Banjo lessons via Skype or FaceTime by Texas State Banjo Champion The start of the new year is a good time to start banjo lessons or to improve your picking skills. I’m taking on new students right now. These are individual one-on-one lessons. Whatever level you are, we’ll work from there. You may choose songs you like and we can start a very personal way of … [Read more...] about banjo instruction via Skype or FaceTime
55 Years of Playing the Banjo
55 years ago on Christmas Eve 1968 I received my first banjo. It was a Framus 'Texan' 5-string banjo. My parents had asked me what I wanted for Christmas, so I showed them the banjo on the Flatt & Scruggs record that I had bought by mistake (I actually wanted to buy 'Little Jimmy Dickens - May A Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose') and they had managed to find one in a large … [Read more...] about 55 Years of Playing the Banjo