A friend of mine who has since retired to Tennessee plays what he describes as 'classic' 5-string banjo, an orchestral style that was popular in the US in the early 1900s, replete with bell-like chords up the neck and trills that thrill. No capos ever. Done with the ebbs and flows and swells of a sensitive instrument.

I remember he does a beautiful 'Last Date', the tune Floyd Cramer made popular on piano. But the style also lends itself well to early popular music like 'Five Foot Two', 'My Blue Heaven', 'Beautiful Isle of Somewhere'...