I'm sorry I completely forgot to post this a year ago! Remember, Bill Keith is a member.

 

Very nice, these two with Bill Keith. Great picking on "Caravan". On "Jug Band Music" he's flatpicking the 5-string like a plectrum banjo...

Thanks Fred! Just in time for retirement! It will keep me off the streets!

I recall Keith saying that he did play plectrum banjo in the original band back in the sixties (or whenever).

Here's another fun number from The Barn at Rocky Top.

My friends The Gather Rounders' guests are the amazing Rushad Eggleston and
super-gifted banjoist Ryan Cavanaugh. The Gather Rounders' banjost Ron Cody is no slouch either! 

Enjoy,
Fred

The Gather Rounders http://thegatherrounders.com/
The Barn https://www.facebook.com/BARNATROCKYTOP
Rushad https://www.facebook.com/rushad.eggleston
Ryan Cavanaugh http://www.ryancavanaughbanjo.com/

The icing on the cake at one of the best nights of music I've seen in a long time!

Banjoist Ron Cody introduces Eric Weissberg and Bill Keith...

 

https://www.facebook.com/BARNATROCKYTOP

The Lonely Heartstring Band- Full Length Album KICKSTARTER

After I donated, I sent this email to my bluegrass list of over 100 fans and artists...

 I'm a very biased fan of these guys, having met them at Grey Fox 2013, recorded them that summer as well as in 2014,
then at two local house concerts. They've become one of my alltime favorite bands. On top of their musical gifts, they're
very nice guys!

At the bottom of this email, you can check out my examples of their talents

Meanwhile, I encourage you to check this out and support them as I just did. 

From LHSB banjo player Gabe Hirshfeld

Dear beloved friends, family, fans and quite possibly enemies, we have
been working non-stop since the beginning of the summer. We've seen lots
of things like a ferrel sheep named Bart, a wonderful french bulldog
named Bruce as well as countless cups of coffee with names that we can't
remember (probably something about tigers and driving really fast.)
Anyway, during this time we have been working on lots of new and
original material, and it is now time to record our first full length
and mostly original record. Today we are announcing our kickstarter
campaign to help make this project a reality. We truly appreciate any
support people are willing to give weather it be a contribution, or
simply sharing the page. So to you, our wonderful friends, family, fans
and quite possibly enemies, thank you!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1019026124/the-lonely-heartstring-band-full-length-album

Here are my examples...

 

http://unrealbluegrass.com/

Time again to roll out these great recordings from Ken Landreth..

Christmas on the Radio 1958

All the best for the holidays!

Fred

Ryan Cavanaugh on Banjo

I met Ryan a few years ago at Grey Fox and have always enjoyed his artistry.

Fortunately a few weeks ago I had the pleasure to record him at The Barn at Rocky Top in Clinton Corners, NY.
In the audience were three other super pickers: Bill Keith, Eric Weissberg, and Ron Cody.

Here's the first installment...

http://www.ryancavanaughbanjo.com
https://www.facebook.com/rcavanaugh1
https://www.facebook.com/BARNATROCKYTOP 

Here's a real fun clip of some great young musicians... 


 

Last Sunday afternoon's great house concert by the Gibson Brothers, thanks to my Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association.

Here are My Photos.

Stay tuned for some videos.

This is not exactly bluegrass, but it's surely banjo...

 

I just got a nice Christmas present.

Only recently I remembered I'd sent my favorite photo of Dr. Ralph Stanley to the Birthplace
of Country Music Museum over a year ago. I just checked in with Associate Curator Rene Rodgers,
who told me it was on display in the instrument gallery area to complement the text and instruments 
on display and sent me a photo. I proudly added it to my Dr. Ralph web page.

 http://frobbi.org/slides/DrRalph/index.html

Time for another classic, with my best wishes to all, and prayers for Phil Leadbetter...

My friend Sab Watanabe, banjo player for Bluegrass 45 and editor of Japan's MoonShiner Magazine,
just used a few more of my photos from Carlton Haney's 1966 Fincastle/Roanoke Festival in the 
January 2015 issue.

Check out the latest entry in his published collection of my photos (at the bottom of the page)..

http://frobbi.org/slides/ms-feb2010/index.html

Category on Jeopardy...

 

Three goodies from two great pickers

1. James Stiltner has just posted 14 videos of the Bluegrass Album Band from 1991!

They're on his YouTube channel along with lots of other goodies...

        https://www.youtube.com/user/Jaymz8604/videos

I've also added that link to the rest of my James Stiltner Collection: http://frobbi.org/stiltnercollection.html

2. Professor/Banjoist Larry Marschall just provided to "new" photos of the Arm Bros, competing in the
    1972 Bean Blossom Band Contest...

    http://frobbi.org/audio/armbros/beanblossom1972.html

I've added a link on my Arm Bros home page: http://frobbi.org/audio/armbros/index.html

3. Larry also allowed me to link to his music and photos page: http://public.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/lam_files/lammusic.htm

I've added that link to the "From My Friends" section of my Recordings page: http://frobbi.org/picking.html

Big thanks to James and Larry for giving me more to share with everyone!

Fred

This isn't mine, but I just had to share this super fun tune from super pickers.

Thanks to Patrick McAvinue!