[Dixielandjazz] vuvuzela & drones

Scott Anthony santh at comcast.net
Sun Jun 20 18:29:54 PDT 2010


There are very few, if any, "drone string" banjo players that play jazz. I
assume you mean 5-string banjo which is pretty much confined to bluegrass,
clawhammer, or other "folk" styles.

I think the vuvuzela sounds like s#%&.

Scott Anthony
Banjo and guitar/Golden Gate Rhythm Machine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <santh at comcast.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:44 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] vuvuzela & drones


>
>> Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote
>>
>>>
>>> Musical Content for Harry C. ?"Vuvuzela".
>>
>>
>> Did you write "musical," Steve?
>> Cheers
>
> Funny thing about that Marek. I have a fair amount of Scots and Irish 
> folks I correspond with. They hate the Vuvuzela with a passion. Yet to 
> me, it sounds just like the drone on a bagpipe. How do you drone  string 
> banjo players on the DJML feel about it? <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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