| Do you play banjo (at least a little)? |
| Yes |
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61% |
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| No |
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29% |
[ 13 ] |
| I do, but won't admit it |
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9% |
[ 4 ] |
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Topic: Poll: How many forumites play banjo? |
Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 11 May 2009 2:58 pm |
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I've made a heckuva lot more money playin banjo, than I have with a lawnmower.
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 11 May 2009 3:38 pm
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For at least the first thirtyfive years of my life, I made substantially more with a lawnmower than a banjo.
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 11 May 2009 4:30 pm
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| b0b what tuning are you using on that Briggs & Stratton? |
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 11 May 2009 6:03 pm
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Don't play but I had a friend who once played. Actually it was a Framus brand. It had 6 strings and played like a guitar. Like, tie a yellow ribon round the old oak tree stuff. Guess how many folks didn't know it wasn't a real bb...bb..bb..banjo.
There, I said it.
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 11 May 2009 7:15 pm
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Yes I do,one of my favorite instruments,if I'm banished,been nice knowing you guys. DYKBC.
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 11 May 2009 11:20 pm
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I own one (Terry Mead; open-back with a cedar "head") but I can't say I play it. I sit down with it up and flail [cq] but I can't say I play it.
Come to think of it, the same is true of several dozen pedal, table, lap, reso and acoustic steels.
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 12 May 2009 8:29 pm
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| i play and I'm proud of it. It's got it's place and you have to know when, where, and how to use it. |
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Ron !
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Posted 12 May 2009 9:36 pm
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| b0b what tuning are you using on that Briggs & Stratton? |
Probably E,B,G,E,B,G with a Low E on the belt.
Scott........how dare you ask a question like this? 
You know b0b don't like this.... |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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ray qualls
From:
Baxter Springs, Kansas (deceased)
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Posted 13 May 2009 7:08 am
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b0b, you ought to know that steel players don't have any self-respect!
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Member(KSGA)
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 13 May 2009 11:53 pm
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"Hey pretty baby are ya ready for me, it's your receded-hairline daddy from tennessee"........
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 14 May 2009 12:02 pm
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Laugh if you must, but thus far it looks like the banjophiles seem to be outnumbering the sans-jos.
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 14 May 2009 1:06 pm
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b0b - I only opened up the thread to see what YOU had to say... 
I've already lost all credibility on this Forum, so things can't get any worse for me.
Here goes: (and yes, I'm playing with a pick, AND the fifth string's been removed - now tell me none of you have sunk this low in pursuit of a dollar bill!!! I will concede that the scary costume, on top of everything else, is going a bit far - even for a dollar bill....)
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 14 May 2009 9:05 pm
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| Okay, well, as Roger demonstrates, there is a whole other world of plectrum banjo. There is a little known but spectacular and bizarre tradition here in Philly known as Mummers. On New Years Day, while the rest of the nation is watching the Rose Parade from Pasadena, here in Philly thousands of people endure the cold and rain or snow (inevitable here on New Year's Day) to watch a 12 hour parade of bands made up almost exclusively of plectrum banjos and saxophones. It's a huge spectacle. These are plumbers, sheet metal workers, etc., drunk as skunks, wearing outrageous costumes like you would expect at Carnival in Brazil. They spend thousands of dollars for real feathers and such, and work on these costumes all year for this one day. One of the most popular costumes is Victorian era drag - yes, drunk blue-collar guys dressed up as women, with clown makeup and wigs and parasols, with dozens of banjos and saxes playing "Oh, Them Golden Slippers." They close of the main street of the city, and put up grandstands in front of City Hall, and each group does a skit, and there are judges and prizes, thousands of spectators, and all-day TV coverage. This has been going on for more than a century. It was originally called Shooters Day, because everybody got drunk and went out in the street and shot off their fire arms. It was extremely dangerous and obnoxious. So the city fathers organized it (sort of ) and created the annual New Year's Day Mummers' Parade. There is nothing like it anywhere else on earth. It's sort of like Mardi Gras on a bad Winter's day. |
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 14 May 2009 9:41 pm
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| Okay, well, as Roger demonstrates, there is a whole other world of plectrum banjo. There is a little known but spectacular and bizarre tradition here in Philly known as Mummers. On New Years Day, while the rest of the nation is watching the Rose Parade from Pasadena, here in Philly thousands of people endure the cold and rain or snow (inevitable here on New Year's Day) to watch a 12 hour parade of bands made up almost exclusively of plectrum banjos and saxophones. It's a huge spectacle. These are plumbers, sheet metal workers, etc., drunk as skunks, wearing outrageous costumes like you would expect at Carnival in Brazil. They spend thousands of dollars for real feathers and such, and work on these costumes all year for this one day. One of the most popular costumes is Victorian era drag - yes, drunk blue-collar guys dressed up as women, with clown makeup and wigs and parasols, with dozens of banjos and saxes playing "Oh, Them Golden Slippers." They close of the main street of the city, and put up grandstands in front of City Hall, and each group does a skit, and there are judges and prizes, thousands of spectators, and all-day TV coverage. This has been going on for more than a century. It was originally called Shooters Day, because everybody got drunk and went out in the street and shot off their fire arms. It was extremely dangerous and obnoxious. So the city fathers organized it (sort of ) and created the annual New Year's Day Mummers' Parade. There is nothing like it anywhere else on earth. It's sort of like Mardi Gras on a bad Winter's day. |
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 14 May 2009 9:57 pm
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This must be the equivalent of that parade they do everyday at Disneyland, except all these guys smell like sulfur and have pointy tails. Looks like that guy on the third row is armed with an accordian.
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 15 May 2009 1:32 am
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Alvin, that picture is...... alarming!
Why don't you pop into Kinko's and get an enlargement made, have it framed, then present it to b0b for his music-room wall? We'll all chip in, then he can think of us while he's practicing...
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Doug Beaumier
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