[Dixielandjazz] For the Banjo Players

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

Hi Larry,
Everything you say is true.  But I still get to keep my resentment of  the 
current popularity of 5 - string if I want to.  And like you it does  bore me if 
it goes on longer than 15 minutes.  Of course Bela Fleck is the  exception 
that proves the rule.  Actually I know a few other  exceptions.  There is a 
great act in the Tucson area built around a  phenomenal 5-string player.  Too 
senile to come up with his complicated  name at the moment.  It is also correct 
that four string came later,  therefore I termed it an "evolution".
 
Ginny
P.S.  Incessant was the key word.  Their are plenty of  four-string players 
who only know how to play something incessant and  annoying.  I have no one in 
mind at the moment but there are also horn  players who repeat the same licks 
too often.
 
 
In a message dated 2/7/2009 2:50:16 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
larrys.bands at charter.net writes:

Come on  Ginny it's a 5 string banjo - that's what they do -  I have a hard  
time with more than 15 minutes of it myself but it is a recognized folk  
music in this country and those who engage in it are every bit as  
enthusiastic about TheirKOM as we are.  There are drone pipes on the  Bagpipe 
and drone strings on some Dulcimers.  It's an old style of  folk music 
brought over from England.  Come on you know all  that.  It's show  
biz.....................
Larry
STL



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