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"Whelpley's Jig and Buckley's Jig"From "Buckley's New Banjo Method" by James Buckley, 1860. An example of minstrel style banjo, played on a Boucher reproduction banjo built by George Wunderlich. Minstrel is similar to clawhammer in its right hand technique, although, as you can hear, the sounds and rhythms are something different entirely.
"Kansas Jig"
Tony Trischka plays lead banjo (left channel); Bill Evans is second banjo (right channel). A parlor banjo song from the turn of the twentieth century, played in three finger style without picks. Bill uses a Bart Reiter banjo, Tony a Deering John Hartford model banjo. Both are strung with nylon strings. More tunes and videos.
BILL EVANS — THE BANJO IN AMERICA
“Bill is able to reach into the banjo's past to make a sublime statement of its future...to create a sound firmly rooted in tradition but still fresh and vital.” —Tim Bond, Bluegrass NowBill Evans is well-known within the bluegrass music community not only as a great musician, but also as a teacher, writer and scholar. The Banjo in America brings together these interests in a unique presentation designed for general audiences and the concert stage.
Bill has presented The Banjo In America all over the United States, Canada and Japan. Performance highlights include A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor; the San Francisco Symphony; FreshGrass, Massachusetts; Stanford University, CA; Fairfield College, MN; Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco; IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass, NC; and Wintergrass, WA.
To contact Bill, email or phone 510-520-7005 (Pacific Time Zone).