011:  07:23:29

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Your picture are fine! I Just clicked on them to enlarge! Great photos!

However, if you want the larger version in a post, go to your album, click on the image thumbnail, this brings you to the medium sized version... right click on that image and select "compy link". Come back here, and select the "image" icon in the post editor. Paste the image link into the "URL" box, and the large version will show up in the post.

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robbif - Posted - 09/16/2011:  07:43:08

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Ken,

Just FYI, my photos are links to the images on my own website, not uploads/attachments to the Hangout.

Fred

DHoffmeyer - Posted - 09/16/2011:  09:08:16

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I thought maybe I'd better....All these are from Beanblossom- my first trip there since 1974

Mike Toppins on a 6-string Hatfield

Gary Reece with Jesse McReynolds

 

John R. Bowman of the Boxcars

 

Dillon Scott with Karl Shifflett

 

 

Russ Carson with Audie Blaylock

 

With the Boxcars and JD Crowe playing on the same day, Ron Stewart sat in with New South during their evening performance.    Hard to tell who was enjoying it more, Ron or JD. 

 

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pastorharry - Posted - 09/17/2011:  15:42:59

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Is that Jody Stecher next to Winnie Winston playing the mando?

jbalch - Posted - 09/17/2011:  16:04:44

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Great question Harry...could it be Jody?

 

 

robbif - Posted - 09/17/2011:  17:12:02

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Yes, it's Jody.

You can see all the photos with captions at frobbi.org/slides/ug1968/index.html

Iderhobanjer23 - Posted - 09/17/2011:  17:38:33

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is there a reason this thread isn't stickied? or will that not keep it from being archived?

mebacon - Posted - 09/17/2011:  19:08:40

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I agree that this should be stickied.  How fun and what a history lesson.

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 09/17/2011:  19:22:20

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1four5

Thanks for your kind words, encouragement, and help.

Ken

jbalch - Posted - 09/18/2011:  19:04:42

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Does anyone know the guitar player wearing a coyboy hat in this photo?  He is identified as "Sam."  The same fellow in in another photo from this series. 

He was playing an apparently brand new Gallagher guitar.  That would have been a very early one too.  I think Doc Watson may have picked out "Ole Hoss" from the guitars J.W. and Don had at Union Grove in 1968.

just curious....

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robbif - Posted - 09/18/2011:  19:20:55

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John, I wish I could remember more about Sam. He was either a student at Clemson or just hung out with us.

I'll see if I can find out more.