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Topic: Banjo rolls ??!... |
Terry Edwards
From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
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Posted 7 Nov 2003 2:05 pm |
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Come on folks! "banjo rolls"?
Why can't we call them something else.
Why not dobro rolls?
I'm going through some training materials and the licks I am supposed to learn are "banjo rolls". This is a steel guitar course. Where's the steel guitar rolls? Don't they have any?
Sheeesh!
OK, where's my medication?
Terry |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 7 Nov 2003 9:45 pm
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 1:25 am
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Royce Rolls, Hay Rolls, Screen Roles. By whatever name they still work.
I suspect they are called banjo rolls because they were being done well before the dobro or steel was invented. |
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 1:34 am
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Well Terry, I think the "Banjo Agenda" is going to have to do "Baby Steps" instead of a Blitzkrieg.
We just got a notable amount of steel players to admit that they own and play one.
I was glad to "stand up" with the rest that perhaps uneasily "came out".
I hope I can support further inroads to "Banjo Acceptance", but I must warn that I don't want to endanger long held alliances with Banjo Haters, and Banjophobes in positions of Power.
I, like a few others of the recent "Closet Banjors" that "came out" on the last Banjo String have a lot to lose from just taking these recent steps.
I know you understand and are sensitive to "Our Position".
For now, I'm afraid I'll have to go along with the Status Quo. I hope you don't think less of me.
For now, it's still "Banjo Rolls" around my neighborhood..
EJL[This message was edited by Eric West on 08 November 2003 at 01:38 AM.] |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 5:10 am
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Why can't we call them something else.
'Cause telling a lie would serve no purpose?
Seriously, they were developed by banjo players. (But you knew that already, didn't you?) |
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Chuck McGill
From:
An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 6:03 am
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Terry Edwards
From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 8:38 am
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OK, I admit to owning a banjo. And I am a bluegrass player on guitar and mandolin. But I don't pick the banjo. I clawhamer it like my grandad did.
I think I'll write me a steel guitar clawhammer tune!
Terry |
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 11:17 am
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To express it in a more simple way:
The purpose of b@njo rolls is to show the b@njo pickers that we can play that stuff too!
Joe H. |
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Ernie Renn
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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 12:22 pm
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From what I've heard the Thunder Rolls. Rolls what? Dice or something...
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Terry Wendt
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Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 3:06 pm
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...they are called that because they liken only to that same sound that is created when a banjo goes rolling end-over-end at a high revolution per minute down the side of a Rocky Mountain
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 3:36 pm
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Then there's the Banjo Swish, where you through it in a dumpster without hitting the sides.. Or is that "Perfect Pitch"...
Sorry. I did indeed Come Out with my Banjuality, but I've still got a foot in the Closet.
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 8 Nov 2003 7:31 pm
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Clawhammer... hmm,
I always thought that's what wives use on steelers who have bought one too many steels.
Seems about right!  |
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Chris Lasher
From:
Blacksburg, VA
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Posted 9 Nov 2003 11:31 am
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Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!....
Aw, c'mon, what's wrong with banjos? |
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Ricky Littleton
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Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2003 12:41 pm
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I have a banjo. I put it on the dash of my truck so I can use the handicap spaces at Wal-Mart...
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2003 5:17 pm
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| The secret to rolling a banjo is to find a really steep hill. Otherwise the neck stops it. |
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John Drury
From:
Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 3:09 am
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Chris,
A banjo is kinda like a hand grenade, by the time you hear either one it is too late!
John Drury
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