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WINNIPEG, MB - With over a week to go until the fifth annual edition of the Canwest Banjo Bowl, less than 200 tickets remain for the 2008 edition of the Saskatchewan-Winnipeg game at Canad Inns Stadium.
When banjo virtuoso Tony Furtado decided to learn how to sing and play slide guitar, it was destiny.
If you know him at all, you know him as Old Man Luedecke, the stage name he records and performs under
MERRILLVILLE -- The lower level of the Lake County Public Library came to life as a concert venue recently, as musician Trilly Walsh entertained a large group with her banjo.
Meet the 'Banjo-ologist' HOLLISTER - Gordy Ohliger, who bills himself as the world's only "banjo-ologist" brings his humorous musical history of America's unique stringed instrument to the San Benito High School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 5.
Wade Darnell is a superb banjo player, and he’s only 16 years old. Two years ago he discovered bluegrass, and the instrument that grabbed him by the throat was the banjo. So at the age of 14, having never before played a musical instrument, he decided to take banjo lessons. His teacher was Tracy Rollins, a family friend who plays with Lone Mountain Station, a bluegrass band based near Wartburg, ...
When a banjo player and a string bassist want to make money in New York City, they busk - set up shop in a dank subway station or a sunny park, plop an open instrument case in front of them and start picking away. If they're good, they might make some money. If they're playing kazoos, they make more. Photo caption: The Two Man Gentleman Band
Some of Colorado's greatest attractions are far removed from Denver, but it appears many visitors won't partake after the convention ends.
Lonnie Brooks was destined to become a blues legend. First, he was blessed with a banjo-playing grandfather, who stoked his interest in music. Then, he had the good luck to be discovered by zydeco legend Clifton Chenier while playing guitar on his front porch. Then, the Louisiana native was befriended by soul singer Sam Cooke, with whom he hopped a ride to Chicago, where Brooks ended up ...
David Harrison Macon spent eighty years living a wonderful life: farmer, produce hauler, lay preacher, ham curer, banjo picker, song collector and comedian. "Uncle Dave Macon," as he called himself, would also become the "Grand Old Man" of the "Grand Ole Opry."
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