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Another one from Acoustic Boulevard band

B-I-N-G-O Had to work something up to play for Charlotte. Its one of her favorites. It is technically practice so I do some experimenting but I really had fun with the tune. BIAB on backup.

slow version

From my CD, Let's Kick It. Recorded with Rob Ickes, Tim Stafford, Shawn Lane, Wayne Taylor from Blue Highway. http://rossnickerson.com/blazingthewest/index-kickingbanjo.html http://rossnickerson.com/cds/reviews-nickerson-cds.html

Had Steve Davis build me a custom compensated bridge out of some cheap Home Depot birch cabinet plywood with a bubinga cap. I asked him to also move the compensation profile and string slots toward the treble side of the bridge. This recording, made January 14, 2015 is that bridge, mounted on my 1973 RB-250. Drum Dial head tension at 91. Tony Pass Lost Timbre rim. Standard WK top-frosted head.

These two tunes also are the names for the tuning they use, also called Old G tuning, which I've been studying this month. I'm tuned a step down to fCFCD. I'm finding that some tunes work well in this tuning, some work okay, and others don't work well at all!

just starting to be able to incorporate drop thumbing. still playing it on a uke so i'd imagine i'm gonna have to allow some acclimation time applying it on a real banjo and not a little kala tuned to open G

My break in E.

My banjo version of an unrecorded Bill Monroe song.

Another track from Acoustic Boulevard, our bluegrass band from Europe. Thierry Massoubre: guitar Jefferson Louvat: mandolin Gilles Rézard: banjo Rachel Rézard: double bass

Boatnam

June 2014 Mars Hill string band class

Sally Ann

One of my favorites to play.

I've played this one for a few years now and it has evolved into this. Good ol tune, fune to play and I like it where it is.