Have recently happened upon the youtube vids of Backwoods Bluegrass with Sarah Stewart on banjo. Was surprised to find their are no discussions of this young lady on BHO and that is a wonder. How did she escape our collective notice. Her playing is solid, clean, innovative.
At the link is a vid of their arrangement of East Bound And Down. At the half way point she takes a single string break and replicates Jerry Reids guitar break. Imaginative. This young lady is seriously talented.
Another awesome rendering is White Freightliner Blues. Catch her break at the half way mark. Im liking this group a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGksby0PeA
White Freightliner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NdqgUtsnfU
Edited by - Sheenjack on 02/15/2025 15:39:06
Yes she is excellent. She was with Ron Stewart at a party in Indianapolis about 10 years ago. They are now married.
Sarah is as good on a guitar. One of her on the guitar is Where the soul never dies. I rilly like her back up on the 5 string.
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Originally posted by SheenjackHave recently happened upon the youtube vids of Backwoods Bluegrass with Sarah Stewart on banjo. Was surprised to find their are no discussions of this young lady on BHO and that is a wonder. How did she escape our collective notice. Her playing is solid, clean, innovative.
At the link is a vid of their arrangement of East Bound And Down. At the half way point she takes a single string break and replicates Jerry Reids guitar break. Imaginative. This young lady is seriously talented.
Another awesome rendering is White Freightliner Blues. Catch her break at the half way mark. Im liking this group a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGksby0PeA
White Freightliner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NdqgUtsnfU
Some great backup banjo. Thank you for sharing.
Told u back in Feb. she was playin some solid music. D.Gatewood
She plays some fiddle also!! Ron's training her well!!
I just discovered this band. They are excellent and I think Sarah Stewart’s banjo playing is superb. It’s subtle, understated and rhythmically perfect. It’s refreshing to hear a banjo player who doesn’t play a freaky, gratuitous ego break, but who plays exactly what the material calls for. Some of the our well-known banjo stars could learn something from her. What’s also amazing is the tone she gets out the “lowly” bow tie RB 250. It rivals any holy grail flathead I’ve ever heard.
DITTO! As I said, she is getting a lot of sound out of bow tie
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