Banjo Newsletter - Contents Index - November 1998 to October 1999

STEPHEN WADE By Geoffrey Himes. Reviews: David Crisler's "Bopjo" and "Banjo Spirits" video; On The Road: Are We Having Fun Yet?; Beginner's Corner: The Key of C Revisited; Off The Record: Don Wayne Reno; C&S: Systems of Learning, Part 4: The Aural Method; Southern Clawhammer: Frank Lee; Back Up:Bela and Tony; Monroe For Banjo; Drop Thumb Banjo: Bill Driver; Capturing The Melody. TABS: Four (JB), Reckless Rufus (OT), Footprints in the Snow (BC-Part 1), Remington Ride, Logan County Blues (OT), Old Kentucky Whiskey (OT), Whiskey Before Breakfast, Green Willis (back-up & lead), Footprints in the Snow, Fire on the Mountain, Bill Driver's Tune (OT). BANJO NEWSLETTER TAB INDEX, Vol. XXV (Nov. '97Oct. '98).

WAYNE SHRUBSALL by Janet Davis; Xmas tabs; Stretching the Limits by Dan Levenson: The Folk Police, Review: Deering's Goodtime Banjo; OTR: IBMA 98; EW; The Maryland Banjo Academy; MC: Minstrel Banjo; BC: The Key of C Revisited, Part 2; C&S: Questionnaire Results; BU; OTR: Greg Cahill. TABS: Coventry Carol, Jingle Bells (OT), Santa Claus is Coming to Town (JB), Deck the Halls (OT), Stinson's #2 (OT), When the Angel's Carry Me Home (EW), Hall's Blueribbon March (CB), Turnpike Side (MC), Footprints in the Snow (BC), Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Strawberry Point (G. Cahill).

THE MARYLAND BANJO ACADEMY '98. Also: ROSS NICKERSON. Old Time Recordings of 1998; OTR: Make a Joyful Noise: MBA, MC; Knockin' Down: Minstrel Revival; Review: Nechville's Nexstar Banjo; BC: A New Year's Resolution; C&S: Systems of Learning, Questionnaire Results #6; BU: Alan Munde; OTR: Sonny Osborne; EW; Interview: Wayne Shrubsall (Part 2); Tony Trischka tab. TABS: Eric Montbel's Schottische (MC), Jim Crowe Jig (KD), El Cumbanchero, Jingle Bells (BC), I Don't Love Nobody (A. Munde), I'll Just Pretend (S. Osborne), Losederojosp III Breakdown (EW), Puff Adder Step Dance & Waiting for Nancy (OT), Sleepy Hollow Reel (T. Trischka).

CRAIG SMITH by Marty and Frank Godbey. The 1998 National Banjo Champion: Sonny Smith, by Eddie Collins; Fleckology; Review: Reed Martin's "Old Time Banjo; OTR: Metronomes...; C&S: Systems of Learning, Questionnaire Results #7; BC: Back to Basics; OTR: J.D. Crowe; BU: Combining Backup Licks; EW; MC : Waltzes; OB; The Workshop. TABS: Rose of Alabama (C. Smith), Shuckin' the Corn, Christmas at Tony's (JB), Bigfoot (BF), Ducks on the Millpond (OT), Careless Love (J.D. Crowe), Railroad to Heaven, Good Morning Sundown (EW), Black Velvet Waltz (MC), Boll Weevil, Darby's Castle.

SNUFFY JENKINS by Tony Trischka. Craig Smith: Part 2 of Interview by Ira Gitlin. Licks & Letters; Original Banjo Answerman; Tab Of The Month by Wayne Shrubsall; EW; BC; Licks & Chords; OTR: Two Sides of the Coin; BU: Playing in C; OTR; C&S: Systems of Learning, Questionnaire Results #8; Drop Thumb; BEGINNING CLAWHAMMER #2: Tuning and Chords. TABS: Tin Wedding Hornpipe (OT) Sandy River Belle (C. Smith), Craig Smith Licks, Dear Old Dixie, Sally Goodin, Sally Johnson, Bound to Ride (EW), Gotta Travel On, Clarinet Polka (B. Evans), Old Mother Logo (OT).

RON MULLENNEX by Bates Littlehales. Reviews: Vince Farsetta, Scott Vestal, Paul Hawthorne, Chris Sands, Jack Hatfield, Mark Barnett; BC: Licks & Chords; EW; Classic Banjo by Chris Sands; Compensated Bridges & NutsFriends or Foes? (Part 1) By Randy Stockwell; OTR: MBA Rides Again; C&S: Systems of Learning #9, Student Aptitude Test; MC; BU: J.D. CroweTriplets; Review: Scott Vestal's Stealth Banjo. TABS: Evermore (OT), Jesse James (S. Vestal), Theme from Exodus (E. Adcock), Two Heads Are Better Than One (CB), The Sandy Boys (OT) Sugar in my Coffee (OT), When I Left East Virginia (EW), Road to California (MC), I'm So Afraid of Losing You (J.D. Crowe).

TONY FURTADO by Eddie Collins. Licks & Letters, Reviews: "How To Set Up the Best Sounding Banjo" by Roger Siminoff, Gordon Stone, Tony Trischka's "Steam," Walt Koken's "Finger Lakes Ramble"; O'Banjo, OTR; C&S: Systems of Learning #10, To The Teacher; Compensation, Part 2 by Randy Stockwell; MC; BC: Over the Hump; EW; Drop Thumb; BU: Tony Furtado; Old Time Up-Picking: Undle Dave; Two Old Standards by Jack Baker. TABS: Steam, Forks of Sandy (OT), Sunday Driver, Bolinas (T. Furtado), Holiday Pickin', Earl's Jig (MC), Take Me Home Country Roads (EW), Jesse James (OT), Man of Constant Sorrow (T. Furtado), In and Around Nashville, John Hardy, Soldier's Joy.

CHRIS JOSLIN. Licks & Letters; The First Lesson by Danny Barnes; Reviews: "The Big Scoop.." By Daily Planet; Andy Cushing's "10 Hot Licks." C&S: Systems of Learning #11, Expectations of the Bluegrass Banjo Student; OTR: Avram Seigel; Compensation: Part 3 (conclusion) by Randy Stockwell; BU: Scott Vestal; MC; OTR: Improvising; BCB: 4th String Slide; EW; Knockin' Down. TABS: Morning Would (L. Hunt), Whiskey Before Breakfast, Climbing a Mountain, Tommorrow's Breakdown, Lonesome Road Blues (S. Vestal), Honeymoon Polka (MC), Hear The Wind Blow (EW), Kitty Wells (OT).

BILL EMERSON Interview by David Wells. Letters; Tab Of The Month: Philippe Bourgeois; Review: Super Banjo Strap; OTR: Ron Stewart; C&S: Systems of Learning #12, Responses from Readers; Fleckology; BU: Bill Emerson; MC; Stretching The Limits by Dan Levenson; BC: SIngle-String; EW. TABS: Punkey Red Mulet (P. Bourgeois), Little Bessie (Emerson), Emerson Gems, Big Spike Hammer (Intro-Emerson), Cabin on the Hill (Backup-Emerson), Welcome to New York (Emerson), Scraps From Your Table (R. Stewart), Oddity (BF), Home Run Man (Emerson), Just A Stone's Throw Away (Emerson), President Garfield's Hornpipe (MC), Lulu Likes Em Young (OT), Philadelphia Lawyer (EW).

BOB THORNBURG Interview by Pat Cloud.Feature: Bob Haydon, Interview by Gerald Jones. Letters, Reviews: The New Kulesh "Big TEN" Tone Ring by Janet Davis. Bob Haydon's "Collage" by Eddie Collins. Drop Thumb Banjo: Lilt and Timing; Tabs Of The Month: Yoshihiro Arita, Michael J. Miles; C&S: Chord Scales, Part 1; On The Road: Augusta 1999; BU: Bela FleckFiddle and Banjo for All Levels; Knockin' Down: First Banjo Contest; BC: Counting; EW; OTR: A 3/4 Time Primer; A Tune by Chris Thile. TABS: Little Girl Blues (B. Haydon), Once I Had A Fortune (OT), Samois (Y. Arita), Come In To My Kitchen (M. Miles), Ready To Go, Backup & Lead (BF), The Modoc Reel (MB), Ellen Smith (EW), 3/4 Time Backup Licks, Hop The Fence

TERRY BAUCOM Interview by Ira Gitlin. Review: Sammy Shelor's fingerpicks. Andy Boarman (MH). BNL Volume XXVI Tab Index (Nov. 98 - Oct. 99). 15 Ways to Tag a Solo (IR); Chord Scales, Part 2 (C&S); Square and Contra Dancing (MC); Baucom (BU); Reviews: T8ne Dogs and Hart & Blech (STL); COunting, Part 2 (BC); Backup (EW); Baucom (OTR). TABS: Lower on the Hog T. (Baucom), I'm Leaving Detroit (TB), The Old Grey Coat, Sally Goodin (TB), Buffalo Gals (OT), The Wreck of the Old 97 (EW), Shoot the Moon (TB, MP3).