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Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
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Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
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Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Playing Since: 1972
Experience Level: Purty Good
Interests:
[Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: Maintenance Supervisor
Gender: Male
Age: 59
My Instruments:
Gibson Mastertone "Bowtie", Gold Tone Whyte Ladye WL250
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley, Lee Sexton, Morgan Sexton, Laura Boosinger, etc
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Created 11/22/2006
Last Visit 1/26/2025
I started playing the banjo when I was about 5 years old. It was a mastertone that was too heavy for me to carry, so I drug it everywhere I went. I learned "Cripple Creek" and won a few local talent contests when I was about 7 and kind of lost interest in fingerpicking, and the banjo altogether until I was in my mid 20's when I decided to try to figure out how to clawhammer. It took me a lot of beating and strumming before I finally figured out exactly what to do, but once I got the hang of it, I took off pretty good. I used to play locally at little bluegrass "frolics" but everybody played bluegrass and all I knew was hillbilly music. Nobody knew the same songs that I did and I got burned out going to them. Now I just play for my own enjoyment at home and to aggravate the wife, kids and dogs.
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