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Jim Strickland |
Stephen Foster Old Time Music Weekend, September 13-15 . Register ASAP, time is short ! Here's your chance to learn banjo from Dan Levenson, Bob Carlin and great Florida banjo instructors, too. Fiddle instruction with Erynn Marshall, Chuck Levy and others. A Saturday Mandolin track with Carl Jones and Bill Paine. Nightly Concerts & jams. Hope I posted this in the right place.
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Playing Since: 1976
Experience Level: Purty Good
Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Gender: Male
Age: 78
My Instruments:
A custom banjo I built (circa 1979) 11inch pot,
Turn of the century (circa1890s) S.S. Stewart-Little Wonder hybrid 11 inch pot,
Turn of the century (circa1890s) George Washburn 10 1/2 inch pot.
Homer Ledford walnut fretless mountain banjo.
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Ernie Williams (who taught me banjo many years ago), Allan Block, Fuzzy Mtn. String Band, Joel Mabus, Red Clay Ramblers,Skillet Lickers, NLCR, John Hartford, Ry Cooder, Chuck Levy, Mark "Clawgrass" Johnson, Pete Peterson, and many others.
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Created 6/28/2007
Last Visit 9/17/2025
Began playing banjo in 1976 as a Bi-centennial project, started sawing on the fiddle some time after that, play guitar and autoharp. Co-Director of the Florida Old Time Music Championship (Dade City, FL) and the Stephen Foster Old Time Music Weekend (White Springs, FL).
