The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65918 Message #1941348
Posted By: Rman
19-Jan-07 - 04:02 AM
Thread Name: Earl Scruggs: 80th birthday (2004)
Subject: RE: Folklore: Earl Scruggs
Well I'm a Brit bubblyrat! - I reckon the reason folk ask banjo players to play DB's is because It's possibly; the only time they've ever heard a 5 string played - (properly?) - (perhaps?)
I feel the (5)string banjo didn't/hasn't take/n off here in the stuffy UK because of the "country yokel" stigma attached to it.
Anyway, DB's did me a favour once - whils't out busking, a (generous) punter asked me to play it, (yes it is possible to play both parts on a single banjo) - and upon my completing it put a £20 in my shirt pocket!!
Right, I'm off to get ma grits.