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Having been on the receiving, and giving, side of the humor I guess if I change so will my counterparts. Having said that there are just some players fun to joke with. Keeping our banjo alive, or bringing it back, is a movement that is taking hold in St. Louis and I’m happy to see it and to be able to play with the “young” musicians (when they let me) using the banjo as well as bringing back the music of that time.
Ron, very interesting observations all around. The East Coast/West Coast is still real, not only in the amount of players in each camp, but in retail music stores in the east. As a Plectrum player in Boston, I can walk into several area stores and find tenor banjos to play. Several years ago when I was feverishly looking to buy another plectrum, I was at a loss to buy online and have to possibly buy sight unseen or played. I got lucky and found a nice Gibson locally on Craigslist.
I admire tenor single stringing, but love the fuller sound of the melody chord banjo.
Keep up the good work of promotion of 4 string !
Having been on the receiving, and giving, side of the humor I guess if I change so will my counterparts. Having said that there are just some players fun to joke with. Keeping our banjo alive, or bringing it back, is a movement that is taking hold in St. Louis and I’m happy to see it and to be able to play with the “young” musicians (when they let me) using the banjo as well as bringing back the music of that time.
Ron, very interesting observations all around. The East Coast/West Coast is still real, not only in the amount of players in each camp, but in retail music stores in the east. As a Plectrum player in Boston, I can walk into several area stores and find tenor banjos to play. Several years ago when I was feverishly looking to buy another plectrum, I was at a loss to buy online and have to possibly buy sight unseen or played. I got lucky and found a nice Gibson locally on Craigslist.
I admire tenor single stringing, but love the fuller sound of the melody chord banjo.
Keep up the good work of promotion of 4 string !