www.darlingwest.no
Playing Since: 2002
Experience Level: Purty Good
Interests:
[Teaching] [Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Gender: Male
My Instruments:
Wildwood Troubadour
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Reed Martin, Walt Koken, Wade Ward, Kyle Creed, Franklin George, Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb, Tommy Jarrell, R.D. Lunceford, John Balch, Adam Hurt, Bob Carlin, Ken Perlman, Dirk Powell, Camp Creek Boys,
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Created 3/2/2009
Last Visit 2/21/2025
I grew up in the beautiful valley of Hallingdal, Norway. When I was eleven years old, I started fooling around with my dad's guitar. At the age of sixteen I switched from six strings to four, and bass became my main instrument. At some point in my twenties I guess I felt the need to find something in between 4 and 6, and there aren't that many 5-stringed instruments... *smile*
I've been playing banjo since 2002, when I went out and bought one inspired by the beautiful banjo-playing by Dirk Powell in the movie "Ride With The Devil". I discovered bluegrass soon after, and was completely hooked.
In recent years I've started learning clawhammer style, and now that's what I do most of the time.
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