Old Timey Banjo Sound.......from Japan
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shaggist
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He's a-pickin'! I'm a-grinnin'! The boy can play!
Black_Sheep
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It's pretty cool when traditional American music turns up in unexpected places. That young man can really pick...
If you enjoy that kind of music, how about some bluegrass played on traditional Chinese instruments?
YouTube - Chinese Bluegrass (REDGRASS): Red Chamber??, Jaybirds
If you enjoy that kind of music, how about some bluegrass played on traditional Chinese instruments?
YouTube - Chinese Bluegrass (REDGRASS): Red Chamber??, Jaybirds
Ver good.
One of the best fiddlers I have ever heard was in Korea, a little guy that specialized in the Orange Blossom Special and similar things. He didn't look like any of the usual suspects playing that sort of thing. I suppose talent is talent, regardless of where the music originated.
rayb
One of the best fiddlers I have ever heard was in Korea, a little guy that specialized in the Orange Blossom Special and similar things. He didn't look like any of the usual suspects playing that sort of thing. I suppose talent is talent, regardless of where the music originated.
rayb
goldenlight
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I was trying to figure out if they were mugging for the camera or not. To me, it looked like they were really having a GOOD time playing.
Rarely have I seen or heard a banjo player better than that fellow. Most, not nearly as good.
That banjo has seen a LOT of use, too.
Rarely have I seen or heard a banjo player better than that fellow. Most, not nearly as good.
That banjo has seen a LOT of use, too.
goldenlight
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I was trying to figure out if they were mugging for the camera or not. To me, it looked like they were really having a GOOD time playing.
Rarely have I seen or heard a banjo player better than that fellow. Most, not nearly as good.
That banjo has seen a LOT of use, too.
Rarely have I seen or heard a banjo player better than that fellow. Most, not nearly as good.
That banjo has seen a LOT of use, too.
45Wheelgun
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Here are the two best living banjo players. A couple of the silhouette heads at the beginning of the video are my wife and I.
YouTube - Soldiers Joy - Earl Scruggs John McEuen
YouTube - Soldiers Joy - Earl Scruggs John McEuen
How about a little more Earl Scruggs and friends....
YouTube - Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
YouTube - Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
45Wheelgun
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Excellent link Barry.
John McEuen produced Steve Martin's new CD. McEuen taught Martin to play the banjo when they worked together at Disneyland (Knott's Berry Farm?? I don't remember which now.) in the early 1960's. Steve Martin used to open for McEuen's band the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the early '70s. The album "Dirt, Silver and Gold" from 1976 has a older picture of Steve with long hair and a beard, wearing "the arrow" from the "Wild and Crazy Guy" era.
Earl Scruggs' is a living legend. Most people only know him from the theme to the "Beverly Hillbilly's". I have been watching the BH's recently with my 6yr old daughter. I didn't realize how often Flatt and Scruggs were on the program. Both as guest starts or doing cameos in the closing credits. If it wasn't for Earl Scruggs, the original "Will the Circle be Unbroken" album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band would not have been the seminal album it was.
John McEuen produced Steve Martin's new CD. McEuen taught Martin to play the banjo when they worked together at Disneyland (Knott's Berry Farm?? I don't remember which now.) in the early 1960's. Steve Martin used to open for McEuen's band the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the early '70s. The album "Dirt, Silver and Gold" from 1976 has a older picture of Steve with long hair and a beard, wearing "the arrow" from the "Wild and Crazy Guy" era.
Earl Scruggs' is a living legend. Most people only know him from the theme to the "Beverly Hillbilly's". I have been watching the BH's recently with my 6yr old daughter. I didn't realize how often Flatt and Scruggs were on the program. Both as guest starts or doing cameos in the closing credits. If it wasn't for Earl Scruggs, the original "Will the Circle be Unbroken" album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band would not have been the seminal album it was.
george minze
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Shades of Deliverance! Busted my bubble when I found out the Banjo piece wasn't really being played by the obviously challenged kid on the porch. Oh well reality must set in I guess??
Aussie44
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Yeeeee Haw...
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