Playing Since: 2010
Experience Level: Novice
Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: Pastor
Gender: Male
Age: 64
My Instruments:
Gold Tone BG 150
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 and Derek Smith.
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Created 6/10/2010
Last Visit 4/29/2025
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.
In the words of Rick Riman - "I would rather play the banjo than eat....my friends would rather hear me eat."
'TaFengLong banjo' 1 hr
'Hawthorn Maple Rose' 3 hrs
