Some very good analyses and tabs by a long time Belgian friend of Bill’s. (totally free, btw)
keithstyle.com/licks-D-to-G.html
one example https://youtu.be/sfHlKzqsIvY?si=hh7D4d-zPafMrQMO
Edited by - chuckv97 on 11/04/2024 23:09:33
Chuck, thank you for pointing us to this wonderful resource. Bill Keith was a major influence on so many players, including me, and it is useful to have an organized recounting of his music. And I note that Thierry even plays a Great Lakes banjo, which was Bill's main axe for a number of years.
Michael
Thank you for sharing. This type of thing is classic 'old internet'. I love pages like this.
I see that Thierry even has a page about his top-tension Great Lakes banjo, a rare beast indeed. It is so cool that Bill Keith helped him acquire the banjo.
Thanks so much for finding and sharing this, Chuck.
And thank you, Thierry Schoysman, for what you have created.
This is some of the best FREE online banjo instruction I've ever seen. I love the insight that "Keith style" was not just about melodics. From the outset, Bill Keith was combining elements of his exciting scale-based note-for-note melodic style with innovative fretting positions and new thinking on roll patterns to create melody-driven Scruggs style picking.
The licks are priceless. But the songs can be mined for licks to add to your playing.
Edited by - Old Hickory on 11/05/2024 08:46:03
Excellent site! Many thanks.
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