Looking for some banjo tunes (any type) to listen too.
The more banjo, less less singing the better, though if its a very good song I am prepared to give it a shot.
Don't suppose I will get many replies on this topic, but thought I would give it a try! Thanks folks.
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Earl's Breakdown
First heard it on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken". Awesome album
i have a track of hendrix on banjo which is quite pleasing to the ear
Thanks both of you - surprised anyone has replied, yet alone so fast.
Any idea what the Hendrix track might be called?
this is the one I have, i can email you the mp3 if you so desire?
Most kind offer, I will get in touch.
just watch deliverance a few times.
the obvious one is Dualing banjo's
There's anything by Hayseed Dixie too
In muso circles the definition of an optimist is a banjo player with an answerphone.
There's a spoof band called Run C&W who do bluegrass versions of Tamla soul classics. Both good and funny. Their version of Sweet Soul Music is wonderful.
How about Ukelele solos? Jake Shimabukuro is a bit good.
Bela Fleck, banjo virtuoso
if bluegrass is your thing check out the album Drive.
if you don't like jazz avoid anything Flecktones
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Tony and Bela are generally accepted as the premier living banjo players. Steve Martin surprisingly isn't too bad.
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this is the equivalent of a bluegrass supergroup
Steve Martin, "The Crow". Great album...
I am open to any kind of music - I know very little about music so it seems silly not to be open minded.
We have a 5 string banjo passed down through the family from the 1920's or 30's, it used to play in a dance band at public dance halls. The band must have been reasonable as it was their only living. Sadly I have known no one in the family who can still play it. I thought it might be fun to find out what sort of music it might be capable of and the range of stuff available to banjos, so I wish to sample music fairly widely, just out of curiosity.
Any other names of good players?