Hey thanks so much Robin and Bobby.

I just came across this today, and love it! My interest in learning old-time banjo is steadily overtaking my logical mind that is telling me to stick with the dulcimer.

Love this girl !

Lisa that is great! I am still enjoying learning from my Dwight Diller DVDs; I am gonna have to learn this tune next I think. You have a lovely steady ryhthm going there, which just allows the melody to float along like leaves on a stream....

Well I can't tell how calm and cool you are inside, but you definitely play with a patient and relaxed confidence. And I agree with Randy about the tone you get. Good stuff.

Cool calm collected...ok yeah...actually I'm a nervous wreck when the camera is on. lol! Trying to keep my mind on the tune and not on the creepy electronic eye staring at me, so I don't flub up and have to re-do it...I'm less nervous playing in front of real people than a camera. I try hard to ignore the usual recording jitters, I guess many of us share that same recording anxiety, huh? Well enough of that...

Thanks Randy, this was the first banjo I ever bought 13 years ago- one of Mike Ramsey's more modest models really, but I've always loved its intimate 'papery' tone- it's still a favorite to grab when I want to play.

Working on the piggy gourd too...but that'll take a little more time to get comfy on. Brian just ordered a new heavier set of strings for his spare fiddle so that it'll play with better tension down in F, to play with me on my piggy gourd banjo in F. Oy, always some new musical challenge to solve!

Oh yeah.....calm, cool & collected.....you get the great tone outa that banjo....and what a beautiful banjo it is. Thx for letting us get a glimpse of your playing & personality. You taking requests now?.... : )....I'd sure like to hear you get jiggy with the piggy?

That was great! Thanks for posting it, it's fun to see you with your banjo.

Hi Lisa, That's lovely playing

I love the way your style uses hammer-ons, bends and pull-offs - it just makes it sound so expressive.

Well done - that's really cool

Robin

I just loved this. I gave up on the banjo, traded it for another dulcimer but still love banjo just the same. You sound bluezzy mixed with a little toe tap there. Loved it.

BJ

Thanks everyone.

John Henry, you gave away your banjo...??

Wayne, that painting was one I grew up with- a bohemian woman painter friend of my mother's painted it around 1960 in Greenwich Village, so that makes it around 50 yrs old now. I have several others from two painters back then in the village...I grew up surrounded by beatniks...lol. I like that pink one in my office because it's peaceful.

Love it! The title says "Texas", but those bends say "Delta Blues" to me. Just a really nice job!