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BNL Contents Index
Nov. 2008 to Oct. 2009
Volume XXXVI
421 Nov. 2008:
35 Years
Ago Today... (a look at
the banjo world in 1974); EARL’S WAY by Bob
Piekiel. TAB: Hot Corn
Cold Corn; TABS of the MONTH:
South 14 by Wayne
Shrubsall; Shakin’ Off
the Acorns by Silvio
Ferretti ; Bristol Steam
Convention Blues by Hub
Nitchie; LETTER from the
EDITOR; ARRANGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT By Harold
Streeter. TAB: Cast Your
Fate to the Wind; FLINT HILL: The
Community That Time
Forgot By the Flint Hill
Flash; FEATURE: Banjo
Newsletter. Remarks by
Tony Trischka.
Additional remarks by
Roger Siminoff, Ray
Hesson and Martha and
Eddie Adcock MUNDE’S
MORSELS: By Alan Munde .
TAB: Brown County
Breakdown; BACK UP: Hub Nitchie
By Janet Davis. TAB:
Black Mountain Rag; LET’S ROLL:
Productive Practice By
Pete Wernick;
CHORDUCOPIA By Fred
Geiger. TAB: Sweet
Lorraine; ON THE ROAD: Looking
Back By Murphy Henry; BEGINNER’S CORNER: 35
& Counting. By Eddie
Collins TAB: Blue Ridge
Cabin Home BOB’S TUNES:
Where Were You? By Bob
Carlin. TAB: Ship in the
Clouds ADAMS COUNTY
BANJO By Tom Adams. TAB:
Darlin’ Nellie Across
the Sea MELODIC
CLAWHAMMER: Nancy
Nitchie and MBA By Ken
Perlman. TAB: Little
Donald in the Pigpen
422 Dec. 2008:
JUST PICKIN’:
Shee-Haw! By
Reid Toth; ADAMS COUNTY
BANJO
By Tom Adams. TAB:
In The
Jailhouse Now;
REVIEW:
“Jingle All
the Way” by the
Flecktones
By Ian Perry. TAB:
Sleigh Ride;
REVIEW:
Tony
Trischka’s “Hill
County”
By Ben Freed. TAB:
New York Chimes;
REVIEW:
“Modern Banjo
Ideas...” DVD,
By David
Jakubiak. TAB:
Shady Grove;
REVIEW:
“Evergreen”
by Alison Brown
By
Ira Gitlin. TAB:
O’Carolan’s
Concerto;
FEATURE:
Eric
Weissberg (part
1)
Interview by
Mike Kropp. Additional
remarks by Tony
Trischka and
Alan Munde;
Appreciations:
Rich
Hudson, Lee Ann
Baber;
EXPLORING the
FINGERBOARD:
The Key of D
minor
By Ian Perry. TAB:
ETF
Blues;
BOB’S TUNES:
Ora Lee
By Bob Carlin.
TAB:
Ora Lee;
5-STRING UPDATE:
Ben Eldridge
By Tom Adams. TAB:
Grandpa Get
Your Guitar;
TAB
of the
MONTH:
Alison Brown
By Ian Perry. TAB:
Fair Weather;
OLD-TIME
from the
OZARKS:
Goldtone’s
Cello Banjos
By Hugh Strawn.
TAB:
Johnny, Bring
the Jug Around
the Hill;
CELLO BANJO
TUNES
By Mary Z. Cox. TAB:
Greasy Coat;
BEGINNER’S
CORNER:
The New
By Eddie
Collins.
TAB:
Auld Lange
Syne;
A Banjo
Player’s IBMA
By
Bob
Altschuler;
LET’S ROLL:
Back to
Basics: Are You
a Successful
Musician?
By Pete Wernick;
REVIEW:
Goldtone
Cello Banjos
By Tony Trischka;
MICHAEL J. MILES
and HIS BANJOS
in the Classroom
By Brunella
Carlberg
423 Jan. 2009:
THE OLD TIME WAY
Edited by Dan
Levenson
. TAB:
Fly Around My
Pretty Little
Miss;
REVIEW:
Big Jim Grittith
By
Dan Levenson
TAB:
Samson;
OPEN BACK
BUYER’S
GUIDE
By Bob
Carlin. Profile:
Jeff Menzies
By John
Balch;
ON THE ROAD:
Hottie Slow
Jam
By Casey
Henry;
LET’S ROLL:
The Year of
Good Tone
By Pete
Wernick;
ADAMS COUNTY
BANJO
By Tom Adams
TAB:
Weary
Lonesome
Blues';
FEATURE:
Eric
Weissberg,
Part 2.
Interview by
Mike Kropp
TAB:
No Title Yet
Blues;
TECH TALK:
Pre-War
Sound, Part
2
By Roger
Siminoff;
REVIEW:
Ryan
Cavanaugh’s
“Songs for
the New
Frontier 2.
By Andrew
Condes.
TAB:
Medicine
Wheel;
BACK UP:
Natural
Minor
By Janet
Davis
TAB:
Jerusalem
Ridge;
BEGINNER’S
CORNER:
Essential
Licks
By Eddie
Collins
TAB:
Nine Pound
Hammer;
FEATURE:
Gena Britt
Interview by
Greg Cahill
TAB:
Carolina
Cookout
424 Feb. 2009:
The Flint
Hill Crossword Puzzle;
TRISCHKA’S PICKS:
Down the Neck
By Tony Trischka. TAB:
Lonesome Road Blues;
FEATURE:
David West
Interview by Lyndon
Stambler TAB:
I Know You Rider, No Woman No Cry;
LET’S ROLL:
The Year of
Good Tone By Pete Wernick;
ON THE ROAD:
Pity Applause
By Casey Henry; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams TAB:
Together
Again; PROFILE:
Charles Wood
Interview by Wayne
Peeler, TAB:
Five Falls;
OLD-TIME
from the
OZARKS By Hugh Strawn TAB:
Stump Tail
Hen;
BOB’S TUNES:
Gold Tone’s
Videos By Bob Carlin TAB:
Angeline the Baker;
EXPORING
the
FINGERBOARD By Ian Perry. TAB:
Gold Rush;
5-STRING UPDATE:
John Hickman
By Tom Adams. TAB:
Red Bluff;
MELODIC CLAWHAMMER:
Clawhammer
Settings of Bluegrass By
Ken Perlman. TAB:
Laurelwood Waltz;
RENO-STYLE WORKSHOP,
Part 6
By Jason. TAB:
Love Me
Tender;
Recording King’s Bill Sullivan Banjo
By David Jakubiak; TRIBUTE:
Peter Smakula;
THEN AND NOW By John
Wright
425 Mar. 2009:
Flint Hill Crossword Puzzle results; TRISCHKA’S
PICKS: Earl Today, by Tony Trischka. TAB: Salty
Dog; Feature: BEN FREED by Arnie Fleischer. TAB:
Clearwater; JUST PICKIN’: A Heart Full of Banjo
By Reid Toth; TECH TALK: What’s That Twang? By
Roger Siminoff ; PROFILE: Ron Cody, Interview by
Ian Perry. TABS: Paddy on the Turnpike, Cape
Breton Fiddler’s Welcome; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By
Tom Adams. TAB: Miss McLeod’s Reel; TAB of the
MONTH By Walt Koken. TAB: Uncle Bud; LET’S
ROLL: Steve Martin and Ambassadors of the Banjo
By Pete Wernick; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Syncopation
Across the Bar Line By Ken Perlman. TAB:
Taylor Kimble’s Breaking Up Christmas; BOB’S
TUNES: C-H-I-C-K-E-N By Bob Carlin. TAB:
C-H-I-C-K-E-N; BUILDER’S FORUM: Building the
Nechville Way by Tom Nechville; EARL’S WAY By
Bob Piekiel. TAB: Streamlined Cannonball; BACK
UP: Autumn Leaves in "E" Harmonic Minor by Janet
Davis. TAB: Autumn Leaves (fast part); ON THE
ROAD: Super Bowl, Part 2. By Casey Henry;
BEGINNER’S CORNER: 5 Years By Eddie Collins.
TAB: Oh Susanna; REVIEW: Ron Block’s new
instructional DVD from AcuTab. By Tom Adams.
TAB: Every Time You Say Goodbye
426 Apr. 2009:
REVIEW:
Steve Martin’s “The Crow”
By Tom Adams; ON THE ROAD:
Easy Songs for Banjo. By
Casey Henry;
FEATURE:
Kristin Scott Benson
By
Casey Henry. TABS:
Don’t Tread on Me, Freedom Park;
THE OLD TIME WAY: The Arthritis Brothers Jam
By Jim Whitesell;
Today’s Old-Time Jam Session
By Dan Levenson. TABS:
Ducks on the Millpond, Policeman;
REVIEW: Curt Bouterse’s new CD
By Dan Levenson. TAB:
Waiting for Nancy;
REVIEW: Brett Ratliff’s new CD
By Bob Carlin. TABS:
High on a Mountaintop, 9 Miles Out of Louisville;
REVIEW: Goldtone’s OT-800 banjo
By Bill Nix;
ADAMS COUNTY BANJO
By Tom Adams. TAB:
Cripple Creek (in C);
EXPLORING
the FINGERBOARD
By Ian Perry. TAB:
The Road to Spencer;
PROFILE:
Tony Trischka
Interview
by Scott Anderson. TAB:
Fox Chase; REVIEW:
Tony Trischka’s “Territory”; BACK UP:
“A” Melodic Minor
By Janet Davis. TAB:
Greensleeves; BEGINNER’S
CORNER:
Trying to Start Something?
By Eddie Collins; PROFILE:
Brandon Green
By Donald Nitchie TAB:
Velocity; LICKS and LETTERS
427 May 2009:
Banjos at the 2009 Folk Alliance By Bob Carlin;
FEATURE: Tim O’Brien Interview by Danny Barnes TAB: Red Dog in the
Morning;
EDDIE ADCOCK: Bluegrass’s Bionic Banjo Player By Nancy Cardwell;
EARL’S WAY By Bob Piekiel TAB: Old Country Road;
OLD-TIME from the OZARKS: By Hugh Strawn TABS: And the Cat Came
Back, Arkansas Traveler;
PROFILE: Daniel Koulack Interview by Cathy Fink TAB: The Lion’s Den;
RENO-STYLE WORKSHOP By Jason Skinner TAB: Gold Rush;
ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams TAB: Blue Skies and Teardrops;
TAB of the MONTH By Jack Dublanica TAB: Calliope House;
TECH TALK: Restoring Force By Roger Siminoff;
PROFILE: Bill Evans Interview by Scott Anderson TAB: The Distance
Between Two Points;
CHORDUCOPIA By Fred Geiger TAB: Secret Love;
Performing Bluegrass With Others, Part 1 By David Jakubiak;
ON THE ROAD: My Grand Ole Opry Debut By Casey Henry;
BEGINNER’S CORNER: BNL’s FAQ, and Answers By Eddie Collins;
TAB of the MONTH By Obadiah Golding TAB: Sasparilla
428 Jun. 2009:
TAB of the
MONTH:
Manzanita By
Ned Luberecki; FEATURE:
Béla Fleck
Interview
by Scott Anderson; REVIEW:
Jayme Stone’s “From Africa to Apalachia”
By
Bob Carlin TAB:
Dakar; OLD-TIME
from
the OZARKS
By Hugh Strawn TABS:
Green Corn, Soldier’s Joy
BOB’S TUNES:
Tommy Jarrell
By Bob Carlin TAB:
John Henry; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER:
Alternate String Pull-Offs Revisited
By
Ken Perlman TAB:
Smith’s Reel; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO
By Tom Adams TAB:
Little Sadie; LET’S ROLL:
Ask Dr. Banjo—Controversial
Topics: 2-Finger Plant? Metronome? 2–4 Slide? Syncopation?
By Pete Wernick;
REVIEW: “Mark
Johnson Teaches Clawgrass Banjo”
(DVD)
By Ken Perlman
TAB:
Cherokee Shuffle;
REVIEW: “Master
Collection of Fiddle Tunes”
by Tony Trischka, Book/CDs
By Ian Perry
TAB:
Ducks on the Pond; EXPLORING
the
FINGERBOARD
By Ian Perry
TAB:
Forked Deer; BACK UP:
Comparing Minor Scales
By Janet Davis TAB:
El Cumbanchero; BEGINNER’S CORNER:
By Eddie Collins TAB:
Cripple Creek Variations;
REVIEW: “The
Company You Keep”
by Alison Brown (CD) Review
By Ian Perry;
FEATURE:
Alison Brown
Interview by Ian Perry
TAB:
Under the (Five) Wire; JUST PICKIN’
With the BanjoDiva:
A Hot
Night in the Ovens
By Reid Toth
429 Jul. 2009:
LET’S ROLL:
Ask Dr. Banjo—
Breaking News! Banjo Goes Mass
Media, Media Goes Buggy Over Steve
Martin,
By Pete Wernick; ADAMS COUNTY
BANJO
By Tom Adams. TAB:
Blowin’ In The Wind;
FEATURE:
Jim Mills
By Michael Brantley. TAB:
Hide-Head Blues;
ON THE ROAD:
Banjo Camp North
By Casey Henry;
THE OLD TIME WAY:
PROFILE:
Big Jim Griffith By
Greg Gendall;
The NYC Old-Time Scene, By
Alan Friend TABS:
Sandy River Belle, Soldier’s Joy;
REVIEW:
Calkins Banjo #12, Review
by Dan Levenson TAB:
Angelina Baker
Old-Time Jam Session, part 2 by
Dan Levenson; CHORDUCOPIA
By Fred Geiger. TAB:
If I Had You;
An Approach to Playing Bach on
Banjo, By
Jake Schepps. TAB:
Allegro for Lute in Eb;
FEATURE:
Béla Fleck, part 2
By Scott Anderson;
REVIEW: “Throw
Down Your Heart”
(CD, DVD, tour)
by Béla Fleck,
Review by Bob Carlin;
BEGINNER’S CORNER:
Boilin’
By Eddie Collins. TAB:
Boilin’ Variations;
REVIEW: “Sidecar”
by Mark Delaney, review
By Wayne Shrubsall. TAB:
Candlewood;
TECH TALK:
Strings By
Roger Siminoff
430 Aug. 2009:
LET’S ROLL:
Ask Dr. Banjo—Recommended
Banjo Vacation: The
Pleasures, Perks, and
Lessons of BUSKING, by Pete
Wernick; PROFILE: Jens
Kruger
by David Jakubiak
TAB: Beautiful
Nothing;
REVIEW:
“Music From the Spring”
by Donald Nitchie &
Ian Perry; EXPLORING the
FINGERBOARD by Ian
Perry
TAB: Fisher’s
Hornpipe; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO
by Tom Adams
TAB: Whispering
Waters;
Playing
Bluegrass With Others, Part
2: Developing a Bluegrass
Repertoire by David Jakubiak;
FEATURE: Jody Stecher
by Roy Andrade
TABS: Gwendolyn
McGrath, St. Louis Tickle;
EARL’S WAY
by Bob Piekiel
TAB: Keep on the
Sunnyside; TAB of the
MONTH by Bill Evans:
The Distance Between Two
Points; BACK UP: Bill
Emerson-Style Bluegrass by
Janet Davis
TAB: Little Juniata;
MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Mountain
Minor Tuning and A-Modes by
Ken Perlman
TAB: Christmas
Morning; BEGINNER’S CORNER:
D Tuning by Eddie Collins
TAB: CrippleD Creek;
Maintaining Strings and
Picks by Ben Freed; OLD-TIME
from the
OZARKS by Hugh Strawn
TAB: Wolves a Howlin’;
ON THE ROAD:
Kaufman Kamp
by Casey Henry
431 Sep. 2009:
432 Oct. 2009:
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