www.youtube.com/user/bill3407
Playing Since: 1984
Experience Level: Purty Good
Just Bill has made 4 recent additions to Banjo Hangout
Interests:
[Teaching] [Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: Flight instructor, Casino security consultant, Retired police detective lieutenant
Gender: Male
Age: 70
My Instruments:
--2012 Huber VRB-G Truetone w/ SS frets, Stelling compensated bridge, Presto tailpiece, Keith D-Tuners and Lexington engraving.
--1994 Gibson Earl Scruggs Standard Model, Keith D-Tuners, Price Straightline tailpiece, Stelling compensated bridge.
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Banjo pickers: Earl! (of course), Bobby Thompson, Tom Adams, Murphy Henry (my hero), Ron Block, Greg Cahill, Janet Beazley, Cia Cherryholmes, Roger Starnes, Nick Hornbuckle.
Bands: Mark Phillips & IIIrd Generation, Spinney Brothers (Canada), John Reischman & The Jaybirds, Thomas Porter & Copper River, Del McCoury Band, Glenn Wilbourn's Flint Hill Special (an Arizona band), High Plains Tradition (Colo.), Chris Stuart and Backcountry, Special Consensus, Triple L Band (New Mexico).
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Created 1/22/2004
Last Visit 7/30/2021
Arizona Scruggs-style banjo picker, who plays by ear (tab just confuses me!). Therefore, MURPHY HENRY IS MY HERO! When it comes to playing backup, I firmly believe less is more. When it comes to playing lead, I believe the melody should be recognizable (too many notes just clutters up the tune). ...and no, I don't plant my ring finger...I let it flail about. ****
I often m.c. bluegrass festivals around Arizona, including the Benson Bluegrass Festival (April), the Arizona State Fiddle Championships in Payson (Sept.), the Blythe (CA) Bluegrass Festival (Jan.), the Agri-Country Bluegrass Festival near Casa Grande (Jan.), the Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival in Wickenburg (Nov.) and the White Mtn. Bluegrass Festival in Pinetop (Aug.). ****
When I'm not playing banjo, I can be found either working on or flying my airplane (a 1972 Piper Arrow), free-lancing as a flight instructor, functioning as a semi-professional airport bum, and free-lancing as a casino consultant, teaching casino personnel how to catch card cheats. (I demonstrate card cheating methods and how to recognize cheating.)
