Howdy All,
Alan has been one of my favorite melodic banjo players for quite a long time now. He has a natural ear for melody with the 5string banjo and a wonderful way of interpreting melody every time he plays a tune.
Just so happens that Alan attended Oklahoma University and I also went there for a year to study Journalism but changed my Major to Music Composition and ended up in NYC at NYU instead...
Several years ago Alan conducted a banjo workshop in NYC and I missed it because I didn't know about it. I'll catch the next time for sure...
I just ordered "Four Leaf Clover" just for fun by Pay Pal and it got to me pronto and a quick jot back from Alan...Elegant Man, Elegant player...Jack p.s. I think Alan is my only individual tab purchase ever and it was perfectly tabbed out.
Edited by - Jack Baker on 05/21/2022 18:43:36
Totally agree about Alan. The first Country Gazette album came out the year I started learning banjo. He instantly became one of my top three influences, the first two being Ben Eldridge (who I heard every week the summer of '72 at the Red Fox Inn in Bethesda) and Doug Dillard (as I listened to Back Porch Bluegrass, Live Almost and a taped copy of The Banjo Album over and over.
If the tab you purchased of Four Leaf Clover is in C tuning, then it's probably the same arrangement as in Alan's Great American Banjo Songbook (co-authored with Beth Mead-Sullivan). 70 20th century standards and show tunes from the Great American Songbook. A lot of them seem to be in original keys, so there's some great variety in sounds. Lots of melody in not necessarily melodic style.
Jack, does he tab out the variation also?
Yes,
The variation is not much different but Alan tabs out the entire break...Jack
Yes, it is Ken. Same song. I didn't care about the LP or book but the song was a lot of fun to hear Alan play. And of course you are correct and up to date on everything--HA!, not every song is melodic....Jack
Originally posted by Old Hickory
Edited by - Jack Baker on 05/22/2022 07:00:42
Chuck,
You could easily buy it from Alan, he makes it very easy to do so...Jack p.s. your version in G is very nice Chuck and cleanly done as always...J
riginally posted by chuckv97Jack, does he tab out the variation also?
Edited by - Jack Baker on 05/22/2022 07:55:02
Thanks, Jack. BTW, that’s Wayne’s tab in G.
Ha, oops Muchas....J
