Willie G. Moseley 3,495 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 4 2 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
velorush 5,735 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 He was the best. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crunchee 5,378 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 What, no accordion? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HamerCustomEr 407 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 I like the cartoon, but I don't interpret it as dissing Christmas music at all. It looks, to me, like the angel is just banning the banjo player from participating, while the LIttle Drummer Boy is allowed to have a go. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
diablo175 8,122 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, HamerCustomEr said: I like the cartoon, but I don't interpret it as dissing Christmas music at all. It looks, to me, like the angel is just banning the banjo player from participating, while the LIttle Drummer Boy is allowed to have a go. +1 Not a dis on X-mas at all. Just a well played poke at banjos and banjo players. No harm done. Edited December 6, 2020 by diablo175 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Scepter 3,083 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 11 hours ago, velorush said: He was the best. 5 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hamerhead 17,592 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Thanks, Willie! I sent that to my banjo-playing brother-in-law. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crunchee 5,378 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, velorush said: He was the best. +1! Gary Larson kinda became semi-retired on a now-and-then basis recently. Sorta. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/gary-larson-new-stuff-trnd/index.html https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff Edited December 6, 2020 by crunchee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
diablo175 8,122 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 I dunno, this almost seems better suited to the Outer Circle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Haynie 12,176 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Well, banjos are musical instruments, so this thread is fine right here. I recommend everyone try playing the banjo. Take a look at this promo for online lessons. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
velorush 5,735 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Two words to the banjo haters: Bela Fleck 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Haynie 12,176 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I got my Bela Fleck and The Flecktones ticket for next year. It would have been this year, but it got postponed like everything else. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hamerhead 17,592 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said: I recommend everyone try playing the banjo. My brother-in-law was pissed when I picked his up for the first time and played it better than him. In his defense, he was only a few months into lessons (which he started taking in his late 60s) with no musical background/aptitude whatsoever. Seeing him take it up is inspiring because he has to work so hard at it. But he's sticking with it and he's getting better. Gotta admire that. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
velorush 5,735 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I think Hee Haw (ubiquitous in the '70's south) did great harm to the perception of banjo, or at least the skill level required. Grandpa Jones, Roy Clark and the other banjoists (?) were, in retrospect, absolutely wearing these things out with chops galore, but with all the goofiness going on around them (and by them), it was difficult to pick up what they were putting down. And, can we take just a minute to acknowledge Roy Clark was an absolute monster - any instrument, any idiom? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Biz Prof 4,877 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, velorush said: Grandpa Jones, Roy Clark and the other banjoists (?) were, in retrospect, absolutely wearing these things out with chops galore, but with all the goofiness going on around them (and by them), it was difficult to pick up what they were putting down. At my age in the 1970s, I was more interested in the endless parade of T&A than anything else on that show. As I got older, I listened more closely to players like Roy and damn...chops galore. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
velorush 5,735 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Biz Prof said: At my age in the 1970s, I was more interested in the endless parade of T&A than anything else on that show. As I got older, I listened more closely to players like Roy and damn...chops galore. Oh, don't let the musical opinions of a quinquagenarian for a minute lead you to think his pubescent self was tuned in to listen to a bunch of country music! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Haynie 12,176 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Watch Stringbean play. He and Grandpa Jones played clawhammer style. Roy Clark, Roni Stoneman, and Buck Trent played Scruggs style. Stringbean was a great player. He was also the guy that Earl Scruggs replaced in Bill Monroe's band. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyB 3,356 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 12/6/2020 at 7:34 AM, diablo175 said: +1 Not a dis on X-mas at all. Just a well played poke at banjos and banjo players. No harm done. Reminds me of the joke: Q: What's the definition of perfect pitch? A: When the banjo lands in the dumpster without hitting any of the four sides. 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyB 3,356 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Steve Haynie said: Watch Stringbean play. He and Grandpa Jones played clawhammer style. Roy Clark, Roni Stoneman, and Buck Trent played Scruggs style. Stringbean was a great player. He was also the guy that Earl Scruggs replaced in Bill Monroe's band. Ernie Ford on lead vocals with Grandpa, Stringbean, and Roy on banjo: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobB 5,953 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 4 hours ago, velorush said: That, right there, is whutcha call a, "shit eatin' GRIN!" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveH 2,425 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Steve Martin is no slouch on banjo either. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
velorush 5,735 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 6 hours ago, DaveH said: Steve Martin is no slouch on banjo either. He's been at it for a long time. From '69, second from the right: 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hamerhead 17,592 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Sorry, but the real Steve Martin has always had gray hair. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m chops 378 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Oh my goodness! I seem to recall that Roy Clark was ok but *WOW* 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BruceM 1,490 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 This seems like as good a thread as any to drop my new favorite Xmas song, by U.S. Girls, Santa Stay Home: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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