and you think Whoa is bad......

missy · Post by **missy** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:04 am

http://doodoowah.com/BanjoPlayersAnon.htm

Missy

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:41 am

Yo Missy:

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:15 pm

Thanks, Missy. I've sent that link off to all of my afflicted friends.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:30 pm

Banjos have always confused me.

I don't understand why they're so popular.

Chang He · Post by **Chang He** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:01 pm

Cranberry wrote:Banjos have always confused me.

I don't understand why they're so popular.

Ah, but have you ever heard Bela Fleck? He plays with the Chieftains on Down the Old Plank Road, and it is amazing. All of his stuff is. And even on Water from the Well Barney McKenna does a great job leading "Within a Mile of Dublin." Banjo can be great.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:05 pm

Chang He wrote:
Cranberry wrote:Banjos have always confused me.

I don't understand why they're so popular.
Ah, but have you ever heard Bela Fleck? He plays with the Chieftains on Down the Old Plank Road, and it is amazing. All of his stuff is. And even on Water from the Well Barney McKenna does a great job leading "Within a Mile of Dublin." Banjo can be great.

I probably have and just don't realise it. Doesn't one of the Dixie Chicks play banjo? I really like them, especially their "Home" CD.

missy · Post by **missy** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:08 am

actually, I love a well played banjo (and I LOVE Bela!).

But, we have this ongoing, ah, thing going with several banjo players we know. So this was really funny to me.

Missy

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:03 pm

After I sent that link off to several friends, one of them returned these three:

http://www.whitetreeaz.com/vintage/drvrapp.htm

http://www.sam-hane.com/sass/target.htm

http://www.sam-hane.com/sass/songs/vincbanj.htm

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:20 pm

Cranberry wrote:Doesn't one of the Dixie Chicks play banjo? I really like them, especially their "Home" CD.

Yep.

I greatly admire Bela Fleck, and I like his more traditional stuff. Some of what he does seems a bit aimless for my taste. My limited mind requires a theme of some kind.

Plectrum banjo is a whole 'nother thing. It seems like it would be hard to play softly. I need to get my hands on one and try it out.

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:27 pm

What do you say to a Banjo player in a three piece suit?

Will the defendant please rise.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:24 pm

My all-time favorite is still:

How many banjo players does it take to eat a possum?

Two. One to do the eatin' and one to watch for traffic.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:14 pm

Darwin wrote:My all-time favorite is still:

How many banjo players does it take to eat a possum?

Two. One to do the eatin' and one to watch for traffic.

I'll sue!

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:38 pm

anniemcu wrote:
Darwin wrote:My all-time favorite is still:

How many banjo players does it take to eat a possum?

Two. One to do the eatin' and one to watch for traffic.
I'll sue!

Not to hijack the thread, but this will make you feel better, Annie. A lady I know went into the kitchen one morning to discover a mother possum had come in the cat door, pulled a kitchen drawer out several inches, emptied it of everything save suitable nest materials, and had a litter of little possums in it. She didn't have the heart to toss them out.

The mother possum raised those babies right there in the kitchen, eventually taking them for forays into the wide world. They all went on their way after a time, but continued to stop by for visits. She was thrilled to have the females bring their first babies back to see her.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:02 pm

Peggy wrote:
anniemcu wrote:
Darwin wrote:My all-time favorite is still:

How many banjo players does it take to eat a possum?

Two. One to do the eatin' and one to watch for traffic.
I'll sue!

Not to hijack the thread, but this will make you feel better, Annie. A lady I know went into the kitchen one morning to discover a mother possum had come in the cat door, pulled a kitchen drawer out several inches, emptied it of everything save suitable nest materials, and had a litter of little possums in it. She didn't have the heart to toss them out.

The mother possum raised those babies right there in the kitchen, eventually taking them for forays into the wide world. They all went on their way after a time, but continued to stop by for visits. She was thrilled to have the females bring their first babies back to see her.

Hmmm... I'm not sure I'd have been able to put up with that, and I *know* the cats would have a mite to say about it! LOL!

What a great little story! Here's mine:

We had them come through the cat door on our first country 'home' (it was actually a bus - talk about throwbacks to hippiedom

)... and they went *across* our bed to get to the cat food.

It seemed the more noise we made, the bigger the threats and more times a foot or thrown object made contact, the better they remembered where to come back to the next night.

It was an exciting first year on the place, let me tell ya!

edited to ad, in effort to return to original topic... it may have something to do with my regularly frailing the banjo... ?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:52 am

I've got a nice 1934 Washburn banjo and I'd like to learn frailing but haven't figured out the trick yet. My fingers keep flying away and I'm not getting that bum-de-de rhythm.

Bela Fleck is THE banjo dude.