[Dixielandjazz] Banjo or Guitar?

[Dixiejazzdata]

 I ONLY choose Banjo  when the gig calls for Red Vests, Garter Belts and
Dixieland music as interpreted by the Buyer  and they better have a lot of money  :))
 I might add that I also excuse myself from the active player lineup when I need a Banjo :)) ha ha

I have no problem playing Left Out  so long as I get a fat Leader/Contractor fee :))

You Call Me and want a Banjo Player you better have some long green money !!!


Sorry Banjo friends.   but I am just not a member of the Banjo lovers of the World society, and yet I have more Banjo players as friends on my facebook page than anything else.  They will make friends with ANYBODY and assume that if a fellow banjo player has a friend that they too love Banjos :))   

Don't take it personal, it's MY personal problem I hate the Banjo :))  get over it already. :))  LOL
And no I don't Hate YOU because you play one, but don't sit by the phone waiting for me to call you for a gig !!!!!


Cheers,

Bart


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: B.B. Buffington <dixiejazzdata at aol.com>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 12:20 pm
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo or Guitar?


> Gluetje1 at aol.com (Ginny) wrote:
>
> I know there are groups, leaders, and list members who use banjo on   
> some
> of their arrangements and guitar on others.  Would any of you like  
> to  make
> the time to post on guidelines or variables that you use to  
> determine which
> to use for a number?
>
> I'm curious on your thoughts.  Haven't tried to formulate my own   
> criteria,
> it's just a head thought that one or the other will probably work   
> better.

For us, it depends upon the audience, the event, and the songs we are  
going to play.

Examples:

For funerals, and/or short marching gigs we use banjo, while for swing  
dances we use guitar.

If the songs are "New Orleans"  (Make Me a Pallet on the Floor or ones  
like George Lewis played") we use Banjo.

If the audience is a dyed in the wool "trad" audience, we use banjo,  
while for young hipsters we use guitar.

Etc., etc., etc.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband





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