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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

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Great looking new banjo by Jim Heasell - Slim Jim Banjos

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1 comment

SPECIAL Select calf skin - 12" custom mount

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nice goat hide - mostly opaque

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Case sticker - now included free with new orders for JDBalch hide heads

Thursday, April 28, 2016 2 comments

NEW Glen Carson banjo - for Russ

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5 comments

Looking for feedback - which color is best?

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 3 comments

BEST audience ever - no doubt about it

Sunday, April 10, 2016 3 comments

Nashville Clawhammer Camp - November 2016

Sunday, April 10, 2016 1 comment

Nice photo on Facebook

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This one is in the classifieds

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New favorite CD

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 1 comment

Calton Case?

Saturday, April 2, 2016 1 comment

SPECIAL Select hide on a vintage A.C. Fairbanks

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016 1 comment

STERN hides are BACK IN STOCK!

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Rainbow of colors

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SPECIAL Select Goat hide 11

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Bacophone-Plus still by favorite

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SPECIAL Select goat hide - on the workbench today

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Playing Since: 1973
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Occupation: Sales

Gender: Male
Age: 63

My Instruments:
Bart Reiter banjos

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
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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