The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #76453 Message #2046617
Posted By: M.Ted
08-May-07 - 09:31 PM
Thread Name: Beverly Hillbillies theme song dispute?
Subject: RE: Beverly Hillbillies theme song dispute?
Since this thread has been dredged up again, it gives me a change to correct a statement from TomT's post above:
"Before Scruggs, no banjo player could play fast enough to keep up with Monroe's band, using the traditional frailing or "clawhammer" playing style."
Actually, Dave "Stringbean"Akeman, who played banjo with the Monroe band before Flatt, kept up pretty well. Different technique, though--and it is Scruggs 3-finger style that is the characteristic bluegrass sound.