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4-star Goat hide #162 for David Emery

Friday, February 15, 2013

 

This natural Goat hide (unstained) is for David Emery.  I think it will look great on on his latest acquisition

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Leedy Collegian - NEW Stern Tanning Co. GOAT skin head

Monday, February 11, 2013 5 comments

NEW Stern Tanning Co. GOAT skin on Leedy Collegian tenor banjo

Saturday, February 9, 2013 2 comments

Stern Tanning Co calfskin on GIBSON tenor banjo

Sunday, February 3, 2013 2 comments

Contradance Louisville KY January 28, 2013

Monday, January 28, 2013 2 comments

NEW 4-star Premium Quality Hide heads

Monday, January 7, 2013 4 comments

Bench made from UNCLE DAVE MACON's barn wood

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Grandfather's clock

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Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - R. Fisher Boyce

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#143 Coffee Stained Goat hide 11"

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Ancient hide head preservation - by Dan Knowles

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Tim Purcell Ambrosia Maple bridge on my Williams/Burlile banjo

Sunday, December 9, 2012 5 comments

Sisters 1143 & 1144

Thursday, December 6, 2012 1 comment

Sometimes a banjo just finds you ... two old sisters reunited

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Couldn't help myself - Enoch Dobson

Saturday, December 1, 2012 11 comments

Purcell Bridge on my bluegrass axe.

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#128 ~ pre-SOLD ~ I LOVE the staining on this one

Monday, November 26, 2012 3 comments

Thin mottled~stained goat hide - headed to Canada

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New mottled goat hide on my Reiter Galax-plus

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Baldwin banjo on a sunny day

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Age: 69

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In no partiular order: Tim Obrien, Dirk Powell, Bruce Molsky, Dan Gellert, Joe Newberry, Bob Carlin, Riley Baugus, Mark Johnson, Mark Schatz, Stuart Duncan, John Hartford, Jim Wood, Daniel Carwile, Arnie Naiman, Reed Martin, Adam Hurt...Bobby Thompson, Charlie Cushman, Noam Pikelny, Jim Mills, Ron Block, Alan O'bryant, Rob McCoury, Allison Brown, Tony Furtado, Bela Fleck,The Jack Pearson Band.

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I'm mostly a clawhammer banjo player.I’ve released two cd’s (Carry On John /2002 and ~HOT~ Biscuit Jam /2004).  I played as part of “Pa’s fiddle band” on the CD: Happy Land Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder  (Pa’s Fiddle recordings 2005). My original banjo music was published on a CD which accompanied the book: The Voice of The Heart by Chip Dodd (Providence House Publishing 2001).  Many years ago, I played clawhammer  and bluegrass style banjo on an old vinyl LP with the Pure Mountain Water Band (First Jug /1979).  I currently have other recording projects in the works…so please “stay tuned.”I’ve been very fortunate to have served nearly 30 years years with the Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival organization. .

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