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wilbeer

Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
Aug 27, 2017 - 07:14pm PT
Keep Bluegrass Weird[Click to View YouTube Video]
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Oct 31, 2017 - 02:08pm PT
I'm turning 60 in about a month, and my wife, Liz, is making it a birthday to remember in advance of the birthday. I've already mentioned that she's commissioned a new mando for me...



...but yesterday, she bought me a brand new Deering "Sierra" banjo. I'm kinda freakin' out with joy, but I think I'll make it. In keeping with Perry Beckham's encouragement to me to "get the best instrument you can't afford," we've followed through with his sage advice.





So stoked!! What a difference a substantially better instrument makes, motivation wise!

Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Oct 31, 2017 - 03:18pm PT
Nah, it's the regular proportion. The shadows in the pic make it look huge, though!
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Oct 31, 2017 - 07:10pm PT
Nice, T Hocking. I love the sound and playability of this thing. It's kind of incredible.
yanqui

climber
Balcarce, Argentina
Oct 31, 2017 - 07:17pm PT
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Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Nov 1, 2017 - 04:03am PT
I'm not sure, actually. I bought this at Dusty Strings in Seattle, rather than from Deering themselves. It's brand new, so I'm guessing it's the new default inlay. One of the ways Deering talks about the Sierra is that the banjo itself is made the same way as their highest end instruments, but they hold way back on the fancy inlay (ala Steve Martin's Deering, above) to keep it more affordable. Maybe mine is their new version of holding back. I'm in!
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Nov 5, 2017 - 03:17am PT
T - Ironically, I just read a little blurb on the inlay question. Deering said that they used to scrimp a bit on inlay to make a great banjo more affordable, but recently has come up with ways to decrease some costs in production techniques that allow them to put in more inlay at a similar price point.


And on another note...here's yesterday's status of my new Hinde Mando build:

Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Nov 5, 2017 - 03:24am PT
Meanwhile...and while tickets are still available...check out this upcoming concert in Snohomish, WA, on Dec. 2.

Nick Dumas is a friend of mine, but the three of these guys together are phenomenal.

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3103861

If you're anywhere near the Seattle area, this is a concert worth attending.
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Nov 5, 2017 - 04:34am PT
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Nov 5, 2017 - 04:46am PT
I wanna road trip with you kids! ^^^
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Nov 5, 2017 - 05:43am PT
thats a littly tiny wasburn with a solid spruce top. I think it sounds better than a baby taylor. takes up less room in the van and its not the end of the world if it gets too hot or too cold. the mando isa was playing on that trip colapsed the bridge but heck we bought it with the hard case for 300 bucks on the side of the road in WV. the hard case now has this beauty in it :)
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Nov 12, 2017 - 02:25pm PT
Gettin' so dang close!!

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Nov 12, 2017 - 03:32pm PT
Nice!
Chief

climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
Nov 12, 2017 - 10:02pm PT
Wintergrass before you know it.

Check these gems

http://www.kyletuttle.com/through-the-fence

https://youtu.be/cr_cWlyYVkY
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Nov 17, 2017 - 04:04am PT
From The comments, there is more to see of this, a documentary from 1965;
a PBS special at the time


"The Best Mountain Fiddler I Ever Heard"



Posted/Published on Sep 22, 2013, by David Hoffman*



To get the music special visit http://www.createspace.com/204609


This scene presents a fellow who lived way back up in the backcountry that they called lost John the fiddling man. Back in 1964, I went down to spend three weeks driving the backcountry around Madison County, North Carolina, in the center of Appalachia, with the 82 year old founder of the pioneer Asheville Mountain Music and Dance Festival, Bascom Lamar Lunsford. The resulting film, "Bluegrass Roots" lets you hear and experience the hard scrabbling, dirt road real people sounds that dominated the back country of the southern mountains 40 years ago. It presents a string of the most extraordinary singers, players and dancers the BlueGrass Mountains had to offer. Many later became famous. Some were never heard from again. Most of the songs are classics, including Lunsford's own tune, "Mountain Dew."
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When this film aired on Public Television in 1965, TV Guide gave it a full-page positive review, because Americans had never seen a documentary on the roots of Bluegrass and Country music. Today, the dirt roads and the moonshine counties are largely modernized, and Bluegrass Roots, stands as a record of a uniquely talented group of people at a time just before the coming of television, changed them. www.createspace.com/204609

[Click to View YouTube Video]
The 'BEN' mentioned below WAS A CLIMBER, who climbed with Schockly, (And With Vic Benesch, Not Vic Tischous)
harles and Denise Moscatello
2 months ago
I work for NJ Transit Railroad. The Madison, NJ connection for this is because of Benjamin F. ( Tex) Logan. Ben was one of Bills favorite fiddlers but Ben led a double life. **He was a Bell Lab research mathematician and ran that department for some 30 plus years.
( My Dad climbed at the Watchung wall with these guys around '67-8 i think, sic)
He moved to New Jersey around 1951 and stayed until his death about 2015-16. Ben was a Phd from Columbia Universuty in the field of electrical engineering.(GUNKS GANG,sic) He would take breaks from Bell Labs to tour with Bill Monroe. There are Madison, NJ articles about Bill Monroe parking his bus in Bens driveway and the neighbors would hear constant bluegrass music during huge barbecues Ben hosted. Good stuff folks. A scientist with a number of patents also a Bill Monroe bluegrass fiddler. Ya can't make this up!


John Lennon & Chuck Berry, If only Yoko wasn'y such a Turkey, Happy Thanksgiving!;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft2MbCpmYUI
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Nov 19, 2017 - 03:55pm PT
Wintergrass before you know it.

Are you going again, Perry?

Edit: per your reminder, I just registered. Signed up for a banjo intensive on Thursday, too.
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Nov 20, 2017 - 12:56pm PT
My latest progress pics...



Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Nov 20, 2017 - 05:26pm PT
What a difference a substantially better instrument makes, motivation wise!

Amen. Having something that feels comfy and player-friendly in your hands AND makes sounds you like hearing, it can be so incredibly addictive. And that means more practice and exploration (and joy from the process), which in turn means way faster progress.
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Nov 27, 2017 - 05:19pm PT
^^^ What you said, Willoughby!

Just got back from a post-Thanksgiving camping trip with my wife up at Deception Pass State Park, WA.

Took along my mando and banjo, always hoping (against hope?) that someone else in the CG will have some instruments, too.




Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Dec 2, 2017 - 08:40am PT
^^^ Yeah, it's pretty sweet. Makes it easy to spend most of your time outside.

On another note, I just got pics from my completed mando from Steve Hinde, the builder. I get it in about two weeks. This thing is absolutely beautiful.




And I turned the big 6-0 yesterday, so Steve officially completed it and labelled it on my birthday for me.


Now I need to work hard on being worthy of it...
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