BNL Contents Index
Nov. 1999 to Oct. 2000
Volume XXVII

313 Nov. 1999:

REBIRTH OF THE VEGA: Greg and Janet Deering. Maryland Banjo Academy preview. Winfield report. The World's Biggest Banjo. Sammy Shelor (BC); Pam Gadd (Interview by Raymond McClain); Eggs and M & Ms (MH); Balkan Banjo; Review: Klezmer Banjo; Picking Up Unfamiliar Melodies (MC); Chord Scales with Internal Movement, Part 3 (C&S); Bob Black (OTR); Drop Thumb; EW. TABS: Big Buck (P. Gadd, MP3), Kopanitsa (MP3), Ma Yofus (Klezmer), Off to California (MC), With Love for Someone, The Mountains of Merrimac (B. Black), The Last of Callahan (OT), The Lover of the Town (EW).

314 Dec. 1999:

DIRK POWELL. Interview by Glenn Godsey. Sammy Shelor, Pt .2 (BC); 12 Great "D" Licks (OTR); IBMA World of Bluegrass 1999 (MH); EW; TA; Xmas Tabs; The Workshop (Goin' Back To Dixie), Back Up, C&S. TABS: Advent Rain (OT), Gospel Ship (EW) Foggy Mountain Speciall (BU), Bring A Torch, Annette Isabella, Blanchard's Hornpipe (OT), Dixie Breakdown, Sweet Georgia Brown (OT), Jitterbug Waltz (JB), Jesus Loves The Little Children (TA).

315 Jan. 2000:

STEVE DILLING. Review: "America's Instrument: The Banjo in the 19th Century" by Jim Bollman. The Banjo in 1999 by Bill Evans. The Six String Banjo by Harvey Reid. Adams County Banjo by Tom Adams. New Millennum (MC); Hank Schwartz (STL); Minstrel Banjo; EW; Celtic Banjo; Daily Practice (BC); Fleckology; Jake Jenkins (OTR). TABS: I Could Change My Mind (TA, MP3), The Lonely Side of Town (S. Dilling), John and Mary (S. Dilling), Maid Behind the Bar (MC), Big John Henry (OT, MP3), Butler's Jig (MB), Little Birdie (EW), Humours of Glendart, Sweet Biddy Daly, The Tenpenny Bit (CB), Blue Mountan Hop (BF), Walkin' in the Big County (J. Jenkins).

316 Feb. 2000:

TONY TRISCHKA. Interview by Ian Perry. FEATURE: Mike Seeger, by Murphy Henry. Remembering Eddie Shelton, by Eddie Collins and Danny Barnes. Review: Dwight Diller's "Just Banjo." The Acri-Caplinger Banjo Bender. Mike Seeger (MC); Down in Florida (MH); TA; Back-up Basics (BC); Pseudo Chord Scales, Part 5 (C&S); Major Chords in Back-up (BU); Rediscovered Flatt and Scruggs (EW). TABS: Little Betty Ann (M. Seeger), Georgia Pig (T. Trischka), Rollin' and Tumblin' Blues (M. Seeger, MP3); Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (TA, MP3), Silver Bells, Pony Express, I've Heard the Wind Blow Before.

317 Mar. 2000:

CHUCK OGSBURY and Ome Banjos, By Wayne Shrubsall. MIKE SEEGER, Part 2. The Original Banjo Answerman. Review: Tom Hanway's "Complete Book of Irish and Celtic 5-String Banjo," by Bill Keith. Mentoring at MBA. TA; EW; Ben Eldridge (OTR); MC; Holding a Joint Session (MH); The Right Hand (BC); Drop Thumb; Primary Chords: A and E Major (BU); Chord Scales, Song Examples, Part 5 (C&S). TABS: The Rights of Man (CE), Standing in the Need of Prayer (TA, MP3), Sing a Little Baby to Sleep (EW), Panhandle Country (B. Eldridge), Maple Sugar (MC), Dry and Dusty (OT), Blackberry Blossom, Alabama Jubilee.

318 Apr. 2000:

CATHY BARTON PARA, Interview by Dan Levenson. CHUCK OGSBURY, Part 2. Feature: Scott Walker, by Ray Hesson. Reviews: Murphy Henry's "And There You Have It!", and Black Tie Banjo. TA; Nashville Sessons (EW); Bill Keith (BC); Wintergrass (MH); MC; Ed Shelton by Alan Munde; Chord Scales, Part 6: Jazz Example; Lubos Malina (OTR); Drop Thumb. TABS: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (TA, MP3), Jake Gillie (OT, MP3), Five Alive (EW), Gemstone Reel (MC), Sweet Georgia Brown (E. Shelton, MP3), Little Rock Getaway, In The Not So High Mountains (L. Malina, MP3), Jim Wren (OT), Miniature No. II (CB, MP3).

319 May 2000:

LEON HUNT. In Defense of Archtop Banjos, by Jamie Miller. Banjos 2000 Concert. Review: Homespun's "The Banjo of Eddie Adcock" video. The Mystique of the Fretless. Quarter Notes (BC); With Hazel and Alice (MH); Beginning Clawhammer Part 2; Traditionalor Is It? (MC); EW; TA; Jody King (OTR); Following the Circle (BU). TABS: Eddie's Bounce (E. Adcock, MP3), Cooely's Reel (L. Hunt, MP3), Clear Water (L. Hunt, MP3), Where the Soul of Man Never Dies (BC), Spotted Pony (OT), Ashokan Farewell (MC), Dead Dog on the Side of the Road (EW), Blue Grass Twist (TA, MP3), Carpal Tunnel Breakdown (J. King, MP3), Salty Dog (in G and A).

320 Jun. 2000:

JENS KRUGER, Interview by Bill Evans. Feature: Svata Kotas. Steve Martin and Me. Reviews: Mel Bay's "Round Peak Style Clawhammer," by Brad Leftwich (review by Glenn Godsey), and "Banjo Bash in Buckeystown" Video (MBA II, 1998). A Pretty Good Mountain Fretless, by E. Lowell Jacobs. Syncopation (BC); Bart Smith (STL); EW; Relative Minor (BU); TA; MBA 2000 (MC); Exercises for 3-Finger, Part 1: Intro (C&S); Key of D without capo (IR). TABS: Poor Ellen Smith (OT), Balls in the Corner (S. Kota, MP3), Bear Hug (J. Kruger, MP3), By The Millpond (J. Kruger, MP3), High on a Mountaintop (OT, MP3), Act Naturally (EW), Foggy Mountain Breakdown (BU), Drowned in the Deep Blue Sea (TA, MP3), Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (TA, MP3), The Heather's in BLoom (MC), Whiskey Before Breakfast.

321 Jul. 2000:

EMILY ROBISON, Interview by Ira Gitlin. Review: "Beginning Bluegrass Banjo" videos by Greg Cahill. Use Your Ears! Playing Little Satchel by Dirk Powell. Drop Thumb; EW; Gospel Banjo by Harold Streeter; Memorization and Changing Old Habits (BC); Doubletime Reissue (BF); Ron Rigsby (OTR); Exercises for 3-Finger, Basic Rolls (C&S); Adams County Banjo. TABS: Sin Wagon, Round the Horn (OT), Hear the Wind Blow (EW), Just a Closer Walk With Thee (GB, MP3), Mr. Memory, Possum Trot (OT, MP3), Another Morning (BF, MP3), Banjo On The Run, (R. Rigsby, MP3), Unwanted Love (TA, MP3).

322 Aug. 2000:

SCOTT VESTAL, Interview by John Lawless. Brier P. Beethoven by Fretless Josh Shaw. REVIEW: Mel Bay's "Banjo 2000" and "Winfield Banjo Winners" Tab/CDs. E-Banjo Auctions. Adams County Banjo; Minor Chords (BU); Earl, Earl, Earl (MH); What Tab Leaves Out (BC); MC; Stretching the Limits; Exercises for 3-finger: The Left Hand (C&S); Munde's Morsels. TABS: Midnight at Black Mountain (OT, MP3). Jalapeno Flashback (MP3), By Stealth (MP3), Au Privave (MP3), As the Crowe Flies, The Hobo Song (TA, MP3), Haunting Hounds (MC), Half Past Four (OT), Blue Skies (AM, MP3), Yankee Doodle Dandy (AM).

323 Sep. 2000:

PETE SEEGER, Part 1, Interview by Ken Perlman. Overuse Syndrome: Carpal Tunnel, by Dr. John Kelley. Review: Matthew Whiteman's "Echo's of America" film. Dan Levenson's Meet the Banjo! The Wunder Banjo Company, by Mark Ward. Alison Brown (OTR); Augusta (MH); Speed (BC); Adams County; Exercises for 3-Finger, Slides (C&S); Reno Banjo; EW; Jarda Jahoda; Drop Thumb; Minor Chords (BU). TABS: Ode to Joy (Seeger), Poe's Pickin' Party (A. Brown, MP3), Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas, TA, MP3), Black Mountain Blues (TA, MP3), Dear Old Dixie (RB), Pedal to the Metal (EW), In The Nettles (J. Jahoda), Wolves A-Howling (OT), El Cumbanchero (BU).

324 Oct. 2000:

RON STEWART, Interview by Ian Perry. PETE SEEGER, Part 2. The Banjo in Appalachia, by George R. Gibson. Banjo Mechanics: Tuning the Head, by Scott Zimmerman, Tab of the Month: Greg Cahill. Exercises: Hammer-ons (C&S); On The Road; TA; Attitude (BC); Mac Benford's Kentucky Favorites (MC); EW; Minor Chords Revisited (BU); Drop Thumb. TABS: Lone Star (Greg Cahill, MP3), Listen to the Music (TA, MP3), Glory in the Meetinghouse (M. Benford, MP3), 9 to 5 (EW), Jerusalem Ridge (BU, MP3), Forked Deer (OT, MP3).