[Dixielandjazz] Banjo recommendations Make and Model, etc.

[Bill Gunter]

Hello Listmates,

Bert Barr writes:

>Nobody on this would be caught dead with a FIVE string banjo!!!

Well I don't know about that. While a 5 string is rarely considered part of 
the OKOM style of jazz, it is, nevertheless, a great instrument. Basically 
it's tuned like a plectrum though the playing style is vastly diffrerent.

I occasionally use a 5 string when The Boondockers (my band) plays "The 
World Is Waiting for the Sunrise." It starts out as a banjo solo featuring 
our banjoist, Ralph Thompson. Then Bob Ringwald stands up from the piano and 
joins in with his banjo. Then Jim Maihack swaps his trombone for a banjo and 
joins in. Gary Church, cornet, then switches to banjo. finally I put down 
the washboard and pick up my 5 string and we have become a Banjo-Rama! The 5 
string is a lovely accompaniment to the madness on stage.

So there, Burt!

Respectully submitted,

Bill "Love that 5-string" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com

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