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BNL Columnists
5
String Quarterly, edited by Eddie Collins, focused on 3 finger picking.
Their last issue was published in the winter of 1997. Table of contents and
feature articles from all 8 issues of 5SQ are provided along with selected
pieces on banjo history, and a listing of banjo resources. Contact Eddie
Collins at: tuneman@asutin.rr.com
Tom Adams now has a website at www.adamscountybanjo.com, which includes news,
schedule, merchandise and a terrific run-on sentence.
Pat Cloud has a new website
with sound files.
Janet Davis
Bob Flesher
Jack
Hatfield
Murphy Henry
Phil Mann's Banjo and Bluegrass Information Site includes tabs,
instrument makers and the Canonical List of Banjo Jokes. Also includes MIDI
files for tabs that have recently appeared in Banjo Newsletter.
Dan
Levenson
Jim Pankey of North Georgia Music and The Workshop column.
Ken
Perlman
Harold
Streeter Banjo Catalog: hundreds of tabs, tapes, transcriptions,
books and courses. Visit the website or call (208) 773-0645.
Under Banjo Builders and musical accessories:
Harry & Jeanie West Fine Musical Instruments in North
Carolina have a website
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Bluegrass on the Internet
Acutab -- For banjo tablature on the net, check out
John Lawless's Acutab Publications site. To sign up for the AcuTab Banjo listserv.
The Anne Arundel County Bluegrass Association
BANJO-L Banjo-L homepage. Donald Zepp authors the Banjo-L homepage,
while Sean Barry runs the listserve devoted to the 5-string. Banjo-L
homepage includes links, tunings, archives, the banjo players directory, and
subscription info.
Mike Acquesta's Banjo In The Hollow
site gives a schedule of what this North Carolina banjo group is up to.
Banjo Newsgroup
A discussion group about all things banjo! If your Web browser can access
your newserver, you can link directly. If not, the address is alt.banjo.
Bluegrass Australia -- Mike Kear, Chairman of IBMA's Pacific
Bluegrass Network, informs us of Bluegrass Australia:
http://www.bluegrass.org.au
Bluegrassworks.com
is an online bluegrass site that includes news,
profilies, CD reviews and sales, charts, links, classifieds and more.
Karen Quick's Bluegrass World. Great links!
Bound for Shady Grove -- Steve Harvey, who wrote this
book about Mountain music, now has a homepage, where he reads selections
from the book, and also plays banjo tunes.
http://www.boundforshadygrove.com
Clodhoppers Music
-- Online music instrument store offering Gold Tone banjos, Blueridge
guitars, Regal dobros, Kentucky mandolins, Cremona fiddles, and all kinds of
stringed acoustic instruments. Charleston, WV
 For
the largest bluegrass site on the Net, check out Bob Cherry's
Cybergrass: The Internet Bluegrass Magazine.
DC Bluegrass
Union -- DCBU maintains a listserv for
use by subscribers to promote the dissemination and propagation of
information about bluegrass music scene in the metropolitan Washington, DC
area (DC/NoVA/MD). Discussion about bluegrass news, events, performances,
and any issue relevant to the capitol region's bluegrass scene is
encouraged.
For bluegrass and acoustic music tour info, go to Dirty Linen magazine.
BNL Contributor Jack Baker sent in this site for the Fretted Instruments School of Guitar and Banjo.
The International Bluegrass Music Association is an
important industry trade organization devoted to the promotion and
development of bluegrass music worldwide.
Kulak's Woodshed is a Community of Musicians dedicated to the
Celebration of Music just fer the FUN of It. A Live (7 nights a week),
Acoustic Music, Singer/Songwriter, Folk, Blues, Country, Rock, (anything
goes), Seats 'bout 50, Internet Webcast, Kinda..
North West
Bluegrass News contains festival and club info on NW England and nearby:
Also includes online mags, articles, reviews, Tab/MIDI downloads, and other
links.
Ross Nickerson’s site for bluegrass banjo students includes
info on his books and DVDs, the Banjo Cruise, online lessons, banjos and
accessories, and much more at his
website.
The
Southern Music Network
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Instruction - Publications
Acoustic Musician magazine is a fine-looking monthly devoted to the
needs of the acoustic musician, with tabs, profiles on musicians and
luthiers, studio and sound features, and more.
Banjo Academy
is a Bluegrass Banjo learning site. Includes videos and mp3s of Cripple
Creek, Blue Ridge Mt. Home, Boil Em Cabbage, several rolls, etc.
The
Berklee Press music resource area provides up-to-date information and
links to other great music-related websites. Music books, cds, dvds, videos,
and other instruction products for educating and training musicians.
Black Diamond Strings and National Picks now has a website. Click to see
their line of banjo strings and their full line of products.
Jay Buckey of the Virtual Band Bluegrass Method
has FREE bluegrass sheet music and tab for the GUITAR, MANDOLIN, BANJO,
DOBRO, BASS AND FIDDLE. Also materials to sharpen musicianship and help
develop personal style.
Musicians-Workshop.com.
Quality DVD music instruction courses for banjo and all musical
instruments since 1973.
Pat Cloud
- New and updated web site with extensive beginner's and bluegrass
instruction sections.
Janet Davis E-mail:
jdmc@janetdavismusic.com
The ezFolk website is an instructional website for guitar
and banjo, mostly geared towards beginners.
Jack
Hatfield Instructional material, strings and accessories, catalog.
E-mail: hatfield@tdsnet.com. Here is a link to Jack hatfield's Tablature Index
Mel Bay
Publications - 50 years of excellence in music publishing.
Murphy Henry. Check out Murphy's "Women in BLuegrass" newsletter.
The
Music Shed is a mail order outlet for bluegrass music CDs and tapes (and
a sister company of Pinecastle Records.
Ken Perlman E-mail:
kenperlman@aol.com
Long-time BNL columnist Harold Streeter has his banjo tab
catalog at www.lewalt.com
Pete Wernick's extensive web site, includes a wealth of free
instructional material, including a special beginners section, jamming
pointers, tablature, and a regular Ask Dr. Banjo feature. Also a full store
with Pete's CDs, DVDs, videos, books. Calendar, history, MP3s, articles,
Notes From the Road, photo albums, more. Discussion list coming.
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Old-Time Banjo
The BANJO-L website contains Anita Kermode's compilation of
tunings for the 5-string banjo, with discography and bibliography files.
The Blue Sage Trio An
all-acoustic folk trio specializing in the folk songs of the west. Free
downloads of clawhammer banjo tablature and instruction.
Gordon Banks has put together an excellent old-time page, with lots of
links, and tabs of Dwight Diller's.
Wayne Erbsen's Native Ground Music, Inc., Your Source for Music of
America's Past. Email:
banjo@nativeground.com
The
Old Time Music home page.
The Mugwumps Online website contains old and new articles
about vintage instruments and playing styles from this classic and now
ressurected magazine. Contact Publisher Michael Holmes by email at:
mholmes@mugwumps.com.
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Individual Artists
The
2nd South Carolina String Band
For Old-Time fans: Ray Alden now has a site containing a section titled
"artistry in musical instruments," and more.
Bluegrass Connection has artist information, including sound files from
recent recordings.
Classical 5-string player John Bullard now has a
website where you can purchase CDs and listen to sound files.
Bob Carlin has revamped his website, which
includes a list of CarTunes releases, as well as audio clips, bio, photos
and press clippings.
Pat Cloud
- New and updated web site with extensive beginner's and bluegrass
instruction sections.
J.D. Crowe now has a web page, put together by Chris McGlone, that
contains a discography, references to published articles and tabs, sources
for the above (including of course BNL!) and a few photos.
Danny Barnes,
whose new record 'Dust on the Angel" is getting good reviews, has a new
site.
Bill Evans - Native and Fine
Bob Flesher's website that contains Bob's CDs, tapes and
instructional books is Dr. Horsehair.
Also a wealth of information and humor about banjos including the history of
the banjo, The First Banjo Contest, Banjo Heros, Converting a Mastertone to
the Round Peak Sound, and others.
Hans Holzherr, who put out the 3-finger banjo record "Deep
Thought from the Hippo," has a site at
http://stop.to/listentobanjocd
Clawgrasser Mark Johnson has a website at
http://www.clawgrass.com
Arnie Naiman and Chris Coole have two great clawhammer CDs.
Read about them here.
BNL contributor and teacher Ross
Nickerson and the Fast Brothers (866-322-6567)
The legendary Sonny Osborne now has an internet site.
Ralph
Stanley
Rolf Seiker (of the German bluegrass band The Seikers) has a
site at: http://www.a-teamrecords.de It includes some material
and photos of Bobby Thompson.
All Ireland & All Britain banjo champion Tony (Sully)
Sullivan’s website has banjos, supplies and tutors.
Bart Veerman has posted several Don Reno tabs. These tabs
were originally published in BNL, transcribed by Ed Chernesky.
Contact Ralph Stanley by e-mail at RStanleyfc@aol.com
Todd Taylor The Banjoman has a website.
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Other
Banjo Links
Angie's Banjo page
is all about banjos: instructional books, CDs, DVDs,
banjos, and gear, along with her free monthly banjo magazine "Silver
Strings," which consists of stories from folks who began learning the
banjo as adults, and her learning to play banjo blog.
Banjo
Hazard features banjo tee-shirts and bumper stickers.
Bayside Banjo Aggregation sponsors a site for 'g-string deprived
banjoists, our four stringed cousins.
Tom Biggs has a website with information on models and dating old Gibson
Mastertone banjos.
British Bluegrass Music Association
Chris B's Music
offers banjos for sale on line, including models
from Deering, Saga, Washburn, Goldtone, Fender and more. Strings too.
Classic Banjo home page.
Darrel Adkins Productions’ The Bluegrass Classic
Elderly Instruments Vintage instruments including descriptions.
Fingerweights
are designed for musicians, and are worn during practice and
warm-up. They are claimed to increase speed,dexterity,endurance,
and control.
http://www.fingerweights.com/Music_Model.shtml. Banjo
players will save 20% when they enter FWCJ07Q3 as the discount code.
First Quality
Musical Supplies now distributes the Tennessee 20 Flathead Tone Ring.
Folk
of the Wood Banjo and musical accessories and instructional materials.
Frank Ford has descriptions of making a new nut and
information on 5th-string spikes.
Greg Earnest Prewar Gibson Banjo website
Irish
Traditional banjo home page.
David Crisler's Jazz Banjo site contains sound files and tabs.
Reed
Kotler Music, makers of cool transcribing aids that help you learn by
ear from your favorite recordings.
Lake Music
is a full line music store specializing in bluegrass instruments
(Deering, Crafters, Alvarez, Washburn and Saga), accessories, CD's, books
and instructional videos. We also have infor on our bluegrass band, "The
Lonesome Tradition" on our site:
Little
Mountain Music is a specialty shop for bluegrass instruments, strings
and accessories in Ohio.
Barry Luft is a banjo picker and teacher from Alberta. You
can find his site at: http://www.barryluft.com/
Mugwumps
Online Directory of Instrument Shops: Everyone Mike Holmes hears about
is listed. Most who make the parts don't sell at retail, but make for
themselves and sell to other makers.
Muckler Design Studio -- Bluegrass music theme t-shirts and bumper
stickers, including a banjo t-shirt.
Kim Nakae's Clasical Banjo home page.
Nashville Plating provides the following platings: nickel, chrome,
copper, antique gold and 24 karat gold. Owner Ron Satterfield is also a
distributor of the Hopkins Tone Ring, and Crafters of Tennessee.
Steve Noon hosts an Irish tenor banjo site
HERE. Over the past years he has compiled various tech notes on banjo
playing including set-up, tuning, spares etc. He has also done write ups on
all the banjos that he offers for sale.
Bill Palmer has an excellent website on
banjos, particularly setup.
Andy Perkins says he has the largest banjo stock list in the
UK. Check out his on-line catalogue.
Banjo Setup Specialist Kyle Smith has a website
StewMac
-- Gauged nut files.
Sully's Straps --
Fine, handcrafted professional quality instrument straps for guitar, banjo,
mandolin, and dobro
Turtle Hill Banjo Co. -- Maintains an inventory of over 200 banjos plus
instructional materials and accessories. Buys pre-war Gibsons and other good
used banjos.
Warren Yates's website has a lot of banjo content, including monthly
lessons, the "Practice Anywhere Banjo," Questions and Answers, How to set a
Mastertone banjo, and Learn about banjo bridges.
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Banjos Builders and
Accessories
Berkman Arts Inc.
are the makers of the GENUINE WOODIE stringed instrument stands. Their
stands can be adapted to suit any stringed instrument.
Clover
Lick banjos are custom old-time banjos, built one at a time. Tonal
quality being sought is “a clear, crisp, snappiness with minimal overtones,
plunky while not too tubby, not overly long sustain, and with good
response.”
AJ Bentley
has posted plans, photos and instructions for the open back banjo he
recently built.
Greg Boyd, House of Fine Instruments
is a supplier of banjo parts and builder's supplies. 311 Knowles St.,
Missoula, MT 59801 (406) 327-9925
The Bluegrass
Boutique offers and turned wooden string winders for banjos and other
acoustic instruments. Also, braided kangaroo leather mandolin straps and
humorous gifts with a bluegrass music theme.
Dennis Brooker's silent practice banjo can be viewed at
http://www.dbrooker.com/practice.html
Carolina Acoustic and Tony Pass make different types of old
wood rims for
retrofit to various types of banjos. For more information go to
http://www.billpalmer.com/oldwood.htm
Bernie
Caouette makes banjos in New England.
Colorado Case: Insulated, weathertight soft cases and case covers for
any stringed instrument.
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