Contents & FEATURE: Robin Smith, Master Luthier by Dustin Ogden
REVIEWS:
“Dapple Patti” by Alan Munde and Adam Granger, Review by Ian Perry.
Kat Eyzs Capos and Bridges, Review by Bob Piekiel
Girl with the Banjo Tattoo, Review by Wayne Shrubsall.
TAB: Sweet Bama
TAB: Goodbye Girls I'm Going to Boston
COLUMNS:
MUNDE’S MORSELS By Alan Munde
TAB: Dapple Patti
CHORDUCOPIA: Duke Ellington By Fred Geiger
TAB:
In A Sentimental Mood
EXPLORING the FINGERBOARD By Ian Perry
TAB:
Angeline the Baker and Video:
Angeline the Baker
INTERMEDIATE BANJO: Chord Progressions 1—Endings By Pete Mirando
TAB: Hot Corn Cold Corn
HIGH FIVE: All Hail The Six Note By Tom Adams; Videos at the YouTube BanjoThink channel
MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Surviving Irish Sessions Part 2 By Ken Perlman
TAB: Don’t Be Teasing
BACK UP: Janet Davis & Bill Emerson By Janet Davis
TAB:
Grandma’s Tattoos
TECH TALK: Does Neck Wood Matter? By Roger Siminoff
ON THE ROAD: Beginner Banjo Camp By Casey Henry
OLD TIME from the OZARKS By Hugh Strawn
TAB: The Old Stillhouse is All Burnt Down
LET'S ROLL: Why Teachers Should Teach Jam Classes by Pete Wernick
BEGINNER'S CORNER: Your Musical Legacy by Eddie Collins
From the BNL Archives: Bluesy Backup Licks by Pete Kelly, from his column Jimmy Martin Banjo, Sept. 2003
TABS: Dapple Patti, In A Sentimental Mood, Angeline the Baker, Hot Corn Cold Corn, Don't Be Teasing, Grandma's Tattoos, Sweet Bama, Goodbye Girls I'm Going to Boston, The Old Stillhouse is All Burnt Down.
Next Month
The March 2012 issue will feature an interview with Noam Pikelny, of Punch Brothers, where he talks about his recent solo recording.
Copies of Banjo Newsletter, from last month's issue back to the magazine's first issue in 1973, are available in the Store.