BNL Contents Index
Nov. 2006 to Oct. 2007
Volume XXXIV

397 Nov. 2006:

Nova Scotia Banjo Camp by Lyle Goldberg; ON THE ROAD: IBMA 2006 by Murphy Henry; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams TAB: Johnson Mt. Chimes; FEATURE: Earl Scruggs (Part 2) By Tony Trischka & Bela Fleck; CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: Composing: Aesthetic Considerations By Jack Hatfield; BANJOS on the BORDER: By Steve Harvey TAB: Rambling Hobo; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Keith-Picking, Clawhammer Style By Ken Perlman. TAB: Mrs. McLeod’s Reel; PROFILE: Song-Chaser Jim Hale By Bob Carlin TABS: Big John Henry, Jealous Hearted Blues; BEGINNER’S CORNER: Earl, Simplified By Eddie Collins TAB: The Ballad of Jed Clampett; PROFILE: Bob Fults By Paul Muhlrad; REVIEW: The Fults Tailpiece By Bill Palmer; EXPLORING the FINGERBOARD By Ian Perry TAB: Hardwood Ridge; TABS of the MONTH: I’ll Love Nobody But You, Breton Ride; BACK UP: D Tuning and the Evolution of Lonesome Reuben By Janet Davis TAB: Reuben (Lonesome Reuben); TECH TALK: More About Mass By Roger Siminoff.

398 Dec. 2006:

EARL’S WAY By Bob Piekiel TAB: The Old Cross Road; ON THE ROAD: 2.0 By Casey Henry; The Debt We Owe to Earl By Jim Mills; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams TAB: Ricestrow; FEATURE: Kenny Cantrell By Greg Cahill TAB: McKenna’s Hoedown; REVIEW: Cedar Hill’s “Portrait of a Song;” REVIEW: Music Link’s Recording King Banjos By Dave Schenkman; REVIEW: Homespun’s Slow Jam and Bluegrass Jam DVDs w/P. Wernick By Bobbi Geyer; BEGINNER’S CORNER By Eddie Collins TAB: Silent Night A Banjocentric Talk with Bob Carlin By Lew Stern TAB: Black-Eyed Daisy; TABS of the MONTH: Buckhorn By John Balch; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen By John Carlini; The Banjo in Spain By Lluis Gomez TAB: Spain; OLD-TIME from the OZARKS By Hugh Strawn TAB: Got A Little Home to Go To; BACK UP: Christmas Carols By Janet Davis TAB: O Holy Night; TECH TALK: The Resonator By Roger Siminoff EXPLORING the FINGERBOARD By Ian Perry TAB: Hardwood Ridge TABS of the MONTH: I’ll Love Nobody But You, Breton Ride BACK UP: D Tuning and the Evolution of Lonesome Reuben By Janet Davis TAB: Reuben (Lonesome Reuben); TECH TALK: More About Mass By Roger Siminoff.

399 Jan. 2007:

TAB of the MONTH: Another Place Another Time By Keith Arneson; EXPLORING the FINGERBOARD By Ian Perry, TAB: Red Wing; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams, TAB: What A Wonderful World; FEATURE: Tony Trischka Interview by Tom Adams; TABS: Bon Aqua, Doggy Salt; REVIEW: Tony Trischka’s “Double Banjo Bluegrass...” CD; THE OLD-TIME WAY: John Bowlin and his 1965 Fretless By R.D. Lunceford; TAB: Charleston Girls; CD Reviews by Dan Levenson and Bob Carlin: Allen Hart’s “Old-Time Banjo”; TAB: French Waltz; Riley Baugus’s “Long Steel Rail;” Paul Brown’s “Red Clay Country” A New Tune by Bob Carlin; TAB: The Gold Tone Blues; LET’S ROLL: Ask Dr. Banjo By Pete Wernick; CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: Composing, Part 3: A Sample Tune; By Jack Hatfield; TAB: Turkey Trot BEGINNER’S CORNER: A Resolution You Can Keep; By Eddie Collins; TAB: Five Hundred Miles; TAKE A BREAK: Make Up Your Own By Ian Perry; TAB: God’s Own Singer; REVIEW: “Beyond the Basics of Bluegrass Banjo” by Eddie Collins; Review by Ira Gitlin.

400 Feb. 2007:

ON THE ROAD: In With the Old.. By Casey Henry ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams TAB: King of the Road FEATURE: Aaron McDaris By Greg Cahill TABS: North Pointe, Scottsboro; REVIEW: Aaron McDaris’s “First Time Round” CD; FEATURE: Brian Anderson 2005 Winfield Banjo Champion By David Walker TAB: The Mozambique Rag BOB’S TUNES: Making “Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo” By Bob Carlin TAB: Big Scioty; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Prince Edward Fiddling, Revisited By Ken Perlman TAB: Gaudet’s (Goody’s) Reel; EARL’S WAY: Beverly Hillbillies #1 By Bob Piekiel TAB: She’ll Be Coming Round the Mt; LET’S ROLL: Prucha’s Elban, and Playing Electric Banjo By Pete Wernick; OLD-TIME from the OZARKS: Strings and Things By Hugh Strawn TABS: Spotted Pony, Johnny, Don’t Come Home Drunk; BEGINNER’S CORNER: Happy Campers By Eddie Collins; TECH TALK: How a Banjo Works By Roger Siminoff; REVIEW: “The Banjo Technique of Jens Kruger” from Homespun Videos, Review by Jake Schepps TAB: Shower

401 Mar. 2007:

TABS of the MONTH: Leon Hunt’s Eliza Ross’s Reel and Teeland Highland; Gary Pruett’s God’s Own Singer; Rolf Sieker’s Saradora; EXPLORING the FINGERBOARD By Ian Perry. TAB: Arkansas Traveler; ON THE ROAD: SPBGMA, Slow Jams, Velvetta. By Casey Henry; WINTER NAMM REPORT By Mike Kropp; NAMM OLD-TIME REPORT By Dan Levenson; FEATURE: “O’Teck!” An Introduction to the Akonting By Paul Sedgwick and Greg C. Adams TABS: Tunes by Remi Jatta; REMEMBERING JIMMY ARNOLD By Nancy Nitchie TAB: Faded Love; LET’S ROLL: New Back-up DVD, Best Tone Ring & the Prewar Sound By Pete Wernick FEATURE: Greg Davis and Company By Petra Jones. TAB: Big Timber; BACK UP: Syncopation and Emphasis By Janet Davis. TAB: Foggy Mountain Breakdown; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Building Strength & Independence for the Fretting Fingers By Ken Perlman. TAB: Down Yonder; BANJO on the BORDERS: Clawhammer—Up The Neck By Steve Harvey. TAB: Bill Cheatham; BEGINNER’S CORNER: Workshops By Eddie Collins; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO: By Tom Adams. TAB: Carolina In My Mind; REVIEW: “Old-Time Festival Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo” from Mel Bay, by Dan Levenson. Review by David Brooks TAB: Sarah Armstrong’s Tune

402 Apr. 2007:

TABS of the MONTH: Rolf Sieker’s Promised Land; Brian Anderson’s Spirit of God ON THE ROAD: Why Does Everyone Want to Learn Back-up? By Casey Henry FEATURE: The Thursday Night Pickin’ Party By Joe Bonsall EARL’S WAY By Bob Piekiel. TAB: Mama You’ve Been On My Mind TECH TALK: Banjo Heads By Roger Siminoff LET’S ROLL: Tough Banjo Love Result. By Pete Wernick THE OLD TIME WAY: Spring 2007 Intro by Dan Levenson Doc’s Banjos by John Adams. TAB: Kitchen Girl Adam Hurt’s “Intrigue” CD. Review by David Holt. TAB: Temperence Reel Dwight Diller’s “Yew Piney Mt” Book/CD. Review by Gordon Banks. TABS: Greasy String & Kitty Synder Interview with David Holt. By Dan Levenson. TAB: Stagger Lee CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS:Composing Instrumentals, cont. By Jack Hatfield. TAB: Laurelwood Waltz BEGINNER’S CORNER: Pull-offs. By Eddie Collins. TAB: Maple on the Hill ADAMS COUNTY BANJO: By Tom Adams. TABS: Roll On, Buddy and Banjo Picking Girl REVIEW: “3-Five-In” by Todd Taylor (CD). Review by Mary X. Cox

403 May 2007:

REVIEW: “The Banjo Music of Tony Ellis” tab book Review by Tony Trischka Tab: Quaker Girl by Tony Ellis. ADAMS COUNTY BANJO: By Tom Adams. TABS: Wings of Angels and Wicked Path of Sin TAB of the MONTH: Steve Martin’s The Crow By Tony Trischka BACK UP: Vamping with Rhythm and Syncopation (Charlie Cushman) By Janet Davis. TAB: Tennessee Cut-up Breakdown BEGINNER’S CORNER: Got Cabbage? By Eddie Collins TAB: Ed’s Cabbage REVIEW: Hearthsong’s Children’s Banjo Review by Jeff Mosier ON THE ROAD: Get Out There and Do It! By Casey Henry FEATURE: Ivan Rosenberg By Jake Schepps. TAB: Hamish’s Morphine Pill BOB’S TUNES: John Hartford’s “Wild Hog in the Woods” By Bob Carlin TAB: Flannery’s Dream OLD-TIME from the OZARKS: By Hugh Strawn. TABS: Old Spinning Wheel and Gypsy Hornpipe MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Waltzes, Clawhammer Style, By Ken Perlman TAB: Grover Jones Waltz FEATURE: Bela Fleck—Riding the Crest of the Wave Interview by Ian Perry TAB: Mountain

404 Jun. 2007:

FEATURE: Bela Fleck, Part 2 By Ian Perry FLECKOLOGY By Ian Perry. TAB: Twilight TAB of the MONTH: Ivan Rosenberg ‘s Skunk Ate the Mothballs REVIEW: “The Utmost” by Jayme Stone . Review by Greg Cahill. TAB: Sister ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. TAB: Here Comes The Sun BACK UP: Bela’s Back-up By Janet Davis. TAB: Four Wheel Drive CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: Scale-Based Compositions By Jack Hatfield. TAB: Black Squirrel Falls FEATURE: Gregory Liszt. By Jake Schepps TAB: Ain’t No Grave LET’S ROLL: End Thwonging Forever; New Flexigrass CD By Pete Wernick. TAB: Traveling Home EARL’S WAY: Flatt and Scruggs DVDs! By Bob Piekiel. TAB: Foggy Mt. Special EXPLORING the FINGERBOARD ,By Ian Perry. TAB: Soldier’s Joy MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Teaching Beginners By Ken Perlman. TAB: Rose in the Garden BOB’S TUNES: Mark Simos By Bob Carlin. TAB: Because It’s There BEGINNER’S CORNER: Bill Monroe By Eddie Collins. TAB: Molly and Tenbrooks TECH TALK: Tuning Banjo Heads By Roger Siminoff

405 Jul. 2007:

BEGINNER’S CORNER: Bill Monroe, Part 2 By Eddie Collins. TABS: Bluegrass Stomp, Jerusalem Ridge, Wheel Hoss, Roanoke ON THE ROAD: The Clean, The Dirty and The Shiny By Casey Henry FEATURE: Sonny Osborne, Part 1. Interview by Bill Evans . TAB: Homestead on the FarmTab by Jack Baker MUNDE’S MORSELS By Alan Munde. TAB: Hamilton County Breakdown TAB of the MONTH: Greg Cahill’s Burns Breakdown THE OLD TIME WAY: Summer 2007 Intro by Dan Levenson Klez-hammer: Andy Rubin By Dan Levenson. TABS: Odessa Bulgar, Dem Trisker Rebn’s Khosid REVIEW: “And I in the Uttermost West” CD by the Freilachmakers. Review by Dan Levenson The Eastern Ohio Spring Jam. By R.C. Cook. TAB: Pretty Polly Playing in John Hartford’s Band By Bob Carlin TAB: Wild Hog in the Red Brush REVIEW: “Steppin’ in the Boiler House” by Mark Schatz Review by Dan Levenson. TABS: Rig Root, The Falling Waters of Arden BANJO CAMP, Part 1 By Gene Senyak LET’S ROLL: The Year of Melody By Pete Wernick REVIEW: The Art of Tap Tuning By Roger Siminoff Review by Jody Cruzen ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. TABS: The Lucky One FEATURE: Bishline Builds Barnes’s Banjos By Danny Barnes

406 Aug. 2007:

TABS of the MONTH: Jake Schepps’s When I’m 64 and Dan Graper’s God’s Own Singer EXPLORING the FINGERBOARD: Melodic Runs By Ian Perry BEGINNER’S CORNER: Lessons from Kaufman Camp By Eddie Collins ON THE ROAD: Goin’ to Kaufman Kamp Baby Mine By Casey Henry FEATURE: Sonny Osborne, Part 2. Interview by Bill Evans OFF THE RECORD: Earl on DVD By Bill Evans TAB: Shortening Bread FEATURE: Daniel Grindstaff Interview by Casey Henry TAB: April’s Fool MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Teaching Beginners, Part 2 By Ken Perlman. TAB: Water Bound OLD-TIME from the OZARKS By Hugh Strawn. TABS: Seamus O’Brien, Florida Blues FEATURE: Joel Walker Sweeney. Interview by Bob Carlin TAB: Briggs’ Breakdown REVIEW: “The Birth of the Banjo” by Bob Carlin . Review by Peter Szego ADAMS COUNTY BANJO ,By Tom Adams. TAB: You Are My Flower REVIEW: “The 5-String Scrapbook” by Bob Piekiel. Review by Donald Nitchie 43 TECH TALK:Tuning the Air Chamber By Roger Siminoff

407 Sep. 2007:

LET’S ROLL: Sound Bites By Pete Wernick Telluride Bluegrass Highlights By Jake Schepps BACK-UP: Slow Songs, Sonny-Style By Janet Davis TAB: Pathway of Teardrops FEATURE: Bill Evans, Interview by Jan Threlkeld, TAB: Reno’s Rag Thank You, Chief!: A Sonny Osborne Appreciation, Compiled by Bill Evans TAB: Blue Ridge Mt. Home EARL’S WAY: From the new DVDs By Bob Piekiel TAB: Have You Come to Say Goodbye BOB’S TUNES: Early Minstrelsy By Bob Carlin TABS: John Diamond Walk Around, Big Eyed Rabbit BEGINNER’S CORNER: Hank Williams, By Eddie Collins TAB: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry OLD-TIME from the OZARKS: Another Good C Tune, By Hugh Strawn TAB: Grey Eagle in C FEATURE: P.T. Grover , Interview by Mason Colby TAB: Lost Girl REVIEW: Tony Furtado’s Book of Banjo Tunes, Review by Donald Nitchie TAB: Hartford ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams, TAB: Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On The Secrets of Banjo Recording By Petra Jones

408 Oct. 2007:

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