Banjo Hangout Logo
Banjo Hangout Logo

Premier Sponsors

  • The Murphy Method
  • Elderly Instruments - Since 1972
  • 25% Off at Mel Bay
  • Learn about Premier Sponsorship
  • Deering Banjos

367
Banjo Lovers Online



View Eric A's Homepage

Currently Online

Eric A

You must sign into your myHangout account in order to contact Eric A.

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'Looking for some new songs to learn' 4 hrs

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'Blues Banjo' 6 hrs

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 2 days

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 2 days

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 2 days

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'How much.....' 2 days

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 2 days

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'Whats a fair price on a mid 60s original RB100? ' 3 days

Click for Details

Eric A replied to topic 'I love it when...' 4 days

Click for Details

Eric A posted a forum topic 'Old Rims Are Magic?' 4 days

See all non-archived forum posts by Eric A

MyFeed

Eric A has 1 friend.

bubbalouie
bubbalouie		   

FriendFeed

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 10 hrs

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Why Did the Lynx Family Cross the Road?' 10 hrs

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Love is.......' 10 hrs

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 12 hrs

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 22 hrs

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'When I was a kid...' 22 hrs

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'When I was a kid...' 23 hrs

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Eggtatos Benedict [FF]' 1 day

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Eggtatos Benedict [FF]' 1 day

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 1 day

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Old TV shows' 1 day

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Old TV shows' 1 day

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 2 days

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Fish and chips - a question for Brits mostly, but all welcome to contribute' 2 days

Click for Details

bubbalouie replied to topic 'Sometimes They Come Back Home' 2 days

Browse History >


Newest Photos

  

see all >

Playing Since: 1979
Experience Level: Intermediate

Eric A has made 320 recent additions to Banjo Hangout 

Interests:
[Helping]

My Instruments:
A. E. Smith, Northampton, serial #214, 1977(ish), Gibson RB-170, 1966.

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Earl Scruggs, Benny Martin, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Doc Watson

Classified Rating: (+1)
Rate this Member

Profile Info:
Visible to: Public
Created 10/15/2019
Last Visit 2/17/2020

Got a banjo in college, of course, because anything was better than studying. A campus country rock band did a couple of banjo numbers. Was vaguely aware of Pete Seeger as a child. First couple of records, I think, were "Circle" and "Foggy Mountain Banjo". Got a few books and tried everything: Up-Picking, Frailing, and Scruggs. Up-Picking felt as natural as a duck to water. Ever since, I mostly up-pick to bluegrass standards and do fake Earl Scruggs and Benny Martin licks while trying to sing like Lester Flatt. One time when I broke my left wrist, I played my banjo on my lap and fretted my strings with my finger tips like a mountain dulcimer. It sounded pretty good. I still do it sometimes just for fun. 40 years with a banjo is a long time. Wife, Kids, Life. Sometimes I have banjo licks in my head while I sleep, and sometimes I put the banjo away in it's case for years at a time and never even think about it. Right now, I'm getting it out and dusting it off.

Hangout Network Help

View All Topics  |  View Categories

0.546875