The BRC founder picked banjo for many decades before mustering the courage to investigate the design mysteries of this sometimes unruly instrument. By assembling a long abandoned banjo kit procured online, his stroke of beginner’s luck produced a lovely and resonant open back instrument. Wherever his travels take him, the BRC founder faithfully studies the monthly Banjo Newsletter for helpful hints. The pictured edition of the BNL features a cover photo of banjo educator Bill Evans from whom the BRC founder has been lucky to take a few lessons (click to enlarge).Check-out the below Comments.
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Nice website Dr Gainor! Best looking CEO I’ve ever seen…..
Barry – Great site; great humor. You’ve put an impressive effort into this. I think our legislators in Jeff City need a visit from the Bluegrass Rapid Response Team to restore some sanity.
Have you played Celtic music at any Irish dance feisana? Our grand daughter dances at the championship level and has competed at national championships and in 2012 at the World Championship in Belfast.
I practiced from 1972-1976 in a remote Appalachian community in NC and fell in love with old time mountain music. I even tried to learn to play the guitar. Cokie and I did learn to clog dance, which turns out to be derivative of traditional Irish dance. We would attend country music festivals in hollows deep in the mountains; groups would play music for 48 hours or more.
Robin
Rob- Thank you for your kind comments. Being of Irish descent, I should play more Celtic and less Bluegrass music- but time does not allow. My wife and I have enjoyed many wonderful step-dance performances in Chicago during St. Patrick`s Day visits, and we admired cloggers when we lived in Florida during the same time that you and Cokie resided in Carolina. As you surely know, NC is the cradle of the banjo tradition. Again, thanks for visiting the BRC, and congratulations on your dancing granddaughter. Barry