I think it more pertinent to this forum to mention the number of lute players who play the banjo.A Ron Andrico - Ron plays in the "clawhammer" style, where the index (or middle) finger of the right hand strikes downwards onto individual strings. One of the greatest Old Time banjo players, R. D. Lunceford, had this to say of Ron: "Ron is one of the finest musicians I've had the privilege of playing with.A A great fiddler, singer, and insightful and intuitive guitar player, not to mention a fine old-time banjoista". We know Ron and Donna as Mignarda, but check out their alter egos, Eulalie:A [1]http://www.eulalie-blue.com Tom Berghan - Tom plays with Stephen Stubbs (the lute player and guitarist) in a 19th-century banjo-led ensemble. Tom is a wonderful lute player, and a fantastic banjo player. James Tyler - a brilliant tenor banjoist. Check out this video from the BBC programme, The Good Old Days:A [2]https://youtu.be/sZgCpx8BN78A Me - Check outA [3]http://robmackillop.net/banjo/A and my YouTube banjo playlist:A [4]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL422073C567EEF259A - where I play gut-strung fretless 19th-century banjo, 19th-century fretted banjo, and 1920s tenor and plectrum banjos.A Pat Stefanelli - Pat is French. She plays the theorboA professionally, and is a first-rate accompanist. She specialises in accompaniment on both theorbo and banjo. Her husband is Eric Stefanelli, who I rate as the finest maker of classic banjos - copies of fingerstyle banjos from 1890 to 1930. They both live in France. Eric is a great player. Here they are playing together on two instruments made by Eric:A [5]http://[6]youtube.com/watch?v=[7]CCIfanCQxVsA Ray Nurse - the Canadian lute player started his musical life as a bluegrass banjo player Gustav Leonhardt - yes, THAT Gustav Leonhardt. According to Tom Berghan, Old Gusty informed him he was really into bluegrass, and toyed with a banjo when he had the time. There are probably more.A Rob MacKillop Edinburgh
On 15 March 2015 at 08:02, gary <[8]magg...@sonic.net> wrote: I had the privilege of seeing George Van Eps play in duet with Tony Ricci while on his last California tour. I went to see him with my friend, Eddie Duran, who is also a master jazz guitarist. Van Eps was amazing. I felt sorry for Tony Ricci who is an amazing jazz guitarist in his own right. The audience was there to see Van Eps and when Tony would play, everybody was just waiting for George to play again. They took a break and Van Eps, who knew Eddie Duran, came over to our table. Eddie had been recording the concert on his walkman and, when George came to our table, Eddie shoved his mic in George's face and said, "Who do you listen to?" as a joke. George immediately went into his shtick saying with all seriousness, "I don't listen to guitarists, I listen to piano players..." He was fond of referring to the guitar as a "lap piano". I've been on the first ten pages of "Harmonic Mechanisms, Vol. I" for the last twenty years. There are some great videos of George playing on youtube. Gary On 2015-03-14 15:06, Rob MacKillop wrote: There's a link on my website, Dan: [9]http://robmackillop.net/george-van-eps-method-for-guitar/ Rob [10]www.robmackillop.net On 14 Mar 2015, at 21:30, Dan Winheld <[11]dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: Alright, alright- I'm not sayin' nuthin- but I never knew G. van Eps had a method; is it easily found/avialable via the google? He's a hero of mine because of the 7 string business. Love my 7 string steel-string, and am annoyed that my classical is only 6. DAN On 3/14/2015 12:27 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Can I call a halt to this now? I appreciate it, but enough already! Everyone get back to work... Rob [12]www.robmackillop.net On 14 Mar 2015, at 19:15, Edward Martin <[13]edvihuel...@gmail.com> wrote: A Ron, A That was a tremendous tribute to Rob, ad I cannot think of a person A more deserving of it.AA I visited Rob for a few days last summer, and A he was enthusiastic, kind, a wonderful person and fantastic musician.A A I cannot say enough good things about him. A ed A On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Christopher Stetson A <[1][14]christophertstet...@gmail.com> wrote: A AA A Thanks, Ron, for your observations, and a hearty confirmation of A all A AA A you say about Rob. A AA A Be well, everyone, and keep playing. A AA A Chris. A AA A On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Rob MacKillop A AA A <[1][2][15]robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote: A AA AA A Ha. Thanks to Ron for that surprise. Right back at you, sir! A AA AA A Lang may your lum reek - long may there be smoke coming from A your A AA AA A chimney :-) A AA AA A Rob A AA AA A [2][3][16]www.robmackillop.net A AA A > On 14 Mar 2015, at 16:14, Rockford Mjos A <[3][4][17]rockype...@comcast.net> A AA A wrote: A AA A > A AA A > I also raise my glass to Rob a to his musicianship and countless A AA A contributions! A AA A > A AA A > (Though I'm not sure what a reeking lum might be.) A AA A > A AA A > a Rocky A AA A > A AA A >> On Mar 14, 2015, at 9:51 AM, Ron Andrico A <[4][5][18]praelu...@hotmail.com> A AA A wrote: A AA A >> A AA A >>AAA We have posted our Saturday morning quote, this week from A the A AA A Burwell A AA A >>AAA manuscript extolling the virtues of a particular musician. A AA A >>AAA [1][5][6][19]http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 A AA A >>AAA Ron & Donna A AA A >> A AA A >>AAA -- A AA A >> A AA A >> References A AA A >> A AA A >>AAA 1. 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[43]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References Visible links 1. http://www.eulalie-blue.com/ 2. https://youtu.be/sZgCpx8BN78 3. http://robmackillop.net/banjo/ 4. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL422073C567EEF259 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%C3%8CIfanCQxVs 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%C3%8CIfanCQxVs 8. mailto:magg...@sonic.net 9. http://robmackillop.net/george-van-eps-method-for-guitar/ 10. http://www.robmackillop.net/ 11. mailto:dwinh...@lmi.net 12. http://www.robmackillop.net/ 13. mailto:edvihuel...@gmail.com 14. mailto:christophertstet...@gmail.com 15. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com 16. http://www.robmackillop.net/ 17. mailto:rockype...@comcast.net 18. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com 19. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 20. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 21. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 22. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com 23. http://www.robmackillop.net/ 24. mailto:rockype...@comcast.net 25. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com 26. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 27. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 28. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 29. mailto:christophertstet...@gmail.com 30. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com 31. http://www.robmackillop.net/ 32. mailto:rockype...@comcast.net 33. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com 34. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 35. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 36. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 37. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com 38. http://www.robmackillop.net/ 39. mailto:rockype...@comcast.net 40. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com 41. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 42. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186 43. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Hidden links: 45. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%C3%8CIfanCQxVs