[Dixielandjazz] Fred Geiger banjo

[Stephen G Barbone]

> John Mumford <john at jazzbanjo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Steve and Scott,
>
> I don't know if you are aware of Fred Geiger. He recorded an entire  
> album of
> Trad. Jazz tunes in the 1970s with a band that was traditional  
> bluegrass
> instruments.
>
> Here is a You Tube of Fred.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_iM55-_rI
>
> Currently he writes an article for "The Banjo Newsletter."

Yeah John. Fred is an extraordinary banjo picker. Interested folks can  
hear several of his songs at his you tube address as follows:

His renditions of "Heartaches" and "The Entertainer" are there at the  
right on that page and are also superb IMO.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband