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Regretful Pickers

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For those of us who kick ourselves everyday for not starting when we were twelve.

37 Members, Created 1/30/2011 -

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From mvan52 on 1/30/2011 9:00:50 PM

Pickin the banjer, entertaining the wife, wonderful evening. Been a musician most of my life, but the banjo.......always on the back burner for some reason or another. Till now. At 59, I finally decided ok, enough is enough. A classic case of being a regretful picker. My wife says that I am obsessed by that piece of wood, metal and plastic and It has taken total control of every scrap of sanity I have left. If so, I suppose it was meant to be. Destiny. It can be a beautiful thing.I am lovin every minute.

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	eknjr says: 1/31/2011 6:07:18 AM I started at 65 sure wish I started music before now I am enjoying the joy I missed out on all these years
	mvan52 says: 1/31/2011 7:54:36 AM Good for you, it's never too late.
	rockytopdoc says: 1/31/2011 1:59:21 PM I started at age 50. Been pickin' for 8 months now. Good used banjo $2500.00, Pics (till I found the ones that fit and worked for me) $25.00, books and videos to learn how $138.00, Lessons from a real teacher when I discovered I couldn't "do it myself" $480.00 so far. Being able to play Foggy Mountain Breakdown up to speed.......PRICELESS!!! :)
	mvan52 says: 1/31/2011 6:36:31 PM Sounds like you have the upper hand the playin. Where I live there's not any banjo pickers that i know of. I been workin on a new style , it started out as clawhammer, but it sounds more like sledgehammer if you know what i mean. But it can only get better, right?
	eknjr says: 2/1/2011 3:26:57 PM onward and upward
	mvan52 says: 2/1/2011 4:27:35 PM Thanks for the moral support eknjr, I'll keep that in mind. If your too old to learn, stay home in the closet.
	eknjr says: 2/1/2011 5:16:28 PM Aman
	mvan52 says: 2/2/2011 3:29:36 PM The sun shine'in through the window, dog's asleep on the porch', 29* outside. Snow,snow every where. Coffee on the stove. Awesome. Think I'll take the banjo out on the porch' and do a pick-or two. Life is good.
	eknjr says: 2/2/2011 4:34:33 PM Any day with the old banjo is a good day
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