[Dixielandjazz] Banjo recommendations Make and Model, etc.

[bert barr]

Tell Snoke Hello from Bert Barr. We went to Vallejo JC
together and played jazz in the Sacto area back in the
60's.
Bert 
--- Burt Wilson <futurecon at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Bill--
> you mean "Bert" as in Barr and not "Burt" as in
> Wilson.
> 
> Burt Wilson
> Silver Dollar Jazz band
> 
> BTW, in our band, Snoke the Tuba plays banjo, I play
> ukelele and Frank Silva
> plays violin, so with two other string players we
> have the "Quintet of the
> Hot Club of East Sacramento." :-)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com]On
> Behalf Of Bill Gunter
> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 12:35 PM
> To: uljb at yahoo.com; Skipwave at aol.com;
> dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo recommendations
> Make and Model, etc.
> 
> 
> 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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