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Topic: Baskery - move over Dixie chicks |
HowardR
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Richard Sevigny
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Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 22 Sep 2008 7:47 pm |
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Saw these young ladies at a local folk/blues fest. They branded their music as "Killbilly".
I was impressed with their show. b0b might want to avoid them 'cuz of the electrified slide banjo, though 
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Stephen Gambrell
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Over there
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Posted 22 Sep 2008 8:03 pm
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| COOL! |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 22 Sep 2008 10:35 pm
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I really like it - but then again, I'm into blues and sometimes play my b@njars with a slide. I dunno - I think b0b oughta' give this a listen - just close your eyes, you'll never know it's a banjo. Well, maybe just a little. 
How come people from Scandinavia and other parts of the world appreciate the roots of American music so much more than most Americans seem to? Not new, but increasingly troubling. |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 5:28 am
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| I suppose it's like the following that Gypsy Jazz has here in the states.....so many U.S. cities boast a...."Hot Club"........ |
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 9:37 am
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Hi PreMod 
yep ! Baskery are popular here & have their following
Le Jazz Manouche is the goin' thang here in France & draws even more
let me know when you'll be comin' over  |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 11:38 am
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| i like it...but it's not really a banjo. one of those fake banjo guitar six string cheater models like keith urban uses. |
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 11:45 am
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| it's a banjo just not a 5 string. remember banjo comes in a few set ups. The 6 string has a tradition. including being played by django reinhardt. |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 11:58 am
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ok...but it doesn't make you a banjo player...just a guitar player with a banjo body.
maybe b0b could make a steel guitar with a banjo body...a pedabanjo.. (i'm not talking buck trent!)
i once made some business cards for 'taliban joe', banjo terrorist!! |
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 12:06 pm
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| that all depends on how you define "banjo player" AND how you define banjo. looks to me like if you play guitar, you're a guitar player. if you play banjo, you're a banjo player. You're thinking bluegrass 5 string banjo..that's very compartmentalized defining. |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 12:17 pm
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| are you calling b0b a banjo player? |
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AJ Azure
From:
Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 12:19 pm
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| does he belong to BPA= banjo players anonymous? |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 12:21 pm
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| ...are you compartmentilizing?? maybe i was thinking dixieland tenor banjo! |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 12:21 pm
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They're called banjitars or 6 string banjos as listed on websites that sell them.....doesn't matter (to me) what they're called.....
what does strike me is that she has the feel and expertise (= mojo) to get this unique sound that she is striving for and make this trio stand out.....which they do....
and that banjitar really cuts through!!!!! |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 12:28 pm
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| i certainly wasn't implying that they didn't have some fine points that stand out. i like them! |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 12:48 pm
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| I know...... |
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 1:11 pm
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| chris ivey wrote: |
| ...are you compartmentilizing?? maybe i was thinking dixieland tenor banjo! |
so was I :-p It's just what I usually run into on the reso forums ..bluegrass state of mind |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Bob Bowden
From:
Vancouver, BC, Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 3:59 pm
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or possibly even better...on the video she is playing an old Italian made EKO 6 string banjo. There is one on ebay right now. 1960s EKO banjo here |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 5:24 pm
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| ok...but it doesn't make you a banjo player...just a guitar player with a banjo body. |
Regardless of what one wants to call it, the 6-string banjo is a banjo, as is a tenor or a plectrum banjo. It was used to great effect by seminal Opry player Sam McGee. Even though he was rightly called "The Grand Dad of the Country Guitar Pickers" - CD With Samples Here - when he played banjo, he was a banjo picker.
The "banjo" part - in the body - controls the tone generation, which is significantly different than a guitar. Would you call a tenor guitar a banjo? Was Tiny Grimes not a guitar player?
A rose by any other name ... (OK, I left the door open, you banjo haters out there)  |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 5:35 pm
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| uh oh...now i'm confused...what would you call a 5 string banjo-like instrument with a dobro type resonator and metal body....it can't be a banjo if if it doesn't have that banjo drum body dealy, right? |
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 6:22 pm
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| truly bad taste? a product of an alcohol induced dalliance between a dobro and a banjo? lol |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 7:07 pm
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| so,.....what tuning is that thing (banjitar) tuned to?...... |
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Bob Bowden
From:
Vancouver, BC, Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 8:13 pm
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| HowardR wrote: |
| so,.....what tuning is that thing (banjitar) tuned to?...... |
Looks and sounds like an open G |
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Ellis Miller
From:
Cortez, Colorado, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2008 9:16 am
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Hmmmm... I thought the Dixie Chicks had already moved over...
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