[Dixielandjazz] for banjo players

[Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon]

Posts these days, as we approach the 11th anniversary of DJML, sure are 
getting me nostalgic.  Let me see a show of digital hands for those who 
remember Russ Presting, the No Cal banjo man (was he in Petaluma? I 
can't recall).  The only instrument I ever owned was a circa 1962 
Baldwin Ode 4-string plectrum that included on the inside the name of a 
famous music store on the east coast (Zaph's?).  It was in 97, not long 
before his death, that I visited him in his home, and bought said item. 
  Even though in poor health, he was graciousness personified, and 
enjoyed hearing someone as young as I was recognising the various jazz 
names he was dropping.  It's hard to believe that was 9 years ago.  (I 
sold the instrument the next year, alas, and I surely regret it.  The 
sale took place in the floating home of Carl Lunsford -- another day of 
enjoyable name dropping.),
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Etc,

Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon
Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop
North American Old Roman Catholic Church (Utrecht Succession)
www.naorc.org