www.westvalleymc.org
Playing Since: 2010
Experience Level: Just Startin'
yopasjim has made 8 recent additions to Banjo Hangout
Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: Pastor
Gender: Male
Age: 58
My Instruments:
Gold Tone BG 150 F (Home)
Gold Tone CC 50RP (Office)
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Earl Scruggs, Roy Clark, Buck Trent, Doug Dillard, Sammy Shelor, Jim Mills, Raymond Fairchild, Steve Martin, Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Ross Nickerson, Mike Munford, Alan Munde, Russ Carson, Bill Evans, Janet Davis, James McKinney, Charles Wood, John McEuen, Kristin Scott Benson, Eddie Peabody (his enthusiaism), Bobby Thompson, Pete Wernick, Dave Hum, Jim Reed, John Boulding, Jens Kruger...(the list grows)...oh yeah...Stan Toney (eventhough he moved to Georgia and left me here alone...lol)!
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Created 6/10/2010
Last Visit 5/27/2019
All my life I have wanted to learn how to play the banjo. After watching Earl Scruggs belt out "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" and Roy Clark on "Hee Haw" I had a passion to learn how to play. When I was in seminary I purchased a used Savannah 5 string (1985). But it sat in the case because I did not have a teacher or any kind of instruction (this was before Al Gore created the Internet). So I sold it to get some extra money to pay for my wedding. In Spring of 2010 I picked up a cheap Asian bottle cap banjo I played for awhile as I got connected to BHO and learned some basic banjo information. It was not long before I knew I needed something better so I purchased a Gold Tone BG 150 F (February 2011) from Ross Nickerson.
I am part of a jam group at my church that meets the 1st, 3rd and 5th (if there is one) Thursday at my church (West Valley Missionary Church...on Wide Hollow Road). We call ourselves "Harwood Harbor". There is about 9 of us in the group.
In the words of Rick Riman - "I would rather play the banjo than eat....my friends would rather hear me eat."
