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12 Oct 08 - 06:00 AM (#2463497) Subject: Banjo playing not good enough yet? From: Zen Seen today on BBC News. Posted without comment! Zen (I do play the banjo!) |
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12 Oct 08 - 06:36 AM (#2463515) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? From: GUEST,BanjoRay Where do I sign up? Ray |
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12 Oct 08 - 07:42 AM (#2463533) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? From: Will Fly This is how I normally play it - in a small theatre. |
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12 Oct 08 - 08:18 AM (#2463544) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? From: Leadfingers I hope he negotiated good repeat fees for the video ! |
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12 Oct 08 - 02:28 PM (#2463766) Subject: Playing The Banjo During A Brain Op From: Irene M Just found this on the BBC news site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7665747.stm |
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12 Oct 08 - 02:34 PM (#2463773) Subject: RE: Playing The Banjo During A Brain Op From: Amos Excerpt: musician who underwent brain surgery to treat a hand tremor played his banjo throughout to test the success of the procedure. Eddie Adcock is one of the pillars of Bluegrass Music and realised his tremor could threaten his ability to perform professionally. Surgeons placed electrodes in Mr Adcock's brain and fitted a pace maker in his chest which delivers a small current which shuts down the region of his brain causing the tremors. Story and video here. A |
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12 Oct 08 - 03:45 PM (#2463832) Subject: Eddie Adcock, banjo & brain surgery!!!! From: john f weldon Funny, I was just listening to this guy on a really old vinyl lp when this strange thing popped up... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7665747.stm Good luck, Eddie, always one of my favourites! |
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12 Oct 08 - 04:16 PM (#2463864) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: John MacKenzie What a plucky man. JM |
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12 Oct 08 - 06:53 PM (#2463959) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: Art Thieme All the best to Eddie. Maybe it'd work on my MS too. Art |
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13 Oct 08 - 02:09 AM (#2464137) Subject: Man plays banjo during brain op From: pavane I am sure this one is of interest: BBC news A musician who underwent brain surgery to treat a hand tremor played his banjo throughout to test the success of the procedure. Eddie Adcock is one of the pillars of Bluegrass Music and realised his tremor could threaten his ability to perform professionally. Surgeons placed electrodes in Mr Adcock's brain and fitted a pace maker in his chest which delivers a small current which shuts down the region of his brain causing the tremors. |
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13 Oct 08 - 06:18 AM (#2464233) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: Roger the Skiffler ....I'm sure someone will point out you need a brain removal to play a banjo... (Not me tho': can't play but enjoy hearing it.) RtS |
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13 Oct 08 - 07:03 AM (#2464264) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: Ernest As long as there is no headline "Banjoplayer found to have brain"... ;0) Ernest (attempting to play banjo too) |
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13 Oct 08 - 07:05 AM (#2464266) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surg From: john f weldon Some skills use the right half of the brain, some the left half, and some the other half. |
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13 Oct 08 - 07:19 AM (#2464272) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: John MacKenzie 90% of the people like banjo, and the other 90% loathe it john. JM ¦¬] |
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13 Oct 08 - 08:26 AM (#2464309) Subject: Tech: Unbelievable Banjo Player From: SINSULL http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7665747.stm There is a song in this. |
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13 Oct 08 - 09:43 AM (#2464345) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: Zen 99% of banjo players give all the others a bad name... Zen (banjo player) |
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13 Oct 08 - 12:06 PM (#2464473) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: Bill D so...next Mandolin players will be asking for surgery to INCREASE tremors in the right hand? It's only fair. |
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13 Oct 08 - 12:41 PM (#2464511) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: GUEST,leeneia I suspect the phrase 'Surgeons placed electrodes in Mr Adcock's brain' is misleading. The atmosphere seems much too casual for an operating room where the living brain is exposed. It would be interesting to know more about the procedure they are using. (Good one, BillD.) |
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31 Oct 08 - 10:53 AM (#2480864) Subject: Dain Bramage: Bluegrass and Strokes From: Mrrzy From News Of The Weird: Legendary banjo player Eddie Adcock, age 70 and suffering hand tremors that failed to respond to medication, volunteered for a revolutionary neurosurgery in August in which he finger-picked tunes while his brain was exposed, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center surgeons tried to locate the defective area. In "deep brain stimulation," doctors find a poorly responding site and use electrodes to arouse it properly. As Adcock, conscious but pain-free, picked out melodies, doctors probed until suddenly Adcock's playing became disjointed, and electrodes were assigned to that spot. By October, according to an ABC News report, Adcock, with a button-activated chest pacemaker wired to his head, was back on stage, as quick-fingered as ever. [ABC News, 10-3-08; The Bluegrass Blog, 9-9-08] Pretty cool, eh? |
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31 Oct 08 - 09:40 PM (#2481329) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surg From: Charley Noble Pretty cool, indeed! But I do wonder if "brain surgery on a banjo player" is an oxymoron? Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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18 Nov 08 - 02:56 AM (#2496426) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surg From: The Fooles Troupe But.... is a brain really necessary? |
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18 Nov 08 - 03:26 AM (#2496434) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surg From: Will Fly There's this medieval lute joke (he says, diverting the talk away from banjos): "If a man hath a lute for 60 years, he shall spend 40 of them tuning it and 20 playing it out of tune." This actually IS a medieval joke. Skeleton goes into a bar and says, "Pint of beer and a mop please". There was this Englishman, this Irishman and a banjo player... |
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15 Feb 11 - 11:52 AM (#3095729) Subject: RE: Banjo playing not good enough yet? [brain surgery] From: open mike there was a thread today about a surgeon who is a banjo player and it reminded me of the story about Eddie Adcock: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=5941480&page=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqWBDHRvHrQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjX6ErmKY14 |