I've only heard one player that could really drive a bluegrass ensemble playing melodic style and that was Bobby Thompson. Of course that's only my personal opinion, but there ya go. I'll take Earl,...
I've only heard one player that could really drive a bluegrass ensemble playing melodic style and that was Bobby Thompson. Of course that's only my personal opinion, but there ya go. I'll take Earl,...
Classic banjo is the term that players use to refer to those five-string banjo compositions, roughly between the 1870's and into the first decades of the 20th century, from English and American...
Hi 9LbShellhamer,
You asked for an example of both Scruggs-style and Keith-style.
Here’s a recording of Earl Scruggs playing a fiddle tune with his impeccable sense of melody, timing, and...
Hi are you a member of the American Banjo Fraternity as am I. The classic name for the banjo style is a recent development since the 1970s or e3ven 80s. I do a lot of banjo history research...