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Topic: Born Again Banjo |
Marc Mercer
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Colorado, USA
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Stephen Gambrell
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Over there
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Posted 3 Oct 2008 2:42 pm |
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That's pretty cool, and it couldn't happen for a nicer fellow. Eddie's also a killer guitar player.
Sometimes, doctors, with God's guidance, get it right! |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 12:02 am
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Always LOVED his playing on banjo and guitar,JUST GREAT,do any of you remember his group [THE MASTERS]iT WAS Eddie,Josh Graves,Tony Rice,[can't remember the fiddle players name] but they were awesome.DYKBC,
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Hard headed, opinionated old geezer. BAMA CHARLIE. GOD BLESS AMERICA. ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC ! |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 5:29 am
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I liked his work on some of the "Masters of Bluegrass" concerts. On those he had a Martin flattop which had a piezo pickup in it an kept a banjo on a stand so he could just leave the Martin on and slide it behind him and walk right up to the banjo and start playing. He's always been one of my heroes as he plays guitar with a thumb and fingerpicks as I "try" to do.....
I remember when he did a stint as David Alan Coe's lead guitarist. They were on Nashville Now one evening and Eddie had this double neck instrument which looked like a double neck Telecaster but one neck was a 5 string banjo with a small round head on that section of the instrument. He could go from electric guitar to banjo on the same instrument. Pretty impressive.....
I like his single string work on both guitar and banjo as he's spot on with it. He plays some leads on banjo that sound like what a guitar player might do. I think Don Reno might have played that style to when he was around..........JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!! |
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Stephen Gambrell
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Over there
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 7:02 am
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Charles, I don't think Tony was a member of the Masters. As well as I recall, it was Eddie, Josh, Jesse McReynolds, and Kenny Baker on fiddle.
Jerry, Eddie called that thing a gitbo. He built it himself out of a Tele, just mounted the neck in the cutaway horn, and the "banjo" head was part of a Remo practice pad, with a Barcus-Berry underneath. And Eddie's single-note stuff was similar to Reno's, but a bit more calculated. Eddie tells a great story about playing banjo with Bill Monroe in 1957. On Saturday night, after the Opry, everybody got paid. Rock and roll had hit, and Eddie said he got 7 dollars for the week. That's when he bought a Telecaster. Great guy, and a good friend from the old days. And Martha is from South Carolina! |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 2:13 pm
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WOW! The miracles that doctors can perform nowadays!
I just hope that those medical procedures will be available to everybody...not only the ones who can afford to pay for them out of their own pocket. |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 4:02 pm
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Stephen your right it was Jesse,loved his crosspicking style on the mandolin,DYKBC.
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Hard headed, opinionated old geezer. BAMA CHARLIE. GOD BLESS AMERICA. ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC ! |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 5:48 pm
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What a great story. I have followed the progress
of brain stimulation since the 70's, and this really makes it seem a wonderous journey.
It is also something right out of the TV show '3 lbs',
which is pretty darned accurate in its portrayal of
the brain and current understanding and work with it.
Great news for a super player to get back his game.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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