The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #36863   Message #1828474
Posted By: GUEST,Jim
06-Sep-06 - 11:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: Where was your first time
Subject: RE: Where was your first time
Circa 1960 I had borrowed my brother's arch-top Hofner and learned all 3 chords. My friend Jim Cox started taking lessons on the tenor banjo and knew G, C & D as well. My brother Gary was a better singer than we were and the 3 of us called ourselves the Rovers Three and sang Gypsy Rover, Jesse James and The Sunday School Song in a Boy Scout Gang Show in a church basement. We were Kingston Trio clones (even had matching striped shirts)and we were the stars of the show.
Before we broke up the group, I had a Goya Goliath guitar, Jim had a Harmony five string and a Stella twelve string and Gary had a no-name guitar. We played a few hootenannys in church basements and school gyms. Gary still plays and sings, but I don't know about Jim. We lost touch.