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447: Jan. 2011. LYNWOOD LUNSFORD. The Old Time Way. Reviews: "Earth Tones" by Adam Hurt; Ome's Wizard openback. Columns: BC: Blessing/Surse; BU: Back-up Quiz; ASC: Forwawrd Rolls; On The Road; TECH: Air Chamber Tuning; Your Brain on Banjo; TA. TABS: Wichita Lineman (Wernick), Rendezvous, Top Hat Ramble, On the Sunny Side of the Street (JB), John Riley the Shephard (OT-Hurt), Brushy Fork of John's Creek (OT-Hurt), Rock the Cradle Joe (OT), Home Sweet Home (TA), Worried Man Blues (TA), Gotta Travel On (TA), Do Lord (TA), Long Journey Home (TA)
448: Feb. 2011. KEITH LITTLE . Bluegrass Banjo Resources on the Internet. Columns : TR: Advice to a Non-Singing Banjo Player; Banjo After Hours; BU: Right Chords for Farewell Blues; RENO: Rebi dies Fkatt & Scruggs; ASC: Forward Rolls, part 2; EW: BC; OZRKS; CHRD; TA; ETF; On The Road: Just Because You Can Do It Doesn't Make It Easy; MC: Making a tune Banjoistic. TABS: Turn the Other Cheek (Keith Little) Black Eyed Suzie (Little), Mar West, Farewell Blues (BU), Blue Ridge Mountain Home (ASC), Pike County Breakdown (EW), In The Pines (BC), Banjo Triplet Boogie (CS), Ode to Joy (BC), Newhouse (OT), There Will Never Be Another You (CHRD), Some Day (TA), Ali Baba Breakdown, Call Your Dogs and Let's Go Hunting (OT, Stearns); Better Off Red (OT), Sail Away Ladies (J. Arnold), Railroading Through the Rockies (MC
449: March 2011. ROGER SPRUNG. Feature: Jens Koch. Review: Peterson StroboClip Tuner. Columns: BACK UP: Adding the Blues; LET'S ROLL: Groove, Jam, Skin Heads; OZRKS; EW; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO; ON THE ROAD: Improvising; ETF; MC: Creating Banjostic Arrangements; TECH TALK: Tailpiece Affects Tuning?; BC: More Triplets; TABS: Greensleeves, Breton Tune (OT), Farewell Blues (BU), Last Train Home (OT), Little Maggie (EW), The Craic Was Ninety in the Isle of Man (OT), Slowly (TW), Ali Baba Breakdown Part 2 (ETF), Over There (MC), Malguena, Norwegian Wood, Irish Washerwoman
450: April 2011. ERIC GIBSON, interviewed by Greg Cahill. THE OLD-TIME WAY. Feature: Eric Schlange and The Banjo Hangout. 2011 NAMM Report. REVIEWS: Rare Bird Alert by Steve Martin; Mile Maker by The Freight Hoppers; American Idle by Ben Freed; Deering Eagle II. Columns: ASC; BACK UP: Important Chord Progressions; ON THE ROAD: Fast Jam DVD; CHORD: Django; EW; BEGINNER'S CORNER: The Banjo, Philosophically Speaking; Adams County Banjo; Banjo After Dark. TABS: Walkin' West to Memphis (Gibson), Blue Ridge Cabin Home (BU), Forward Rolls in Down-the-Neck Back-up, Slides (ASC), Douce Ambiance (JB), North Carolina Breakdown, Part 1 (EW), Seneca Square Dance (OT), Hound Chase (OT), Been To the East, Been To the West (OT), I'll Fly Away (TA), J'ai Passé Devant Ta Porte (Cajun), American Idle Hornpipe.
451: May 2011. TERRY BAUCOM, Interview by Greg Cahill. FEATURE: Bob Altschuler. Profile: New 5-String Capo. Review: Col•lage by Michael J. Miles. Columns: BACK UP: J.D. Crowe-style; LET'S ROLL: Drum Machine Report; ALL STRINGS CONSIDERED: Forward Rolls in Down-the-Neck Back-up, Part 4: Using Target Tones; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Bluesy Stanley Sound; MC: Understanding Modal Tunes; BOB'S TUNES: Kyle Creed; ON THE ROAD: Murphy Method Camp; ETF; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO; HELPFUL HINTS: Fret Worries by Geoff Stelling. TABS : In A Groove (Baucom), Blue Ridge Cabin Home (BU), Blue Ridge Cabin Home (ASC), Your Love is Like a Flower (ASC), Clinch Mt. Backstep (BC), Take Five (claw), Sleepers, Awake! (claw), The Route (MC), Sally Anne (OT Creed, version 2), Chinquapin Hunting (ETF), Hillbilly Twist (TA), Becky Ann's Bluegrass Rag
452: June 2011. TOM BOYD, Interview by Greg Cahill. Profiles: Alison Brown; Tony Pass 's Almost Flathead Rim. Reviews: Katz Eyz Banjos; Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders; The Milliner-Koken Collection; Kyle Creed book/CD. Columns: On The Road: Lynn Morris Comeback; MC: Advanced P's and H's Warm-ups; Adams County Banjo: Hazel Dickins; LET'S ROLL: Jam Skills, Flag Day, Remembering Carlton Haney; TECH TALK: Right Bridge Location; BC: Twin Banjos; BACK UP: Up The Neck, Crowe-style; ECLECTIC CLAWHAMMER; OLD-TIME from the OZARKS; TABS: Love of the Mountains (kick-off—Boyd), Ways of the World (Boyd), Lonesome Pine Special (TA), Nelia's Dance (ETF), Jesse (BC), Coast to Coast (Bill Emerson), Abe's Retreat (MC), Blue Ridge Cabin Home (BU, up the neck); Cluck Old Hen (10 versions), Quail is a Pretty Bird (OT), The Clean Plate Club (Alison Brown).
453: July 2011. TONY ELLIS, Interview by Steve Martin. THE OLD-TIME WAY: Feature: Joe Newberry. "Grasshopper..." by Jim Pankey & Bobby Burns; Huss & Dalton's Singletree banjo; Fishman's Loudbox Mini amp & Goldtone's ABS; Larry Perkins; The Tone Ring Mate. Columns: TAB of the MONTH: Dan Menzone and Lee Marcus; LET'S ROLL: Jam Etiquette; Adams County Banjo; BC: Triple Banjos; CHORD: Bach; BACK UP: Fill-in Licks, Crowe-stye; ETF; YOUR BRAIN on BANJO: Distractions. TABS: Roustabout (OT), Bonapart Crossing the Rhine (OT), Davy Davy (OT), Gone Beserk (Marcus), Battle Cry of Freedom (TA), : Bourrée (Bach), Train 45 (BC), Some of These Days Are Going To Be Sad, Blue Ridge Cabin Home (BU), Nelia's Dance variations (BU), Boodles (Ellis),
454: Aug 2011. RYAN CAVANAUGH, interview by Ned Luberecki. Feature : Tom Mirisola. Banjo Camp North: A Participant's View. Josh Turknett's Old-Time Jam Website. Columns: LET'S ROLL: Bill Monroe Centennial; EW; BC; RENO-STYLE WORKSHOP; ON THE ROAD: Banjo Camp North; ASC: Soldier's Joy in D; MC: An Irish Session Survival Kit, Part 1; TECH TALK: Bridge Location, cont.; OZARKS. TABS: No Capo for Andy (Cavanaugh), Roll On Muddy River (TA), Blue-Eyed Boston Boy (TA), Darcy Farrow (TA), Daddy Played the Banjo (EW), Gold Rush (BC), Dill Pickle Rag (Reno), Soldier's Joy (in D), Jackie Coleman's Reel (MC), Cotton Down South (OT),
MIKE MUNFORD, interview by Ira Gitlin. From Bonnaroo to Telluride. Getting the Most out of a Banjola. Reviews: Spann's Guide to Gibson; Goldtone's clip-on tuner. Columns: Adams County Banjo; Tab of the Month: Todd Taylor; Let's Roll: Bill Monroe and the Banjo; BC: Dream Banjo; Chorducopia; Intermediate Banjo; ETF: Celtic; On The Road: Kaufman Kamp; AST: Down-the-Neck Back-up Part 6; Breton Banjo; Bob's Tunes: Waltz Time; Ozarks; Back-Up: Connect C, D & G Chords. TABS: Foggy Mountain Rock, TA, Tarred and Feathered (Munford), Waterfall (Todd Taylor), Sweet Sunny South, Edelweiss, Watch What Happens (JB), Fog Rolling Over the Glen, Whiskey Before Breakfast Back-up, Schottische du Stockfish (OT), As Time Draws Near (Carlin–OT), Shoe Cobblers Blues (OT),
MARC PRUETT. THE OLD-TIME WAY: Feature: Brooks Masten. Reviews: Unfortunate Puppy DVD; Galax Field Recordings; Kkelzmer CD; Wade Mainer book . Columns: Let's Roll: Jonny Mizzone; Back-up: Finding any Chord Quickly; On The Road: The Open Road; Adams County Banjo; Chorducopia; BC: Artistic License; Tab of the Month: Robert Long; Tech Talk: Intonation. TABS: Flight of the Bumblebee, Georgia Railroad (OT), Lonesome John (OT), Sally Ann (OT), Dem Tsadik's Zemerl, Marching Home (Pruett), Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia, Fredology (JB), Are You Washed in the Blood? (BC), 12th of April.
COVER STORY: LEARNING TO PLAY BANJO IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM by Ian Perry; ALL STRINGS CONSIDERED: Practice Strategies for Adult Learners by Bill Evans; YOUR BRAIN ON BANJO: The Talent Myth by Josh Turknett, M.D.; LET 'S ROLL: Recommendations from a Lifetime of Banjo Teaching By Pete Wernick; BACK UP: How to Teach Back-up By Janet Davis; BEGINNER 'S CORNER: Pros and Cons of Teaching Methods By Eddie Collins; Interactive Banjo Sites: Interview with Tony Trischka by Ian Perry TAB: Bill Monroe 's Break to Salt Creek; TABS of the MONTH: Dave Russell 's Bolero; Lluis Gomez 's Manga el Banjo; Private Clawhammer Lessons By Bob Carlin; OLD-TIME from the OZARKS: Teaching Yourself By Hugh Strawn TAB: Trouble on the Mind; One-on-One with the 5: Lessons By Greg Cahill. TAB: Snowflake Reel; ON THE ROAD: Learning from DVDs By Casey Henry; EARL 'S WAY: Learning Earl First By Bob Piekiel, TABS: Cripple Creek, Tom Dooley, Long Journey Home; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: What Makes a Good Old-Time Teacher By Ken Perlman. TAB: Cherokee Shuffle (in D); Ned Luberecki on Camps and Workshops Interview by Ian Perry; Learning Clawhammer at Banjo Camp By Mac Benford.
FEATURE: Janet Beazley, Interview by Mitch Finley. TAB: Bury Me Beneath the Willow; FEATURE: Rob Bishline, Interview by Eddie Collins. TAB: Here Comes The Sun; Video: Rob plays it on his CF-5; REVIEWS: "Melodic Bluegrass Banjo" by Janet Davis. Review by Wayne Shrubsall; "Last Chance" by Russ Carson. Review by Ira Gitlin TAB: Sullivan County; COLUMNS: ON THE ROAD by Casey Henry: Fiddle Back-up; CHORDUCOPIA by Fred Geiger; TAB: Christmas Song; TECH TALK: More on Intonation by Roger Siminoff; EXPLORING the FINGERBOARD by Ian Perry: TAB: Salt Creek; Video: Ian playing Salt Creek; HIGH FIVE By Tom Adams; Videos at the YouTube BanjoThink channel; ALL STRINGS CONSIDERED: Down-the-neck Back-up in the Key of D by Bill Evans. TAB: Man of Constant Sorrow; BEGINNER 'S CORNER by Eddie Collins: So You Make a Living Playing the Banjo?? Video by Eddie Collins; The Banjo & The Birth of the Blues by Tim Jumper; TAB: Going to Brownsville; EARL 'S WAY; BACK UP: The Key of C; TAB: Jingle Bells; BOB 'S TUNES: Playing Waltzes, Part 2 by Bob Carlin. TAB: Royal Box Waltz; OLD TIME from the OZARKS by Hugh Strawn; TAB: Here Rattler Here - Soundfile and Video; Bluegrass Pickers Can Learn Clawhammer by Bob Flesher (clawhammer, video): ; Also, Bob demonstrates drop-thumb in this video; TABS: The Christmas Song, Salt Creek, Boil That Cabbage Down, Exercises, Man of Constant Sorrow, Going to Brownsville (OT), Jingle Bells (EW), Joy To The World (BU), Royal Box Waltz (OT, back-up), Sullivan County (Carson), Here Rattler Here (OT)
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