BNL Contents Index
Nov. 1995 to Oct. 1996
Volume XXIII

265 Nov. 1995:

KEN SEAMAN by Wayne Shrubsall. IBMA highlights, Owensboro '95 (OTR) Major Scales (JB) Tab of the Month (J. D. Crowe) Practicing (BC) Family & Friends (EW) Melodic Duets Celtic Dance Tunes?Single String O'Banjo Miking (MC) Blue Banjo. TAB: Crossing the Big Sandy (Seaman), Major Scales, Bear Tracks (Crowe), Little Dutch Girl (OT), East Virginia Blues (EW), Red-Haired Boy, Will Clancy's Reel, Big River (AO), Flowers of Edinburgh (MC), Blues in A (Knopf).

266 Dec. 1995:

MARK SCHATZ: Brand New Old Tyme. By Doug Fulmer. Steve Di (incomplete / update).

267 Jan. 1996:

RON BLOCK by Ira Gitlin. Ron Block (BU) Review by Bob Piekiel: Bill Evans' Native & Fine and Ronnie & Rob McCoury. Homemade Fretless Banjo: From a Can of Roasted Nuts Sonny Osborne (OFTR) Review: Sonny Osborne Video (Homespun) Improvising (BC) Old-Time Clawhammer Waltzes (MU), Chord Functions, Part 5 (CS) MC Editor Choice (incomplete / update).

268 Feb. 1996:

LYNN MORRIS. Interview by Bill Evans. Amplification Profile: Peter Schwimmer Review of Schwimmer by Janet Davis Gordon Stone Mailbag (MC) Percussive Back-up: John McEuen (BU) Young Fogies, Kevin Enoch, Camp Meeting: Southern Clawhammer To Speak of Many Things (OTR) Case Study: Little No-Name Factory Reject Improvising Part 2 (BC) Chord Inversions (CS). TABS: Groundspeed Intro & Outro (Schwimmer), BEAD Bridge Breakdown (Schwimmer), You Ain't Going Nowhere (EW), Dancing In The Hog Trough (Morris), Old Rip (Morris:OT), Far From Home (MC), Nashville Blues (lead & BU: McEuen), Buckdancer's Choice

269 Mar. 1996:

DON STOVER by Hank Edenborn. Don Stover's Back Up BNL- SPBGMA Banjo Workshop '95 Wanderings (OTR) Review: Bill Emerson Butch Robins (OFTR), Fleckology MC Irish Pub Tunes Old-Time Tunings Moving Up EW, Jazz Banjo: Chords derived from Major Scale Irish & Celtic Tunes. TABS: East Tennessee Blues (Robins), Shenandoah Breakdown (Stover: 3-finger & clawhammer), Rockwood Deer Chase (Stover?BU), Blu-Bop (BF), Snouts & Ears of America (MC), Little Stack of Barley, Chilly Winds (OT), Bonaparte's Retreat (MU), Down Yonder (EW), Sally Gardens.

270 Apr. 1996:

DOUG DILLARD by Lee Grant. Review: On The Truck! Dillard Story SPBGMA (Stelling Side) Finger Pick Round Up by Bill Keith Jack Baker on Doug Dillard Trading Lead and Back-Up (Dillard?BU) Review: Travel Banjo EW Ten Years Ago (OTR) Chord Substitutions (CS) Folk Alliance (MC) Improvising Part 3 (BC) Pete Seeger Bruce (incomplete / update).

271 May 1996:

GORDON STONE. Joe Drumright '29?96: Tab by Tony Trischka. Review: George Pegram Golden Age Earl (EW) Reverse Rolls Review: Gordon Stone's & Go Pentatonic Color: Ted Luberecki (BU) Scott Vestal (OFTR) Jazz Banjo Fretting the Fifth String (MC) Review: Baycuphone Pickup Watching Scotty Grow (OTR) Chord Substitutions Part 2 (CS) Improvising Part 4 (BC) Two Fiddle Tunes (OT). TABS: Dusty Miller (Drumright), I've Lost You (EW), Banjo Signal, Monkey Wrench (Stone), Pachysandra (Stone), Banjer Machine (BU), Paddy On The Turnpike (Vestal), All The Things You Are (JB), Night Star (MC), Shoo Fly (OT), Robinson County (OT).

272 Jun. 1996:

DWIGHT DILLER. Complete information coming soon.

273 Jul. 1996:

BILL EVANS: From Cloud Valley to Dry Branch. Interview by Ira Gitlin. Courtney Johnson 1939?1996. New Tony Trischka Playing in D: Bill Evans (BU) Tab of Month: Joe Mullins Banjo Workout: Single String Jigs (MC) EW Knockin' Down Minstrel Style (Bob Flesher) The V CHord, Chord Substitutions Part 4 (CS) The Capo (BC) Silvio Ferretti on Jason Burleson. TABS: Native and Fine

274 Aug. 1996:

STEVE HUBER. Review: Huber's ' Time by Bob Piekiel Review: Banjo Echoes in Appalachia Arranging (MC) The Workshop Fleckology: Intros Mothers & Daughters (OTR) Scruggs-style (CS) Review: John McEuen Irish Clawhammer Bill Evans on Courtney Johnson, Silvio Ferretti on Rob McCoury. TABS: Waltzing Matilda (MC), Sweet Georgia Brown (JB), Dancing in the Boat (Huber), Five in the Morning (Huber), Sea Brazil (Fleck-Intro), Cheeseballs in Cowtown (Fleck), Turki Innastra (OT-McEuen), I Still Miss Someone (EW), Sh'Beg Sh'More (OT), True Love Never Dies (McCoury), When the Storm is Over (Johnson).

275 Sep. 1996:

PETE WERNICK by Bill McKay. Introducing The Maryland Banjo Academy Review: AcuTab's Pete Wernick Transcriptions. Bill Evans on Vic Jordan (OFTR) Less is MoreBill Keith (BU) The Capo, Part 2 (BC) Maddox & Reno (OTR) Jazz Banjo Scruggs Style Part 2 (CS) Learning From Fiddlers (MC) Moving Up 1995 Don Reno Revival EW Missouri Clawhammer (OT) TABS: Gold Rush (Jordan), Drop in the Bucket (Keith), Coal Loading Johnnie (EW), Sky Rider (Wernick), Ruthie (Wernick), Wreck of the Old 97 (MU), All The Things You Are, Part 2 (JB), Granny Will Your Dog Bite (OT), Leeds Hornpipe (MC).

276 Oct. 1996:

CLYDE DAVENPORT by Ken Perlman. Review: Ridgerunner's Slo-Mo. 1995 Gibson Top Tensions Knockin' Down (Bob Flesher) Bill Keith Traditional (BU) Review: Alison Brown's Quartet Scruggs Style Part 3 (CS) Instrumentals with Words (BC) Alan O'Bryant (AO) EW Dear Pete Seeger (OTR).