In several very recently recorded videos on youtube, Rob McCoury looks to be playing a Gibson Granada. It has the deep throaty sound of a prewar. Does anyone know what banjo it is? He is a great player, by the way.
Michael
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Originally posted by Brian Murphyhttps://www.facebook.com/TheTravelinMcCourys/videos/banjo-talk-with-rob/1111549166010220/
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1149655048799236
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyxags3l0C0
Thanks for these links -- very interesting stuff, although I have not yet seen anything that indicates whether he has a Granada.
Michael
He has played a Gibson (or copy) with hearts and flowers inlay, but I have never heard him talk about it. I know he also has played Del's old bow tie.
I believe that, in every video I've seen of the Del McCoury Band, he is playing a different banjo. I've never found a video of him discussing the banjos that he plays.
The banjo he has been playing recently is Sonny’s personal Osborne Chief.
I'm with Gabe, Sonny's Chief looks a lot like a Granada. Can you see all of Sonny's ugly tuners on the peghead in the video your referencing?
As far as I know (although I'm not completely up to speed on Rob's banjos) he doesn't play a Granada on stage, whether vintage or reissue. I remember MANY years ago he played a show in Connecticut that I attended and he was test driving a 5 string converted pre war flat head Granada, that maybe came out of Wisconsin. He did not buy it. Although it did sound great. But it was unbelievably high-priced!
"Usually" I see Rob playing his father in law's banjo - Davis Kennedy-built, or his 1940s original RB 75.
Thanks for the information, Gabe and Dick. It looks as though you have nailed it. He sure makes that Chief sound like a prewar flathead. I had thought that perhaps Rob had acquired Sonny's Granada, or Wynn Osborne's Granada, or 9557-8 (which I played a few times).
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Originally posted by banjo1930The banjo he has been playing recently is Sonny’s personal Osborne Chief.
I saw the Del Mccoury band play live back in August and I firmly believe Rob was using a PW style 3/75 that night
Edited by - ChunoTheDog on 11/25/2024 17:11:03
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Originally posted by ChunoTheDogquote:
Originally posted by banjo1930The banjo he has been playing recently is Sonny’s personal Osborne Chief.
I saw the Del Mccoury band play live back in August and I firmly believe Rob was using a PW style 3/75 that night
Yes, he has had an RB-75 flathead and a TB-75 conversion for a long time. The one the original poster was asking about is the chief.
Edited by - banjo1930 on 11/25/2024 17:26:42
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Originally posted by banjo1930quote:
Originally posted by ChunoTheDogquote:
Originally posted by banjo1930The banjo he has been playing recently is Sonny’s personal Osborne Chief.
I saw the Del Mccoury band play live back in August and I firmly believe Rob was using a PW style 3/75 that night
Yes, he has had an RB-75 flathead and a TB-75 conversion for a long time. The one the original poster was asking about is the chief.
Very cool! He pulls his own sound from those. Heck of a player. Fun hearing those old 75s live up close. Thanks for that bit of info.
Edited by - ChunoTheDog on 11/25/2024 17:55:36
