The start of the new year is a good time to start banjo lessons or to improve your picking skills. I'm taking 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 learning. Beginners & advanced, kids & adults, all levels, all … [Read more...] about 5-String Banjo Lessons by Texas State Banjo Champion
57 Years of Playing the Banjo
57 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 57 Years of Playing the Banjo