Believe it or not, there is a small group of Gabriolans who meet once a month to listen and learn to play old-time clawhammer banjo. The music has traveled a long way from the Blue Ridge mountains.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
ABC Wednesday > O is for Old-Time
Believe it or not, there is a small group of Gabriolans who meet once a month to listen and learn to play old-time clawhammer banjo. The music has traveled a long way from the Blue Ridge mountains.
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nice use of the prompt!
ah the olden times!
Perfect Pitch - the ability to chuck a banjo into a Dumpster from 20 yards.
Lovely pic.
wow, that must be fun! I'm not sure if I've ever heard the banjo being played in person.
great O post for today.
I'd love to be able to play the banjo though I guess it's fairly limited as a solo instrument.
I like your 'Nobody Home' photo, too - what caused the interruption in the task of sweeping up the leaves? A pause for a cup of tea or coffee, the phone ringing - who knows?
I gave my husband a bango for our first Christmas together.
I am a huge fan of Bella Fleck...an incredible player.
Sherry
Soup cracked me up!!! :) I love that the Blue Ridge music has found its way to the Gab. I knew it!!! :) Great color shot to day V.
V2
Love the wit in both the post and the comments. The sepia adds to an already enchanting composition, Snapper.
And old-timey looking, too. I assume the sepia was a deliberate choice. You would enjoy meeting my friend Peter from Seattle, the person who told me about CDPB. He's a lawyerin', banjo pickin', photo takin' fool.
Bob, I want to meet that banjo pickin, photo takin fool too!!!!
My kinda guy. :)
V
O. Love this! Both the post and comments.
Steve Martin makes playing the banjo look quite cool!
Steve Martin was in the area (Troy, NY) last week, not to tell jokes but to play the banjo.
Love the Mark Twain quote, but actually I rather like banjo music - played properly, that is!
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